Te Rauparaha NZ Chiefs

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Title

Te Rauparaha NZ Chiefs

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This drawing is an extremely rare portrait of a great rangatira, Te Rauparaha (?- 1849, Ngāti Toa) by one of the most important early European artists to settle in Aotearoa, Charles Heaphy (1820-1881). Heaphy was the son of a professional artist, who began his artistic career as a draughtsman for London and Birmingham Railway Company in 1835. He attended classes at the Royal Academy from 1837 to 1839, when he entered into the service of the New Zealand Company as a draughtsman. He was only 19...

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Format

Image

Date created

1839

Creator

Major Charles Heaphy VC

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2232605

Related subjects

Portraits / Tattoos / Earrings / Tribal chiefs / Te Rauparaha / Ngāti Toa / graphite pencil / paper / drawings / portraits / works on paper / British Colonial / Wellington / Kāpiti Island

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