| Title: |
Angas, George French, 1822-1886 :Evening scene. Encampment at Maurea on the banks of the Waikato. / George French Angas del. Pubd by Smith, Elder & Co., London. Day & Haghe, lithrs to the Queen. 1847. |
| Subject: |
Kuri; Pigs; Weapons, Maori; Maori - Clothing ; Maori - Social life and customs; Tents - New Zealand - Waikato Region; Maori - Pa - New Zealand - Waikato Region |
| Abstract: |
Groups of Maori seated in a pa by the Waikato River, with a pataka to the right, a small whare, several fences and a tent to the right, with a European standing outside it. A kete and two pigs in the foreground, two dogs to the right, utensils, clothing, oars and weapons draped over a palisade. |
| Geographic Location: |
Waikato River; Maurea |
| Personal name(s): |
Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Day & Haghe, fl 1800s (Firm, London) |
| Addition Description: |
A scene observed by Angas during a four-month visit to New Zealand in 1844. The name Maurea is no longer current, but the area is likely to be between Taupiri and Mercer, where Angas travelled along the Waikato., File Print (DFP-005402) In Drawings & Prints under Artist/Title , File Print available in Turnbull Library Pictures (DFP-005403) 15. Waikato Co. Maurea. 1847., Location of original - Library's copy of the book located at 919 / ANG / 1847 in the New Zealand and Pacific collection., PART OF COLLECTION, From: Angas, George French. Savage life and scenes in Australia and New Zealand. London, Smith Elder, 1847. Volume 2, opp. p.33 |
| Format: |
Tinted lithograph, 97 x 149 mm |
| Reference No. |
PUBL-0029-033
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