IMAGE
Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :View of the attack on the pah of the Waikadi tribe on the morn of the 16th May, 1845
- Date
- 1845
- By
- Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885
- Reference
- A-079-004
- Description
The British attack on Kapotai Pa, Waikare Inlet, Bay of Islands. Several armed redcoats by a clump of bushes in the foreground, other soldiers and "friendly" Maori firing from behind a line of bushes in the middle distance towards the fenced pa site set against hills. A European house outside the fencing on the right has other Maori around it.
This attack took place in the Omapere area, a week after the attack on Puketutu Pa. Kapotai Pa was on one of the head creeks of the Waikare Inlet. Bridge organised a boat expedition to Kapotai Pa and burned the pa while the friendly Maori, under Tamati Waka Nene, fought the Kapotai in the bush. (Information from James Cowan's "The New Zealand Wars" (1922), p.45, where this image is reproduced.
Inscriptions: Recto - [title in Bridge's hand and] Cyp.Bridge fecit [in pencil]
cf A-079-025, John Williams' pastel sketch of the same view, possibly the field sketch, while Bridge's watercolour is more likely to be worked up from Williams' view.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white with scratching out 187 x 258 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour & Chinese white with scratching out 187 x 258 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885. Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :View of the attack on the pah of the Waikadi tribe on the morn of the 16th May, 1845. Ref: A-079-004. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23165952More information can be found in our terms of use.