IMAGE
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :The New-Zealand Festival. Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen, London. Hobart, published by Samuel Augustus Tegg, 1845.
- Date
- 1844 - 1845
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Tegg, Samuel Augustus, active 1845; Day & Haghe (Firm)
- Reference
- D-001-013
- Description
Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. There is "an immense pile of dried sharks" ready for consumption in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori.
Published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. The image was republished in 1890 as a supplement to Brett's Almanac with the title Maori feast at Remuera, and in 1969 as a photolithographic reproduction.
Other Titles - Maori feast at Remuera
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 240 x 955 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Photolithographs, Panoramic views, Lithograph in two tints 240 x 955 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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