Portraits of Tongan men

Portraits of Tongan men
Date
[Between 19 and 22 July 1874]
Reference
PA1-f-237-10
Description

Portraits of three Tongan men. The top left image is labelled "Governor Tungi;" the top right image is labelled "Amatabaulay;" the bottom image is labled "one of the boats crew" and shows a Tongan seaman standing on the deck of an unidentified ship. Photographs taken by Frederick Hodgeson between 19 and 22 July 1874.

Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Governor Tungi. Amatabaulay. One of the boats crew

HMS Challenger visited Tonga with the Challenger expedition between 19 and 22 July 1874. Source of information: H N Moseley, Notes by a naturalist (London: Murray, 1892) pp 244-253

Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Albumen prints

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Various photographers :Photographs of scenes and natives in the Pacific Islands and Straits of Magellan / Photographs of scenes and natives in the Pacific Islands and Straits of Magellan - Photographs taken by Corporal C Newbold, Frederick Hodgeson and Jesse Lay
Format
3 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Portraits, Albumen prints
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