IMAGE
[Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :[Earthworks of Rangiriri Pa, taken 20th Nov. 1863]
- Date
- 1863
- By
- Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881
- Reference
- A-145-005
- Description
Looking along the top of an earth wall at right. There is a trench to the left of it, and the left wall of the trench has regular arched niches in it. In the right background is a lake with canoes on it. Two cabbage trees are on the left
Similar to ink sketches of the same subject, with the addition of the arch-shaped niches.
The defence works were built on the ridge between July and November 1863, by the Waikato supporters of the Maori King movement, in preparation for a confrontation with British troops under General (Sir) Duncan Alexander Cameron.
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title in pencil]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Monotone wash sketch, 255 x 337 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Ethnographic illustrations, Monotone wash sketch, 255 x 337 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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