Te Rangituke, -1828

Date: 1827 - 1838 - 1828

From: Earle, Augustus 1793-1838 :Sketches illustrative of the Native Inhabitants and Islands of New Zealand from original drawings by Augustus Earle Esq, Draughtsman of H. M. S. "Beagle". London, Lithographed and Published under the auspices of the New Zealand Association by Robert Martin & Co, 1838

Reference: PUBL-0015-07

Description: Seated portrait of Kawakawa (Bay of Islands) chief Rangituke, his wife leaning on his shoulder, his son seated at his feet, viewed, according to the artist, 'from the window of my hut at the Bay of Islands' (Russell or Kawakawa?). A carved storehouse is in the right background and a whare and storage platform on the left, with the sea beyond. According to Earle 'it illustrates the general attachment of the natives of New Zealand to their wives and children'. Based on Earle's oil painting 'Portrait of Arangi Tooker [Rangituke] ... with his wife and son ... [1827]' (G-634) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 289 x 235 mm

Date: 1827 - 1828

From: King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856 :Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836. London, 1839.

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Landseer, Thomas - 1795-1880

Reference: PUBL-0102-2-568

Description: Profile portraits at the top of the image of "Native of King George Sound" (an Aboriginal) and of "New Zealander" (A Maori man), and, in the lower section, a seated group portrait after Augustus Earle's portrait of Te Rangituke of the Bay of Islands, with his wife and son. Te Rangituke holds a taiaha, and his son, seated to the right, holds a musket. The main portrait is after an oil painting held by the Library 'Portrait of Arangi Tooker' (G-634). Extended Title - From: King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836. London, 1839. Volume 2 opp. p. 568. The Drawings & Prints collection holds another copy (foxed) in the bound volume with spine title 'Illustrations to Fitzroy's Voyage' (f910.4 FITZ 1838) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 229 x 136 mm

Date: [1827]

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961; Grafton, George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of, 1760-1844

Reference: G-634

Description: Shows three seated figures. Rangituke's wife is at his right side, his son seated at his feet. Rangituke holds a taiaha in his right hand, his son a long-barrelled musket. There is a waka huia (carved feather box) in front of Rangituke's feet. Another unidentified club-like object with a long wavy handle is on the right of the picture. Title from inscription on verso in Earle's hand. See Earle, A. Narrative of a residence in New Zealand. Ed. by E H McCormick 1966 p. 125 & 136. An engraving after painting in: [King, P.P.] Narrative of the surveying voyages of Adventure and Beagle... v. 2. London, 1839. Note that engraving shows a tiki around neck of Rangituke's son which does not appear in the painting. See also the text of the title and other information on a label held at Curios-020-027. The label appears to have once been attached to the back of the painting. It includes the information that the painting was once in the Duke of Grafton's gallery 'and doubtless found its way there through the connection of Earle with Admiral Fitzroy ... nephew of the Duke...' Other Titles - Rangituke Kawakawa Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 840 x 650 mm Provenance: Owned by the Duke of Grafton, uncle of Robert Fitzroy. (Fitzroy and Earle travelled together on the Beagle in 1834-1835). Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1921, lot 122, for £20 by 'Rev. Fuller' [A W F Fuller] according to a pencilled annotation in a copy of Sotheby's catalogue for the sale. It was sold as part of the property of His Grace, the Duke of Grafton. The painting was still in the collection of A W F Fuller, in London in 1925. It probably remained in his collection until his death in 1961.