This painting depicts the demise of the French explorer Marc Joseph Marion du Fresne’s at Manawaora Bay, Northland in 1772. Artists in Europe often indulged in romantic interpretations of the South Seas. The columns of the storehouse at right are more Roman than Māori.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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G-824-3
Drawing by Charles Meryon
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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