[Bridge, Cyprian], 1807-1885 :View of the pah of Ruapekapeka after its capture and when in flames from the mortar battery in view of the principle stockade - distance 900 yards, 12th Jany 1846

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[Bridge, Cyprian], 1807-1885 :View of the pah of Ruapekapeka after its capture and when in flames from the mortar battery in view of the principle stockade - distance 900 yards, 12th Jany 1846

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TAPUHI

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Two tents sheltering redcoat solders and their equipment right foreground, two burnt bushes left foreground with centrally-placed wooden palisades of the stockade built by the British forces. Several other soldiers and one Maori on guard. Three small Cohorn mortars are inside the stockade. In the left background on a low hill, the Ruapekapeka pa is in flames. Exhibited in 'Encounter with Eden : New Zealand, 1770-1870' an exhibition of New Zealand paintings and watercolours from the Rex N...

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Date created

1846

Creator

Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23179314

Locations

Ruapekapeka Pā

Related subjects

Fires / New Zealand / Northland Region / Fortification / Military camps / Mortars (Ordnance) / Northern War, N.Z., 1845-1846 / Ruapekapeka, Battle of, N.Z., 1845-1846 / Soldiers / Ruapekapeka Pā

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