IMAGE
Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :[Funeral of a chief]. 23 February [ca 1885]
- Date
- 1880
- By
- Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908
- Reference
- E-052-q-005
- Description
A dead chief lying on a low bed, his head on a rolled mat, his body covered by another mat or blanket. He is surrounded by mourners. At his head is a low whare with painted barge-boards. Another whare is inside a fence on the left, and forest trees are beyond the fence
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J P B 23.2.8 [page cropped, i.e. a date in the 1880s]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 138 x 194 mm mounted into sketchbook
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian views [New Zealand scenes] [ca 1880] / Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian views [New Zealand scenes] [ca 1880]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 138 x 194 mm mounted into sketchbook
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