IMAGE
Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Corpse of chief killed in battle lying in state, Waikanai. [1839?]
- Date
- 1839 - 1840
- By
- Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881
- Reference
- E-144-064-1
- Description
The body of a chief, lying on a bier, with a whare, a pataka and the palisades of a pa in the background. Seven Maori are seated outside the whare. A small dog sniffs around a cooking pot on the left. A crossed rifle, a taiaha and another weapon are at the head of the bier.
Original drawing for a reproduction in Polynesian mythology by George Grey (London, 1855), opposite page 151
Other Titles - Waikanae
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: Chas. Heaphy. Title bottom left in the hand of the artist
Quantity: 1 photograph(s).
Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour, original, 8.9 x 12.6 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].
- Format
- 1 photograph(s), Works of art, Photographs, Photograph of watercolour, original, 8.9 x 12.6 inches
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