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(46) Ko Nopera Parenga

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Date

[1845]

Artist

Thomas Biddulph Hutton (1824-1886)

Collective Title

Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Three sketchbooks of New Zealand scenes and people. 1844-1847]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/37283505

Description

Head and shoulders portrait of the Maori leader. He wears his hair short, with two huia feathers. His face has full moko. He wears a white European shirt and a green cape pinned at the shoulder. Hutton writes of his subject: 'This is a likeness of a Maori chief, the first I saw in the country. Now I have again come to Auckland, I have taken his likeness, being interesting[?] as an old acquaintance.'

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

New Zealand

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Portraits

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People & Society

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