Gottfried Lindauer
Pikirakau
Artwork Detail
Mrs Pikirakau, Bloody Queen Mary, who killed six rebels & stripped them of their arms, for which Sir George Grey gave her £30 & requested her not to fight again. Lindauer carefully inscribed the above text on the back of the painting. The highly-spirited wahine toa Mrs Pikirakau was so effective that Governor Grey paid for her retirement.
- Title
- Pikirakau
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- Unknown
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 1069 x 615 x 50 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
- Accession no
- 1915/2/26
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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