GULLY’S NEW ZEALAND SCENERY.
We have received a. bound volume, containing a selection of very beautiful chrordo-litho-graphs of Mr. John Gully’s views of New Zealand scenery, with descriptive letter-press by Dr. Von. Haast, which have been published by Messrs. Henry Wise and Co.’, of Dunedin, and of which subscribers can obtain copies at Mr. Hughes’, Lambton-quay. We havei before spoken of the original pictures,, some of which were recently - on view in Wellington, and attracted very general notice and admiration. The sketches before us are fifteen in number, and comprise some of the gems of scenery for which New Zealand is famous, viz.:—“Bradshaw’s Sound,” the “ Valey of the Wilkin,” “Waterfall in Thompson's Sound,” “Nutu Book” (Milford Sound), “Mount Cook, with the Hooker Glacier,” “ Mount Cook and Mount Tasman from \ the West,” the “Wairau Gorge,” the “Waimea Plains,” the “ Valley of the Awatere, and! the Inland Kaikouras,” “New Zealand Vegetation —Open Country” (a sketch,taken, near Blind Bay), the “ Mauawatu Gorge,” " An Up-river Scene near Wanganui,” “ Mount Egmont,” “Ruapehu, and Tongarirb ; Mountains from Lake Taupo,” “Bush Vegetation” (a scene in a New Zealand forest). , Of these charming scenes it is difficult for I human skill . to paint them as they are traced by Nature’s hand, |but the views before uS come ad hear perfection as perhaps it is' possible to attiin, ,’There,is nut one of them that is not worthy of being handsomely framed and hung up in any draw-ing-room. Where all are sb excellent it isj not easy to single‘out any particular, sketches as being especially 'worthy of praise ; but Certainly the picture of Mount Cook, with its snow-capped summit) fuoged with the rays of the setting sim, 1 whilst the'valley in the foreground is deepened in tone by the advancing twilight, has a very striking and beautiful effect. The View of the “ Mauawatu Gorge” is a ’faithful representation of one of the most romantic pieces of scenery in the. North Island, and will be familiar to the traveller overland from Wellington to Napier and,the “ Waii-au Gorge ” is another exquisite; representation. The view from Lake Tjiupo, . Woking towards' the active. Volcanic’ mountain, Tongariro, and its neighbor, Ruapehu, is J remarkably ■ well executed. ’ u Mount - Egmont/’ standing, out in the clear blue sky, is a beautiful object,. and :so;;aro““ Mount" Coot” and “ Tasman ” as viewed’ 'frpm;|the {.sea.-.; It .is not an easy thing to reproduce on paper or canvas New Zealand buah vegetation) but Mr/' Gully ’ bad succeeded admirably .in this difficult task, 1 anil has truthfully the varieties of trees and undergrowth, the spfarjgrass, the flax, the toifbi, add ot|ior indigenous productions of the 50i1.,. The,printing of these chrbmos Has" been modt skilfully Wxdcuted by one ot the best houses in'London (M. Ward and Co.), and a copy of the work is one which ought to be in every household in the colbny.; Nor cqiild a more appropriate gift be sent to friends in the Home country, as the views give
•a mbrg corieetTdeaVf and beautiful •sconery of-the- colony-than - could; be con voyed in any other way, . The work as it reaches’us is, p\iblished_,in > beund yolumCi .hut.the.sepa,rate views cau.be obtained loose in a portfolio for those who prefer to have them in that shape.) ,To giveisome idea of the labor- which ha& been, employed on/ the\under taking, |we may mention that.each picture.had 1 to, lie partia]ly drawn onl7 stones, making 255 drawings for the set, before the.printingconld.be commenced. As these obrqmos i get circulated,, as they are sure. t0,..d0 .in England and .in various other parts of .the world, a more extended knowledge; of’ the. romantic .gorges, , fertile plains, dense forests, and, snow-capped mountains of New Zealand, will be diffused amongst tourists *of all descriptions,-, many of whom will probably be tempted to visit the colony in search of the grand and beautiful in Nature .with which she is, so highly gifted. To: artists such, as . Mr. Gully and some of his predecessors; the country will have been indebted, for having rendered- familiar. acenes which might otherwise have remained almost as unnoticed and unknown as they were before they were penetrated by the white, man. :,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5147, 21 September 1877, Page 7
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684GULLY’S NEW ZEALAND SCENERY. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5147, 21 September 1877, Page 7
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