Various artists :Recent sponge - Waitemata August 7 [18]46 [by Andrew Sinclair]. [Maori couple]. Watson, a chief of Waingaroa. [by J J Merrett]. Auckland. Septr [18]46. Melania? Found with unio, Auc[kland]. [Maori man]. [ca 1848]

Date
1848 - 1846
By
Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Sinclair, Andrew, 1794-1861
Reference
E-143-012
Description

Three drawings of Maori by J J Merrett. Three natural history drawings by Andrew Sinclair. From the top of the page, a watercolour of a sponge; a Maori couple embracing; head and shoulders frontal portrait of 'Watson' a young man of Waingaroa; A further sponge; outlines of several beetles; a profile view of a Maori man in a cloak, in front of a tree fern and flax

Quantity: 1 photograph(s).

Physical Description: Photograph of watercolours, ink and wash, pencil and pen and ink drawings

Additional description

Alternative form available: Photocopy held in photo file, Drawings and Prints, under artist/title.

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Part of
British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].
Format
1 photograph(s), Works of art, Photographs, Photograph of watercolours, ink and wash, pencil and pen and ink drawings
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