Pai Mārire Prisoners, 1865

Maker
Swan and Wrigglesworth
Production date
Nov 1865
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail

About this object
Group of Māori Pai Mārire prisoners seated on a sloping hill. Standing behind them holding bayoneted rifles are colonial militia. Written on the reverse is November 1865, Hauhau Māori Prisoners. Napier. New Zealand.

Photographer, Swan and Wrigglesworth.
Production date
Nov 1865
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued onto cardboard backing.
Measurements
Height x Width: 60 x 94mm
Height x Width: 64 x 102mm
Signature/Inscription
Swan and Wrigglesworth, Photograhers, Wellington and Napier, New Zealand., Printed, Printed
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamp
Box 20 B, Inscription, Handwritten
Subject period
Subject date
Nov 1865
Credit Line
gifted by Mrs M O Gibson
Other number(s)
m71/18, 4386 a, 75279

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Public comments

Photography. — We notice that Messrs. Swan and Wrigglesworth have displayed in the window of their establishment in Willis-street, a photograph of the prisoners lately taken on the East Coast by Major Fraser's little party. The Hau Hau in the picture look very crest-fallen as they sit huddled together, guarded by a party of their brave captors. Wellington Independent, Volume XX, Issue 2288, 23 November 1865

- Tony Rackstraw posted 5 years ago.

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