IMAGE
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771 (after) :Piroghe di guerra della Nuova Zelanda [1785]
- Date
- 1774 - 1778
- By
- Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Barralet, John James, 1747-1815
- Reference
- A-466-003
- Description
A long, intricately-carved war canoe, with about 50 standing and seated men. In the background is Gable End Foreland
See also A-438-001, Battello da guerra della nuova Zelanda / Vinc. Aloja inc. [1790-1815?]
Probably taken from the watercolour rendered from Parkinson's drawing by JJ Barralet, in which he included almost twice the number of men depicted by Parkinson originally, and set the canoe within a bay, complete with other waka
Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand [translation]
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 1785 [in pencil]
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving on laid paper, 175 x 365 mm (plate mark)
Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, The Barry Cash photographic collection and private vendors auction, 16 October, 2014; lot P435
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Engraving on laid paper, 175 x 365 mm (plate mark), Orientation: Horizontal image
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