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Tarra, or the Maori Chief "George" at a war-dance.

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Date

[Between 1856 and 1860?]

Artist

Augustus H Florance (1812-1879)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22744385

Additional Makers

Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771)

Description

Head and shoulders of a Maori chief rolling his eyes with his tongue protruding.

An exaggerated version of the right side of an engraving from Cook's first voyage: The manner in which the New Zealand warriors defy their enemies, engraving from Parkinson, Sidney. A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas. (London, 1773) pl. 17. The man drawn by Parkinson in 1769 was not named. Florance may have obtained the name 'Tarra or George' from a portrait of Te Ara (d 1827) by artist Richard Read (1705?-ca 1843). The known image of Te Ara bears no resemblance to this portrait.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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New Zealand

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