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[Shooting party], Mansion House, Kawau [Island].

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Date

1853

Artist

Charles Heaphy (1820-1881)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23199716

Description

Shows a woman with a rifle, aiming at a target to the left of the picture, while two other women stand alongside her on the shore in the centre foreground. There is a rowing boat pulled up on the slope behind them, and a bank with trees in the background.

May originally have been part of a larger picture.

Title "Shooting party" supplied by International Art Centre auction catalogue March 2001.

Backing board housed with the original art work.

The title 'Mansion House, Kawau, 1853' appears to have been added in the 20th century. It is written in ball-point pen. Mansion House was not known as such until about 1900 and the property was not purchased by Sir George Grey, its best-known early owner, until 1862. The date 1853 is quite convincing in terms of the dress of the women although the dress styles could also date from 1860 or slightly later. The location may be elsewhere in Auckland.

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Mansion House, Kawau Island, Auckland, New Zealand

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