SOLDIER'S POOL, HUTT RIVER

UHPC 1/16

George H. Garnham

UHPC 1/16, Water colour, 557mm (h) x 755mm (w)

An overcast sky bleaches the colours of this popular Hutt River pool near the Silverstream Bridge where soldiers bathed since the Boer War years. Pumpkin Cottage was located behind the trees to the right. George Garnham (b.1877) was a buyer for the Government Printing Office in Wellington. In 1904 he became Secretary of the WellingtonSketching Club, successor to the Wellington Art Club.

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