IMAGE
Williams, John, d 1905 :Ruapekapeka from the camp. [1846?]
- Date
- 1845 - 1846
- By
- Williams, John, -1905?
- Reference
- E-320-f-011
- Description
Shows open space to left with flagpole, two cannons and a Von Cohorn (or Kohorn) mortar, and two piles of cannonballs. This space overlooks a gully in left middle distance. At right a road leads away past fern-thatched huts to central distance, and in right foreground, small groups of soldiers in red jackets, and two Maori in cloaks, talk together. Flags flying amidst huts at right include a Union Jack.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title, once in pencil and once in ink]; Unsigned and undated.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook..
Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 285 mm, on paper 250 x 330 mm, glued into sketchbook 335 x 370 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Williams, John, d 1905 :Maori war sketches [by John Williams, Cyprian Bridge and other artists] 1845-1850 / Williams, John, d 1905 :Maori war sketches [by John Williams, Cyprian Bridge and other artists] 1845-1850
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook., Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 190 x 285 mm, on paper 250 x 330 mm, glued into sketchbook 335 x 370 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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