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Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :From the Pah Pipitea, Port Nicholson, Decr 1840
- Date
- 1840
- By
- Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company
- Reference
- C-011-005
- Description
View from inside Pipitea Pa, looking north up the harbour towards the Hutt Valley and the Rimutaka Ranges. In the left foreground, two people sit, wrapped in blankets on bare ground. The edges of the site are defined with palisades of varying heights. On lower ground to the right are a wharenui, a long low building with a single door in the side, and two whata or food storage buildings on poles.
Note on verso: Selected to be exhibited in the Academy Gallery for the Chamber of Commerce centennial June 1956, but not shown because of lack of space.
Other Titles - Wellington Harbour, December
Other Titles - Pa
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing 205 x 284 mm
Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, London, 1915, as part of the New Zealand Company collection.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Pen and brown ink drawing 205 x 284 mm
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