Alfred Sharpe
Artwork Detail
By 1876, the Waikato railway had reached Taupiri, skirting the hill and crossing the bridge on the left. Sharpe’s vantage point, ‘Little Taupiri Hill’ is the sacred burial site of the Tainui tribes, looking out across the Waikato lands which had been confiscated following the New Zealand Wars of 1863-4.
- Title
- View of Taupiri village and plain from the top of Little Taupiri Hill. Sunset
- Artist/creator
- Alfred Sharpe
- Production date
- 1876
- Medium
- watercolour painting, paper manuscript
- Dimensions
- 883 x 1038 x 34 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Rev Charles Palmer, 1951
- Accession no
- 1951/10
- Other ID
- 1951/10/D, 0/204 Old Accession Number, OCM 2322 Old Accession Number
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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