A teenage boy in 1844, when George French Angas drew his portrait in Poverty Bay
Poahu, active 1844
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[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Two Hau-raki boys / J S Allan [Wellington] 1889
Date: 1891
From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890
By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930; Angas, George French, 1822-1886
Reference: B-110-013-3
Description: A portrait of two Maori boys, the one on the left seated, the right-hand one standing. Both are dressed in flax cloaks and have distinctive feathers in their hair, possibly pheasant feathers One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. All four are derived from lithographs by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847). This is adapted from the left side of a lithograph titled Poahu and E Koti, two lads of Poverty Bay, Plate 33. The copyist's title is inaccurate, in that the original subjects were from Poverty Bay (Gisborne Region), not Hauraki (Waikato or Bay of Plenty Region) Other Titles - Hauraki Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm