Artist unknown :A New Zealand settler's house at Waikato. The penny illustrated paper. Feb. 6, 1869, [page] 93.

Artist unknown :A New Zealand settler's house at Waikato. The penny illustrated paper. Feb. 6, 1869, [page] 93.
Date
1869
Reference
A-423-005-1
Description

Top illustration shows a settler's house with front verandah and fence, and two groups of cattle in the foreground. There is a bush-covered hill in the background.

The lower image shows a group of Maori, one man standing and five seated on the group. All are men except for a woman smoking a pipe at the right. Behind them is a carved structure, perhaps a pataka, and a wooden fence with carved figures on some of its poles.

The text reports an event at Matawhero where several settlers were killed.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Wood engraving 100 x 128 mm, on sheet 328 x 230 mm.

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Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869] / Artist unknown :[Two illustrations. 1. A New Zealand settler's house at Waikato; 2. The rising in New Zealand - group of Maori chiefs]. The penny illustrated paper. Feb. 6, 1869, [page] 93.
Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Wood engraving 100 x 128 mm, on sheet 328 x 230 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Artist unknown :A New Zealand settler's house at Waikato. The penny illustrated paper. Feb. 6, 1869, [page] 93.. Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869]. Ref: A-423-005-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22833253

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