Field album 4

Album with pages shaped to allow photographs to be inserted into oval or rectangular slots, empty except for five images near the end of the album. One is of two unidentified people wearing native costume; the other four are lithographs of the four criminals involved in the Maungatapu murders in 1866. The men were members of the Burgess gang, Richard Burgess, Thomas Kelly, Philip Levy and Joseph Sullivan.

Inscriptions: Album page - `Mrs H A White from her loveing son Henery, August 4th '69 [i.e. [1869]'

Some authorities say Theophilus Mabille was the artist. Copies of the portraits can also be found in `A series of sketches illustrating the principal incidents in connection with the Maungatapu murders, with portraits of the prisoners from photographs taken in Nelson Gaol / drawn by Hodgson & Friend', Nelson, Old Post Office, [1866]. (Turnbull Library pamphlets Pam 1866 HOD 587).

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Heavily embossed and decorated leather cover, 15 x 23 cm