French artists often sailed with explorers, producing detailed work that included depictions of Māori life and customs. Here the artist Barthelemy Lauvergne, who visited on a corvette with Captain C. P. T. de Laplace in 1831, shows Māori helping French sailors haul in fishing lines at Kororāreka (Russell).
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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B-098-005
Aquatint after a drawing by Barthelemy Lauvergne
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