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Haurongo: Angas, George French

Three chiefs, painted by George French Angas

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Three chiefs, painted by George French Angas

George French Angas published these portraits of three chiefs, including Waikato leader Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (left), Te Waru (centre) and Te Pakaru (right), in The New Zealanders illustrated (1847).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0014-44

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Moira M. Long. 'Angas, George French', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/2107/three-chiefs-painted-by-george-french-angas (accessed 4 June 2026).