Artist unknown :Photographs in the "King Country" of New Zealand. The Illustrated London news, Sept. 3, 1887 - [page] 275

Artist unknown :Photographs in the "King Country" of New Zealand. The Illustrated London news, Sept. 3, 1887 - [page] 275
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.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Engravings on page 397 x 297 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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