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Heaphy: Explorer, Artist, Settler
Iain Sharp
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Description for Heaphy: Explorer, Artist, Settler
Hardcover. Born in England, Englishman Charles Heaphy - the first 'New Zealander' to win the Victoria Cross, the first European to explore the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island and a distinguished 19th-century landscape painter in that country is a central figure in colonial history. This book reveals the story of Heaphy's life and art. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBN; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 200 x 30. Weight in Grams: 445.
Born in England c1820, Englishman Charles Heaphy - the first 'New Zealander' to win the Victoria Cross, the first European to explore the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island and the most distinguished 19th-century landscape painter in that country is, by any measure, a central figure in colonial history. In this engaging book, lavishly illustrated with Heaphy's paintings, drawings and maps, author Iain Sharp reveals the story of Heaphy's life and art.From his earliest surviving watercolour of birdlife in the Marlborough Sounds in August 1839 to his last known sketch on the back of an envelope, showing Maori witnesses ... Read more
Born in England c1820, Englishman Charles Heaphy - the first 'New Zealander' to win the Victoria Cross, the first European to explore the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island and the most distinguished 19th-century landscape painter in that country is, by any measure, a central figure in colonial history. In this engaging book, lavishly illustrated with Heaphy's paintings, drawings and maps, author Iain Sharp reveals the story of Heaphy's life and art.From his earliest surviving watercolour of birdlife in the Marlborough Sounds in August 1839 to his last known sketch on the back of an envelope, showing Maori witnesses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN
9781869404215
SKU
V9781869404215
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Ref
99-3
About Iain Sharp
Scholar, poet and critic Iain Sharp was born in Scotland and now lives in New Zealand. Since completing a PhD on Jacobean comedy at The University of Auckland, he has worked as books editor at national weekly the Sunday Star-Times, fiction editor of Landfall and manuscripts librarian at Auckland City Libraries. Sharp is a frequent reviewer and the author of ... Read more
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