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Artist unknown :[Three illustrations. 1 Kaffir witch-doctor; 2. Japanese barber - see page 78; 3. A native funeral in New Zealand - see page 78]. The penny illustrated paper. Jan. 30, 1869, [page] 76.
- Date
- 1869
- Reference
- A-423-003
- Description
Top left illustration shows a half-length portrait of an African witch-doctor smoking a pipe which he holds to his lips with his left hand. He wears his long hair in pony-tails, one on either side of his head. He wears several necklaces and a broad armlet on his left forearm.
Top right illustration shows a kimono-clad man cutting the hair of a man who kneels at a low table on which two large bowls are place.
The lower picture shows a group of Maori paying respect to a body of a deceased person who lies in state in front of a whare.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engravings on sheet 328 x 230 mm.
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- Part of
- Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Wood engravings on sheet 328 x 230 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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UnknownArtist unknown :Kaffir witch-doctor. The penny illustrated paper. Jan. 30, 1869, [page]...
Date: 1869
From: Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869]
Reference: A-423-003-1
Description: Top left illustration on page shows a half-length portrait of an African witch-doctor smoking a pipe which he holds to his lips with his left hand. He wears his long hair in pony-tails, one on either side of his head. He wears several necklaces and a broad armlet on his left forearm. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 100 x 83 mm, on sheet 328 x 230 mm.
Artist unknown :Japanese barber - see page 78. The penny illustrated paper. Jan. 30, 18...
Date: 1869
From: Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869]
Reference: A-423-003-2
Description: Top right illustration on page shows a kimono-clad man cutting the hair of a man who kneels at a low table on which two large bowls are place. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 128 x 102 mm, on sheet 328 x 230 mm.
[Robley, Horatio Gordon], 1840-1930 :A native funeral in New Zealand - see page 78]. Th...
Date: 1869
From: Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869]
By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Reference: A-423-003-3
Description: The lower picture on the page shows a group of Maori paying respect to the body of a deceased person who lies in state in front of a whare, wearing a feather headdress. In the left foreground sits a Maori mother and infant, and a woman stands by the body, declaiming. Other figures sit and stand. The print is similar to Robley's ink and watercolour work, "A tangi at Matapihi 1864", at A-080-016; a note on that watercolour says "reproduced in "Illustrated London news, 17 Feb 1866". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 125 x 190 mm, on sheet 328 x 230 mm.