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Biography: Haast, Julius von

Sir Julius Haast

A head and shoulders portrait of Julius Haast in later life, heavily bearded, in suit and bow tie.

Allan Cambridge’s painting of Sir Julius von Haast, commissioned after Haast’s death by the trustees of the Canterbury Museum and based on an 1886 photograph. The painter has used some artistic licence – Haast was entirely white-haired by the 1880s, rather than the salt-and-pepper look he has been given.

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Canterbury Museum

Reference: ABC2

by A. B. Cambridge

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Peter B. Maling and Simon Nathan. 'Haast, Julius von', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/47885/sir-julius-haast (accessed 4 June 2026).