Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Ngaruawahia from opposite bank. General's quarters. King's palace. King's flagstaff. Council Chambers [1864]

Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Ngaruawahia from opposite bank. General's quarters. King's palace. King's flagstaff. Council Chambers [1864]
Date
1864
By
Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898
Reference
E-047-q-009
Description

View from across the Waikato River towards the main buildings of the Maori king's residence. The long low building on the left is the 'General's quarters', the 'King's palace' is in the centre with dark red barge boards, the 'council chambers' are futher to the right and the closest building and the flagstaff is on the far right. There are two small canoes at the landing place, along with people and horses. There are also tents amongst the remaining buildings on the site

Copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams 'Ngaruawahia from opposite bank of Waikato. 1864' in E. A. Williams' diary in the Hocken Library, p. 77 (The Turnbull holds a slide of this view)

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 98 x 187 mm

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Part of
Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864] / Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour on grey paper, 98 x 187 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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