- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Plaster cast of carved stone figure
- Geographical reference
- Marquesas Islands
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate
- PRM source Alfred T. Collier
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1908
- Date collected
- By 1908
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1923
- Dimensions
- Height: max 164 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.87.339
- Research and responses
Sir George Grey (1812 - 1898) was a British colonial administrator in New Zealand, serving as Governor between 1845 -1853 & 1861 -1868. Grey was a member of the New Zealand legislature from 1874 to 1894 and served as premier (1877-79). [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 14/3/2001]
Search terms: Reproduction, Figure, Cast
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