In Edwin Harris’s painting of 3 August 1860, lighters ferry ashore Major-General Thomas Pratt, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Carey and 50 men of the 40th Regiment from the steam sloop HMCSS Victoria to the beleaguered town of New Plymouth. Other vessels visible include the paddle-steamer Tasmanian Maid, the Airedale and the George Henderson.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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C-030-013
Watercolour by Edwin Harris
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