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Drawings Stone trilithon in Tonga

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.213

Artist/Designer/Maker

Hervey, Philip - Artist

Production date

1850

Production place

Tongatapu

Material

Paper
Pencil

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 148mm
Width: 170mm
Height (of Mount): 210mm
Width (of Mount): 310mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Ancient Monumental Structure on the Island of Tonga-taboo (Friendly Islands)
From a Sketch made on the Spot by Mr. Philip Hervey of Sydney in the Autumn of 1850.

Inscription content

New Zealand Holis

References

Reference (free text)

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 3 (1853-1856): 19.

Reference (free text)

Archaeologia 35 (1853): 494-6. Illustration (Engraving), p. 496.