Maori Chiefs' London Visit: 1863 Portrait with Queen Victoria

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Vernon Heath (Piccadilly, London), Carte-de-visite studio portrait of the Maori chiefs Kihiringi Tuahu & Kamariera Te Hau Takiri Wharepapa, photographed in 1863, during a visit to London under the sponsorship of the Wesleyan missionary, William Jenkins. They were received by the Queen, and in 1864 Wharepapa (1823-1920) married an English housemaid, Elizabeth Reid, who returned with him to New Zealand.

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