Art & massacre
Subtitle: documentary racism in The burning of the Boyd
By: Tony Simpson.
Publisher: Cultural Construction Company
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [Wellington, N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Wright, Walter, 1866-1933.; Maori (New Zealand people) -- History.; Racism -- New Zealand.; New Zealand -- Race relations.
Other titles: Art and massacre.; Documentary racism in The burning of the Boyd.
Description: In 1908 the New Zealand painter Walter Wright first exhibited his work "The Burning of the Boyd." Hailed at the time as an almost documentary statement of an incident which had occurred in Whangaroa harbor in 1809, it is now recognized by historians as being wrong in almost every particular, and a travesty of the Maori role in the affair.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.