IMAGE
Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Makaenuku Pa; natives preparing to leave the Hutt. [ca 1845].
- Date
- 1845
- By
- Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865
- Reference
- A-179-013
- Description
Shows the Maraenuku Pā [Makaenuku] in the Hutt Valley. Five British soldiers stand in the right foreground, watching Maori with bundles leaving the pa and walking towards a canoe near the water at the left. The palisades around the pa have carved upright posts.
The pa was located on the east bank of the Hutt River, close to the present Melling Bridge. Brees mentions that Makaenuku Pa was built by Porirua Maori after 1840.
Date is likely to be 1845, since the soldiers shown did not occupy the Hutt Valley until 1845.
The original watercolour used as a basis for the published steel engraving in Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", (1847), Plate 18.
Other Titles - Makahinuku
Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Natives preparing to leave the Hutt; Recto - bottom left - Makaenuku Pa - Hutt
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 290 mm.
Provenance: Previously owned about 1962-1990 by Mrs I L S (Nancy) Sutherland of Christchurch.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 182 x 290 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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