Fine & Applied Art Wednesday, 4 September 2019 - 6:00 PM start
Magic Lantern Slide of a missionary preaching to a gathering of Maori. (c. 1850)
Realised: $3,000 plus premium
Lot Details
Magic Lantern Slide of a missionary preaching to a gathering of Maori. (c. 1850) A hand-painted magic lantern slide depicting a missionary proselytising to a group of Maori, gathered around a camp fire. 8cm dia (plate); 10 x 16.5cm overall The slide is similar to hand-painted glass slides depicting New Zealand Maori made by W.E. & F. Newton in London in the 1850s. The finely rendered scene shows the Maori, some wearing cloaks and fibre rain capes, their faces illuminated by the glow of the fire, as they listen to the missionary read from a book. The missionary is in the Western dress of the early 1800s and stands before a canvas tent
