IMAGE
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner], 1816-1854 :[The Hobson album. Two Maori girls. 1842 or 1843]
- Date
- 1842 - 1843
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Reference
- E-216-f-057
- Description
Two Maori girls, probably both in their teens. The taller of the two is wearing a flax cloak, a fringed and tagged korowai-ngore, open to the waist to show her breasts; the smaller is in a white kilt of European fabric, possibly with a fringed flax belt. Her hand is on the waist and her head on the shoulder of the taller girl. A tree, ferns and a small flax are to the left. In the right background is open water and a headland or island. The location is described by the artist in a related view of the two girls as Mauranui.
Two related ink and pencil drawings are held in the Grey album, British Library, Add. MS 19953, folio 51, no. 152 and folio 62 no. 181. The former shows the two girls in a very similar stance, but lacks the background of sea and bush shown in the Hobson Album version. The latter is entitled 'Two girls at Mauranui'. The name Mauranui is no longer in use, but it is likely to be somewhere in the hot lakes district or as far north as Auckland
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper, 355 x 248 mm
Provenance: Part of Mrs Hobson's album. The album was passed by Eliza Hobson to her daughter, Eliza, Lady Rendel.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845] / [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour on cream wove paper, 355 x 248 mm
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