[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :The warrior chieftains of New Zealand. Harriett, Heki's wife - Heki - Kawiti. Drawn by Jos.h J. Merrett. Drawn on stone by W. Nicholas. Sydney, W[illia]m Ford [1846]

[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :The warrior chieftains of New Zealand. Harriett, Heki's wife - Heki - Kawiti. Drawn by Jos.h J. Merrett. Drawn on stone by W. Nicholas. Sydney, W[illia]m Ford [1846]
Date
1846
By
Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Nicholas, W A, active 1840s; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference
C-010-013
Description

Full length standing portraits of Hone Heke, his wife and Kawiti. Heke and Kawiti are in Maori clothing, Hariata in European. Hariata has an arm around Heke's shoulder, while Heke is holding a musket and Kawiti, a taiaha.

The original watercolour for this lithograph is at C-012-019. cf. also watercolour of same subject in Leatham (Ruck) album, probably made later from the lithograph.

W. Nicholas, the lithographer, is probably the same person as the lithographer of George Clayton's view of the Bay of Islands in 1845, W. A. Nicholas

Other Titles - Harriet

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone, 590 x 424 mm

Provenance: Possibly in the collection of A. H. Turnbull.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Portraits, Lithograph, two-tone, 590 x 424 mm
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