IMAGE
Gully, John, 1819-1888 :Pipiriki Maori settlement, Wanganui River 1875.
- Date
- 1875
- By
- Gully, John, 1819-1888
- Reference
- B-163-007
- Description
Shows a stretch of the Wanganui River at Pipiriki, with a wooden fence (or platform) and whare at the far right. Two canoes are pulled up on to the bank in the centre foreground (one with a ornate carved prow), and there is a waka with four figures in it, in the middle of the river. Five figure are bathing in the river off a shallow point. On the bank at the left are further huts and fences or raised platforms. There is a bird, possibly a kingfisher, on a branch in the left foreground, and flax and other plants in the foreground.
The original for the chromolithograph titled 'Up-river scene, Wanganui, Wellington' in Gully's book 'New Zealand scenery' (Dunedin, Henry Wise, 1877).
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J Gully / 1875
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 310 x 384 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 310 x 384 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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