Iwikau, active 1838

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-004

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Iwikau, a Maori man, from Wakapuaka pa, near Nelson Iwikau's wife, Hingatu, and child are shown in another portrait in this group (A-286-005) See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, vo.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Iwikau is likely to have been converted by the Rev. Charles Reay of Nelson Other Titles - Iwikau. Wakapuaka. Remarkable for his piety. 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. (Coates, I. Remarkable for his piety...). Library has file print Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-005

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori woman with baby in red cap asleep on her back Hingatu's husband, Iwikau, is shown in another portrait in this sequence, A-286-004. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the emigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v. 23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67, for further information. Baptism likely to have been at Wakapuaka or in Nelson, by the Rev. Charles Reay. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., :Coates, I. As they appeared...". Library has file print Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer

Date: 1877 - 1888

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868; Delatre, Auguste, 1822-1907

Reference: A-259-022

Description: Two left-profile portraits of tattooed Maori men, both probably from the Akaroa area Left-profile portraits, etched by Delatre after original drawings by Meryon now in Mitchell Library (unidentified Maori) and British Museum (Iwikau). Inscriptions: Name "Iwi-kao" inscribed in pencil See also A-259-020; Tama Keke and information sheets laid in box. Meryon's drawings were done during his time based at Akarao between 1840 and 1845 Iwikau was involved in 1838 sale of land to Capt Langlois Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, b&w 150 x 217 mm (plate mark) on sheet 275 x 355 mm