Nicholas Chevalier, a Russian painter, visited New Zealand several times during the 1860s. These are a few of his works of South Island landscapes from 1866.
![Lake Wakatipu.](https://static.isthisit.nz/images/2021-01-24-nicholas-chevalier/Lake-Wakatipu_full-Web.jpg)
Lake Wakatipu.
![Lindis Pass.](https://static.isthisit.nz/images/2021-01-24-nicholas-chevalier/Lindis-Pass_full-Web.jpg)
Lindis Pass.
![Lake Tekapo.](https://static.isthisit.nz/images/2021-01-24-nicholas-chevalier/Tekapo-Lake_full-Web.jpg)
Lake Tekapo.
![Pomohaka Valley.](https://static.isthisit.nz/images/2021-01-24-nicholas-chevalier/Pomahaka-valley-Otago_full-Web.jpg)
Pomohaka Valley.
These works and others of Nicholas Chevalier can be found in the Te Papa Collection.