[Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :E Puna of Petoni, an ally chief of the inhabitants of Port Nicholson, has ever been remarkable for his attachment to the whites. [1843?]

[Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :E Puna of Petoni, an ally chief of the inhabitants of Port Nicholson, has ever been remarkable for his attachment to the whites. [1843?]
Date
1842 - 1845
By
Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878
Reference
A-286-016
Description

Head and shoulders profile portrait of Honiana te Puni, paramount chief of Wellington district and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi

Although there are multiple copies of most of Isaac Coates' portraits, this is the only known portrait by Coates of Te Puni.

See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. See D.N.Z.B. (1990) for biographical information about Te Puni.

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour, indelible purple pencil & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm

Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer.

Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-282-1 to 19).

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Watercolour, indelible purple pencil & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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