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[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1816?-1854 :[The Hobson album]. View from Orakau of Maunga tatari with natives in the foreground digging. They dig while sitting in preference to standing. [ca 1843]
- Date
- 1842 - 1844
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Reference
- E-216-f-007
- Description
Maori in the foreground digging with a ko, watched by women and children. Two are digging from seated positions, one from a standing position. In the middle distance is a part of Orakau Pa, or a separate kainga, including a moari or swing, a wharepuni, two huts and a pataka, with fencing around it. In the background is a line of kahikitea and Maungatautari mountain, Waikato
Compare two other version of this drawing by Merrett. One dating from 1842 is in the British Library's Grey Albums (Add. Ms 19953 f. 99, pl. 268) an ink and pencil drawing entitled 'Rotomahana, one of the Rotorua Lakes with a view of the hot springs and the ascent to it by natural steps of salyx'; also the Turnbull Library's A-089-008, an ink and wash sketch, almost identical to this one.
Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Title in ink in the artist's hand
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash, 166 x 240 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, Pencil, ink and wash, 166 x 240 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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