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Ruapekapeka after taken possession of on 11 Jany 1846 - at noon

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Date

11 Jan. 1846

Artist

After Robert Henry Wynyard (1802-1864)

Collective Title

Williams, John, d 1905 :Maori war sketches [by John Williams, Cyprian Bridge and other artists] 1845-1850

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23079988

Additional Makers

Copyist: John Williams (-1905?)

Description

British redcoats pushing through the broken pa pallisades, with smoke inside the pa. Several soldiers and two marines firing towards the bushes in front of the pa. One dead soldier on the ground beside this latter group. Heavy bush on both sides and in the foreground, with Maori hidden and firing on the left.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Ruapekapeka Pa, Towai, Northland, New Zealand

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