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Tomita ; Waka ; Nene, New Zealand Chief.]

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Date

[1846?]

Artist

Joseph Jenner Merrett (1816-1854)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23231810

Additional Makers

Attributed to: Benjamin William Rawson Trafford (1824?-1891)

Description

Shows Tamati Waka Nene, standing in flax cloak, with rifle held across his body. Probably painted around the time of the Northland wars, 1845-46, in Auckland or Northland. Cf two very similar portraits, also by Merrett, of Tamati Waka Nene held by Waihi Arts Centre and Museum and by Auckland Public Library.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Auckland, New Zealand

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People & Society

TWW Comment

The artist was based in Auckland in the 1840s though he travelled up north and through the Waikato painting Maoris, interpreting and surveying. see: https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d816.html

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