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English: The Hobson album. Maketu
Artist
Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1816?-1854
Title
English: The Hobson album. Maketu
Description
English: Head and shoulders portrait of a young Maori man, wrapped in a blanket. He was Maketu Waretotara, the son of Ruhe, a Waimate chief
Date 1842
date QS:P571,+1842-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pencil and watercolor
Dimensions height: 222 mm (8.74 in); width: 177 mm (6.96 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,222U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,177U174789
National Library of New Zealand
Notes Maketu was tried for multiple murder at the Bay of Islands in November 1841 and executed in Auckland on 7 March 1842. There is another portrait of him on page 141 of the album, with his statement on page 101. In the British Library is another version in pencil in the Grey Album, Add. Ms 19953, f. 78 pl. 218. and a watercolour in the same Album, f.45, pl. 132. In addition there is a copy by Edward Shortland in the Hocken Library.
References Steven Oliver (1990) "Story: Maketu, Wiremu Kingi" in Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, 1
Source/Photographer Ref: E-216-f-011. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22736195
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