item details
Name(Hone) Wetere Te Rerenga, wife, and son
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; 1885; New Zealand
Alfred Burton; photographer; 1885; North Island
Alfred Burton; photographer; 1885; North Island
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives, group portraits
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.010083
Overview
Waikato portraits
Burton took these portaits of tribal leaders in 1885, on an extended trip through the Waikato. Though caught in the upheaval of colonisation, the men project the proud spirit of a determined people.