Maori children onboard HMS 'Penguin' (1876)

A group of Maori girls standing on the portside upper deck of the composite screw sloop 'Penguin' (1876). The children are wearing European clothes and some are bare foot. Two of the girls are looking upward and two look at the camera.

Object Details

ID: N64373
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dawson, Willoughby Pudsey
Events: Sinking of Elingamite, 1902
Vessels: Penguin (1876)
Date made: 1902-1905
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 98 mm x 123 mm