Artist unknown :[Reconstruction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. ca 1940 or 1930s]

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Title

Artist unknown :[Reconstruction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. ca 1940 or 1930s]

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Collection

TAPUHI

Description

An unfinished work showing a group of Maori and Pakeha standing around a table in the open air, part of a tent sketched in to the left, behind the group. One man is signing the document, watched by two Pakeha men in uniform (William Hobson and somebody else), a third Pakeha man, probably Henry Williams, is in clerical garb with two further Pakeha men in the background. Eleven Maori are seated in the foreground, and nine more are standing around the table. To the right a pohutukawa tree is i...

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Format

Image

Date created

1940 - 1840

Creator

Haddon, Oriwa Tahupotiki (Rev), 1898-1958 / New Zealand. Department of Māori Affairs

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22701985

Locations

Waitangi

Related subjects

Hobson, William, 1792-1842 / Williams, Henry, 1792-1867 / Treaties / Pohutukawa / Treaty of Waitangi (1840) / Waitangi

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