Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1816?-1854 :Wake warriors, wake! Dec.r 1843

Date
1843
By
Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference
A-275-008-1
Description

A 41-line poem describing a Maori attack on an enemy tribe

Merrett published a number of poems using the pseudonym 'Crayon'

Inscriptions: Verso - beneath image - signature J. J. Merrett and date Dec.r 1843

Quantity: 1 holograph.

Physical Description: Sepia ink, 163 x 247 mm

Provenance: Originally part of Mrs Hobson's album. The album was passed by Eliza Hobson to her daughter, Eliza, Lady Rendel.

Transfers: One of several pages removed from the Hobson album for conservation reasons, 1990. This page was was formerly located on p. 121 of the album. The poem is on the back of Merrett's drawing 'Otawhao'.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Part of
Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1816?-1854 :The pa of 'Maketu' at Otawao in the Waipa, Dec.r 1843.
Format
1 holograph, Works of art, Sepia ink, 163 x 247 mm
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