IMAGE
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1816?-1854 :[The Hobson album]. View on the Lake of Rotorua. The Island of Mo Koia in the centre. [ca 1843]
- Date
- 1842 - 1844
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Reference
- E-216-f-059
- Description
Groups of Maori on the foreshore engaged in various activities, including cooking in a large pot to the right. Two war canoes on the lake. Mokoia in the middle distance. The view is framed with trees to left and right, including cabbage trees on the right, alongside a food storage platform
Strongly similar to a drawing in the Grey Album Add. MS. 19953, f. 118, no. 288 'The Lake of Rotorua', although in the latter there are just four people on the foreshore, there are three canoes shown, and the framing trees are larger
Other Titles - Mokoia Island
Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Title in ink in the artist's hand
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink and wash, 167 x 249 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845] / [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Ink and wash, 167 x 249 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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