New Zealand Chiefs.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Date made
1834
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower left below or within each image, 'J.C.'.
Printed centre of sheet, 'NEW ZEALAND CHIEFS.'.
Printed centre at base of sheet, 'Published and Sold by J.as Maclehose at the Old Australian Bazaar N.o 6 Hunter Street Sydney, N.S.W.'.
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print-run unknown
Production notes
The images were not drawn from life, but were derived from printed sources. The image of John Rutherford was copied from Craik, G. L., 'The New Zealanders', London, 1830.
The date of production 1834: Maclehose only advertised as at the 'Old Australian Bazaar No 6 Hunter Street' in 1834.
Subject description
Portraits of five Aotearoa New Zealand Māori chiefs: 1. Tupai Cupa, 2. George, 3. Ahoudee Ogunna, 4. Tooi, 5. John Rutherford (an Englishman who became a chief), and 6. a depiction of 10 war clubs.
Collection
State Library of New South Wales
Accession number
PXC 284
Web address
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6oQD9/Z3a8py8zBj4kJ
Country of context
Australia
Last Updated
25 Nov 2024