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Artist unknown :Photographs in the "King Country" of New Zealand. The Illustrated Londo...
Date: 1887
By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)
Reference: A-433-005
Description: Nine scenes in one engraving showing: 1. "Shooting" a native; an anxious moment [a European photographer photographs apprehensive Maori] 2. Terrified they take to their heels [photographed subjects take fright] 3. Reciprocity [a Maori girl looks back through the lens at the photographer] 4. Our mode of progression over rocks and shallows [A waka is steered through rocks by punters on board and guides in the water] 5. Taitua our helmsman in full dress [Maori man wears European hat and jacket and grass skirt] 6. The largest whare in the settlement [A Maori indicates a small hut to two European travellers] 7. Tangarakau, a hundred miles up the Wanganui River [Scenic view of the river in a narrow area] 8. Mouton [Moutoa] Island, the scene of battle between friendly and hostile natives 9. Ngatai, chief of the Ngatiawa Tribe, our host at Taumarunui [Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a bearded Maori] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 397 x 297 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.