Turanga Nui (Turanga)
Maker
Colenso, William
Production date
29 Jan 1838
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Pencil sketch of Turanga (now called Gisborne) and the mouth of the Turanganui River. Settler buildings and a wharf are visible on the left below Kaiti Hill. On the right is a Māori pā with a large number of people on the shore. A single figure is paddling a waka across the river to the pā. Signed. Dated.
Collection
Production date
29 Jan 1838
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Pencil on paper
Media/Materials
Measurements
Sketch: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 186 x 310mm
Mount: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 354 x 458mm
Mount: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 354 x 458mm
Signature/Inscription
Turanga Nui, (Turanga.) Jany 29/38. WC, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Jan 1838
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, [6480]
Credit line
gifted by Lady Florence Maclean
Other number(s)
MMC233, 6480
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