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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