Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :[Rangihaeta New Zealand Maori chief who killed Captn. Wakefield at the Wairau massacre, June 1843. Painted in] 1864

Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :[Rangihaeta New Zealand Maori chief who killed Captn. Wakefield at the Wairau massacre, June 1843. Painted in] 1864
Date
1843 - 1864
By
Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Eccles, Edith Phoebe Caroline, -1964; Eccles, Alfred, 1821-1904
Reference
B-004-020
Description

Similar to B-004-021. Shows Rangihaeata standing with mere (probably Te Heketua), feather cloak, and long cloak with decorated hem. His face has the moko, and the background contains a flax bush at the right.

Accompanied by title label on wooden panel (broken).

Probably based on a portrait of Rangihaeata done by Barraud in 1853, now held in the British Library (see E-144-060). Note that Te Rangihaeata died in 1855.

Other Titles - Rangihaeata

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [signed and dated]

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour 440 x 360 mm

Provenance: Exhibited at the London International Exhibition in 1872, by Dr Alfred Eccles.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Ethnographic illustrations, Watercolour 440 x 360 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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