Robley, Horatio Gordon 1840-1930 :Erena. [1864?]

Robley, Horatio Gordon 1840-1930 :Erena. [1864?]
Date
1864
Reference
A-080-009
Description

Portrait of a Maori woman with straight hair cut in a fringe. She has moko on her lips and chin and a tiki at her neck. Part of a pa or kainga is visible in the background

Date conjectured from similar portrait of Erena by Robley, dated 1864, in possession of M. Seifert. April 1979.

Compare A-080-034, another copy of the same portrait, titled, Erena of Maketu, Arawa. Maketu is near Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, and Arawa is a reference to Erena's tribe. Compare also Richard Laishley's pencil drawing Erana (Ellen) wife of Haora Tapaea, Tauranga, 1885 (A-114-013). Robley may have copied Laishley's drawing

Other Titles - Erana

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Erena; Recto - bottom right - H G Robley

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour 245 x 213 mm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 watercolour(s), Watercolour 245 x 213 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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