de SAINSON, LOUIS AUGUSTE
Village de Korora-Reka. [Nouvelle Zelande]
From: Dumont D’Urville. Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl. 61.

Blind stamp along base.  Showing a close-up  view from the water of two canoes drawn up on the
beach and several low European dwellings  beyond in a sheltered bay. A pataka (storage platform)
can be seen on the hill behind the houses.  Two Māori are seated in front of the houses and two are
standing behind a low whare on the right.

Hand coloured lithograph

340 x 515 mm (sheet size)

Light marginal toning, VG.