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Lindauer, Gottfried, 1839-1926 :[Portrait of Wiremu Tako Ngatata. ca 1880]
Date: 1878 - 1882
By: Lindauer, Gottfried, 1839-1926; James, William Pattison, 1853-1909
Reference: G-554
Description: A distinguished three-quarter head-and-shoulders portrait of Wiremu (Wi) Tako Ngatata as an older man, about 1880. Although his beard is long and grey, his hair is still dark and thick upon his head. He wears a starched shirt, dark waistcoat and narrow-lapelled jacket. He displays fine facial moko Almost identical to an oil in the Partridge Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, painted 1880. A further version, dated 1880, showing Wi Tako in a feather cloak, with pounamu earring, is in the collection of Te Papa, gifted to the Dominion Museum by Alexander Turnbull in 1916 Other Titles - Wi Tako Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 600 x 500 mm, in frame 830 x 730 mm Provenance: Believed to have been gifted by Wiremu Tako to William James at the time that Wi Tako was paramount chief and member of the Legislative Council of Parliament representing the Hutt Valley. Passed by descent to Edwin 'Tako' James (b 1869), then by descent to the vendor, his grandson