IMAGE
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
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- 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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