IMAGE
Fox, William 1812-1893 :Wairarapa. 1847
- Date
- 1847
- By
- Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977
- Reference
- WC-045
- Description
Shows a group of people on a river bank, with a large pa (Otaraia) on the hill to the right. The palisades and houses of the pa, built by Ngatuere Tawhirimatea, are clearly seen. A small boat with sail is on the Ruamahanga River
Reproduced by the Library as a Turnbull Library Print, 1965, as Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa.
Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan.
Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989.
Other Titles - Otaraia Pa, Wairarapa
Identified on acquisition from a closely similar watercolour in the Hocken Library, inscribed in Fox's hand 'Oteriah Pah, Ruamahanga River, Wiararapa Valley, 1857'
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 255 x 360 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 255 x 360 mm
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