Picton is a town in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is located near the head of the Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, 25 km north of Blenheim and 65 km west of Wellingt
A view of the harbour in Picton
Picton, a park at the coast
Picton Railway Station in 2006.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and died at Waterloo. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton
Picton, New Zealand
…Marlborough Region behind Blenheim. It is the easternmost town in the South Island with a population of at least 1,000 people. The town is named after Sir Thomas Picton, the Welsh military associate of the Duke of Wellington, who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. Thomas Picton's connection to the slave trade and…
Portrait of Thomas Picton by Sir William Beechey, c. 1815
Picton's birthplace in Hill Street, Haverfordwest, marked with a commemorative blue plaque. The house later became the Dragon Hotel.
Luisa Calderón being tortured, as illustrated in one of the many prints at the time
Picton painted by Martin Archer Shee