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Vue interieure du pa de Kahouwera. (Nouvelle Zelande). Pl 52.

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Date

[1833]

Artist

Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801-)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23060327

Additional Makers

Lithographer: Isidore Laurent Deroy (1797-1886)

Description

An artist, probably a self-portrait, seated to the left sketching an abandoned Maori pa, on the eastern headland of Paroa Bay, Bay of Islands. The pa has several fences, storage platforms on tree trunks and a number of houses, some with collapsed roofs.

From: Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl.52

Other Titles - Interior view of Kahouwera Pa (Bay of Islands, New Zealand)

The original watercolour for this view is held in the Biblioteque Nationale, Paris. Its title is Pa Kahou Wara. The Library holds a photographic copy (neg 146769 1/2)

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Paroa Bay, New Zealand

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Huts
Villages
Coasts

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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