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Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Gateway of a Maori Pah, or fort at Maketu, New Zealand [1864]. Illustrated London news, 1867
- Date
- 1867 - 1864
- By
- Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
- Reference
- PUBL-0033-1867-027
- Description
A Maori man and two women seated outside a carved gateway and the palisade of Maketu Pal, near Tauranga. The woman in the white skirt has been identified as Hineaturama, Phillip Tapsell's third wife. The seated man with the spear to the right is Hikaroa. The dog in the foreground was sent from Denmark to Philip Tapsell in New Zealand by his brother. It was a Dutch barge dog.
The gate shown in this view is now in the Vienna Museum.
Robley's watercolour on which this wood engraving is based is in the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust Museum, accession number MMC 808.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Albums, Wood engraving
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Illustrated London news (Newspaper). Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Gateway of a Maori Pah, or fort at Maketu, New Zealand [1864]. Illustrated London news, 1867. Ref: PUBL-0033-1867-027. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23081155More information can be found in our terms of use.