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In the age of exploration Europeans were enchanted with the exoticism of foreign lands and their peoples. Artists gladly fed the hunger for romantic notions of life in natural settings, and artistic licence was widespread. This image, ‘Girl of New Zealand’, is derived from an engraving of a young man by Piron, a French artist who visited in 1793.
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Reference: PUBL-0172-2-136
by Piron
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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22 June 2011