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This painting by John Philemon Backhouse shows part of the western end of Lake Rotoiti around 1886, with Lake Rotorua in the distance. Backhouse served with the Constabulary Field Force, and produced a number of oil paintings of the geothermal areas.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: G-452-3-1
by John Philemon Backhouse
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