Hulk with Maoris who were taken at Rangiriri - Auckland.

1864

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 75/130

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Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Tis sad to see/ How Cabined, Cribbed, Confined/ the Maories who in Rangiriri’s pits/ So stoutly held their ground/ Now fret in vain; verso: 37; inscribed on original mount: H.M.S. Esk, Hulk with Maories [sic] who were taken at Rangiriri - Auckland. June 1864

145 x 249 mm (irreg oval)

watercolour, pencil & opaque white on grey paper

Given by Dr H.D. Skinner, Dunedin, 1948.

Williams