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Musical group

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Musical group

This watercolour, painted by William Mathew Hodgkins around 1880, captures a common colonial scene. A group gathers around a piano and joins in the music-making by singing or playing an instrument.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-213-013

by William Mathew Hodgkins

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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Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Making their own fun, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/17671/musical-group (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.