(46) Ko Nopera Parenga

(46) Ko Nopera Parenga
Date
[1845]
By
Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886
Reference
E-111-1-057
Description

Head and shoulders portrait of the Maori leader. He wears his hair short, with two huia feathers. His face has full moko. He wears a white European shirt and a green cape pinned at the shoulder. Hutton writes of his subject: 'This is a likeness of a Maori chief, the first I saw in the country. Now I have again come to Auckland, I have taken his likeness, being interesting[?] as an old acquaintance.'

Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Ko Nopera Parenga [in ink]

Quantity: 1 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on page of sketchbook, 160 x 200 mm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Three sketchbooks of New Zealand scenes and people. 1844-1847] / Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Sketchbook of New Zealand scenes and people]
Format
1 drawing(s), Watercolours, Ink and watercolour on page of sketchbook, 160 x 200 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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