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Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889 :Sketch on the Wahapu beach, Bay of Islands. / Drawn from a sketch taken on the spot by Captn Oliver, H.M.S. "Fly" [1849].
- Date
- 1849 - 1850
- By
- Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889
- Reference
- C-001-011
- Description
Shows a waka being drawn up on a beach by a group of about sixteen men, while two Maori stand and one is seated in the right foreground, with a pig and several kete. In the background the hillside slopes to the sea and there is a long whare on the slope, with figures standing in front of it and a camp fire at the left end of it.
Compare Oliver's watercolour in private hands: 'Launching a canoe, Bay of Islands', (photograph held in the Library's file print sequence), probably the sketch taken on the spot. 'Sketch on the Wahapu beach' was probably a second copy of 'Launching a canoe'. Details have been slightly simplified, but are otherwise identical. 'Sketch on the Wahapu beach' is probably a second copy in Oliver's own hand. The brushwork appears to be in his style.
Dating: this work may date to the artist's visit to the Bay of Islands in April 1849, or to his visit with Governor George Grey to the Bay of Islands in August-September 1849.
Other Titles - Captain
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on linen-backed paper, 350 x 533 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Ethnographic illustrations, Watercolour on linen-backed paper, 350 x 533 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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