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[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Palliser Bay and the sandbar of the Wairarapa [1844]
- By
- Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957
- Reference
- B-031-019
- Description
A view from a high standpoint, looking down into Palliser Bay, with Okorewa Pa faintly indicated at the mouth of the Ruamahanga River, with the sandbar beyond it. A Maori family, dressed in traditional Maori clothing, and two redcoats in the foreground
Original of no Plate 15, 44 in Brees' "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" (London, 1847). The Pa is much more clearly drawn in the engraving than in this watercolour. The soldiers have been removed in the engraved version.
Other Titles - sand bar
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 203 x 368 mm
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- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 203 x 368 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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