item details
NameQueen Emma of the Thames gold fields, Auckland, NZ
ProductionRobert Leaf; photography studio; 1866-1875; Auckland
1869 / 1876
1869 / 1876
Classificationcartes-de-visite, photographic prints, albumen prints, studio portraits
Materialssilver, albumen, printing-out paper, mounting board
Materials Summarycarte-de-visite, albumen silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, photography, printing-out
Dimensionsimage: 60mm (width), 93mm (height)
Registration NumberO.038433
Credit lineGift of T. Deys-Woltman, 1975
Overview
Half length portrait of a young Maori woman known as Queen Emma, with her face in three quarter profile. She has a moko kauae (chin tattoo), and is wearing an ornate Victorian dress in a dark colour, and a bonnet trimmed with lace and flowers. She is also wearing large earrings, a necklace of large diamond-shaped beads (possibly jet), and a choker.