IMAGE
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771 :Representation of a war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End Foreland. / Prattent sculp. London, Alexr. Hogg, [1784?]
- Date
- 1769 - 1784 - 1770
- By
- Prattent, T, active 1780-1800; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Hogg and Company
- Reference
- B-085-013
- Description
Shows ornately carved canoe with high stern on the right, eight occupants standing and about 28 seated. All figures wear feathers in their hair and six are cloaked. Gable End Foreland is in the left distance; however it is inaccurately depicted, since the whole image is a reversal of an earlier engraving..
The Library has five black and white copies of this engraving at A-111-004/004-d.
A reversed version of 'A war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End Foreland' engraved by J. J. Barralet', published 1772 and 1773 in Hawkesworth's account of Cook's voyage to New Zealand. Both the Barralet and Prattent engravings are partially derived from an ink and wash drawing in the British Museum, 'A New Zealand War Canoe' by Sydney Parkinson, although the canoe shown is much shorter and the number of rowers much fewer in the Parkinson drawing. The exact original for the engraved versions has never been found. The reversal of the Prattent engraving means that the background landscape is inaccurately depicted and the canoe is facing in the wrong direction. Parkinson's original observation of the scene with the canoe was in 1769.
Inscriptions: Recto - above image - London. Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms No 16 Paternoster Row.; Recto - beneath image - [Title]
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 225 x 365 mm (sight).
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Rephotographed at high resolution in November 2013
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Watercolours, Ethnographic illustrations, Engraving, hand-coloured, 225 x 365 mm (sight)., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Prattent, T, active 1780-1800. Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771 :Representation of a war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End Foreland. / Prattent sculp. London, Alexr. Hogg, [1784?]. Ref: B-085-013. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22861896More information can be found in our terms of use.