Pickering, T :Moko Wairua, a New Zealand captive - [London? ; 1842]

Pickering, T :Moko Wairua, a New Zealand captive - [London? ; 1842]
Date
1842
Reference
B-039-022
Description

An 1841 playbill with an illustration showing a massacre in New Zealand and advertising the play about 'the dreadful sufferings of Joshua Newburn, nine years captive in New Zealand'

Same print (previous state) appears in the Penny Sunday Times and people's police gazette (London), Sunday, Dec 5, 1841, headed: `The dreadful sufferings of Joshua Newburn, nine years captive in New Zealand, who will appear...'

On accompanying playbill (attached): `Royal Victoria Saloon... Second week of Moko Wairua! Monday, March 28...'

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 160 x 245 mm on playbill (broadsheet, 380 x 500 mm)

Access restrictions
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Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engraving, b&w, 160 x 245 mm on playbill (broadsheet, 380 x 500 mm)
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