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Haurongo: Marsden, Samuel

Samuel Marsden

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A head and shoulders oil painting of Samuel Marsden

Convict Joseph Backler painted this portrait in oils of Samuel Marsden, in Sydney some time between 1832 and 1838.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-620

Oil painting by Joseph Backler

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

G. S. Parsonson. 'Marsden, Samuel', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou May 2013. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/714/samuel-marsden (accessed 5 July 2026).