IMAGE
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :Leaving the banks of the Waikato, April 1848. Caterpillar found in a piece of firewood ... [drawn by] A[ndrew] S[inclair]. Mo Ke Ke. [1848?]
- Date
- 1848
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Sinclair, Andrew, 1794-1861
- Reference
- E-143-008
- Description
Two Europeans with seven Maori guides and bearers climbing a hill alongside the Waikato River. Hills and high banks opposite. A drawing of a caterpillar with a long ovipositor 'found in a piece of firewood' signed A S and dated Octr 14 1848. A young Maori woman, named as Mo Ke Ke. She is seated, wearing a tiki at her neck and a skirt on her lower half.
Quantity: 1 photograph(s).
Physical Description: Photograph of sepia ink and wash drawing, pen and ink and pencil sketch
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Photocopy held in photo file, Drawings and Prints, under artist/title. Photograph located at E-143-008
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].
- Format
- 1 photograph(s), Works of art, Photographs, Photograph of sepia ink and wash drawing, pen and ink and pencil sketch
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