View of Taupiri village and plain from the top of Little Taupiri Hill. Sunset

Artwork

View of Taupiri village and plain from the top of Little Taupiri Hill. Sunset

1876

Artwork Information

By 1876, the Waikato railway had reached Taupiri, skirting the hill and crossing the bridge on the left. Sharpe’s vantage point, ‘Little Taupiri Hill’ is the sacred burial site of the Tainui tribes, looking out across the Waikato lands which had been confiscated following the New Zealand Wars of 1863-4.

Artist: Alfred Sharpe
Title: View of Taupiri village and plain from the top of Little Taupiri Hill. Sunset
Production Date: 1876
Medium: watercolour painting, paper manuscript
Dimensions: 883 x 1038 x 34 mm
Credit Line: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Rev Charles Palmer, 1951
Accession No: 1951/10
Copyright: No known copyright restrictions
Department: New Zealand Art
Display Status: Not on display