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[Robley, Horatio Gordon], 1840-1930 :A native funeral in New Zealand - see page 78]. Th...
Date: 1869
From: Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869]
By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Reference: A-423-003-3
Description: The lower picture on the page shows a group of Maori paying respect to the body of a deceased person who lies in state in front of a whare, wearing a feather headdress. In the left foreground sits a Maori mother and infant, and a woman stands by the body, declaiming. Other figures sit and stand. The print is similar to Robley's ink and watercolour work, "A tangi at Matapihi 1864", at A-080-016; a note on that watercolour says "reproduced in "Illustrated London news, 17 Feb 1866". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 125 x 190 mm, on sheet 328 x 230 mm.