New Zealand: Encampment on Mount Eliot, New Plymouth

27.5 x 16.5 cm (10.75 x 6.5 inches).

This antique engraving of is from The Illustrated London News and was made in ~1855.
It has hand painted colouring and is in excellent condition, apart from a small cut in the lower right margin which does not affect the image area.
Puke Ariki Museum in New Plymouth describes the scene:
The view is of New Plymouth looking west down Devon Street from about Liardet Street.
Paritutu is in the distance with a military camp of 58th Regiment on Mount Eliot in right middle distance.
Foreground figures include two horse riders, five Maori, and a dray.
The "Duke of Portland" is at anchor.
The mail steamer "Zingari" is seen approaching from the south and is being signalled from the Mount Eliot mast.