IMAGE
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :Tomita ; Waka ; Nene, New Zealand Chief. 1846?]
- Date
- 1844 - 1848
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Trafford, Benjamin William Rawson, 1824?-1891; Methodist Missionary Society
- Reference
- A-255-019
- Description
Shows Tamati Waka Nene, standing in flax cloak, with rifle held across his body. Probably painted around the time of the Northland wars, 1845-46, in Auckland or Northland. Cf two very similar portraits, also by Merrett, of Tamati Waka Nene held by Waihi Arts Centre and Museum and by Auckland Public Library.
Has also been attributed to Benjamin William Rawson Trafford, in Wanganui from 1847
Attribution based on style. Date based on date of Auckland Public Library version. However the work is also very similar to a lithograph attributed to Benjamin Trafford 'Tamati Waka Nene, Chief of the Ngapui'; 'Lieut B Trafford del', published in Power, J T. Sketches in New Zealand, with pen and pencil ... (London, 1849), opposite p 104
Other Titles - Tamati Waka Nene; Bejamin William Rawson Trafford
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 295 x 258 mm
Provenance: Previously the property of the Methodist Missionary Society, London
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Watercolour on paper 295 x 258 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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