IMAGE
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :[Canoe prow. Between 1842 and 1845]
- Date
- 1842 - 1845
- By
- Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957
- Reference
- B-031-026
- Description
Carved prow of a Maori canoe (waka) with a (disproportionately small) man standing in the prow. In the background is another canoe with three sails
Prow, but not figure and background canoe, used as original for engraving illustrating page 1 (the half title page) of Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand by S C Brees (London, J. Williams, 1847)
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 152 x 229 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Seascapes, Marines (Visual works), Watercolour 152 x 229 mm
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