Mont Orohena, Tahiti, circa 1882

cabinet photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hoare, S. (Mrs.); Gordon-Cumming, C.F.
Société, Îles de la, Tahiti, Papeete; Société, Îles de la, Tahiti
circa 1882
paper
overall: 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in.

Cabinet photograph, albumen print of watercolor on white card; Mont Orohena, Tahiti, circa 1882 (see Manuscript Coll. 311); collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to the South Pacific; image of a watercolor by C. Gordon Cumming, showing an image of Mont Orohena (the highest point in all of French Polynesia, standing at 2,241m, or about 7,352 ft); handwritten on back "the Hightest Mt on/ Tahiti"; printed on back "MRS. S. HOARE,/ Photographer,/ PAPEETE,/ TAHITI."

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