IMAGE
Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Kakariki, from Ship Cove and Teawaiti August, 1839
- Date
- 1839
- By
- Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881
- Reference
- C-025-007
- Description
Shows two green parrots on tree foliage, with flowers and berries. The tree may be imaginary, but may be an approximation of puriri.
Believed to be Heaphy's first New Zealand watercolour
Number 12 in the New Zealand Company's list of paintings received. Undated but received prior to 1842.
Other Titles - Te Awaiti
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Charles Heaphy, delt.; Recto - bottom right - [Title]; Recto - centre right - No. 12
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 545 x 440 mm
Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull from Francis Edwards, London, 1915. Collection of the New Zealand Company
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Scientific illustrations, Watercolour 545 x 440 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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