IMAGE
Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868 :[Unidentified Maori, and] Iwi-kao [Etched by Auguste Delatre between 1877 and 1888]
- Date
- 1877 - 1888
- By
- Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868; Delatre, Auguste, 1822-1907
- Reference
- A-259-022
- Description
Two left-profile portraits of tattooed Maori men, both probably from the Akaroa area
Left-profile portraits, etched by Delatre after original drawings by Meryon now in Mitchell Library (unidentified Maori) and British Museum (Iwikau).
Inscriptions: Name "Iwi-kao" inscribed in pencil
See also A-259-020; Tama Keke and information sheets laid in box. Meryon's drawings were done during his time based at Akarao between 1840 and 1845
Iwikau was involved in 1838 sale of land to Capt Langlois
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, b&w 150 x 217 mm (plate mark) on sheet 275 x 355 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Etchings, Portraits, Etching, b&w 150 x 217 mm (plate mark) on sheet 275 x 355 mm
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