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Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-1897)
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Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-1897)

North End of Wellington Harbour

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Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-1897)
North End of Wellington Harbour
signed and dated 'C D. Barraud/1885' (lower right)
watercolour
18 x 31in. (45 x 78.7cm.)
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Lot Essay

Barraud emigrated to New Zealand in 1849. A member of the English family of equestrian artists, he practised as a chemist in Wellington as well as painting New Zealand landscapes. He became president of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and published New Zealand: Graphic and Descriptive, including thirty-one chromolithographed plates in 1877.

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