IMAGE
Florance, Augustus H, 1812-1879 :"Tarra", or the Maori Chief "George" at a war-dance. [Between 1856 and 1860?]
- Date
- 1769 - 1856 - 1860
- By
- Florance, Augustus (Dr), 1812-1879; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Moffatt, Ethel Jane, 1883-1970
- Reference
- A-114-002
- Description
Head and shoulders of a Maori chief rolling his eyes with his tongue protruding.
An exaggerated version of the right side of an engraving from Cook's first voyage: The manner in which the New Zealand warriors defy their enemies, engraving from Parkinson, Sidney. A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas. (London, 1773) pl. 17. The man drawn by Parkinson in 1769 was not named. Florance may have obtained the name 'Tarra or George' from a portrait of Te Ara (d 1827) by artist Richard Read (1705?-ca 1843). The known image of Te Ara bears no resemblance to this portrait.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title & Signed: A.F.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 134 x 149 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Watercolour 134 x 149 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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