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Horatio Robley, seated with his collection of severed heads of Maori people. Photograph by H. Stevens, 190-.

Te Kuha: a carver and warrior. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

Te Mutu: portrait showing detail of moko design, Tauranga 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

Maori warrior Reweti and a wounded comrade in the Gate Pa pits, 30 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

People walking in a street of Port Louis, Mauritius. Wood engraving after H.G. Robley, 1881.

Te Manawa: an Arawa warrior. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

Puhoro: tracing of the chisel cuts used in a Maori design of tattooing on the thigh. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

Maori warrior lying dead in the fern near Gate Pa, 30 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

An ensemble of Burmese musicians playing traditional instruments at a funeral. Wood engraving, 1872, after H.G. Robley.

Matene Te Nga (1800-1898): oldest chief of the Ngati Maru tribe, Hauraki Gulf. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

Names of moko designs: drawing of a tattooed face with numbers and text. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

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Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-

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Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

People walking in a street of Port Louis, Mauritius. Wood engraving after H.G. Robley, 1881.

Matene Te Nga (1800-1898): oldest chief of the Ngati Maru tribe, Hauraki Gulf. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

Names of moko designs: drawing of a tattooed face with numbers and text. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

An ensemble of Burmese musicians playing traditional instruments at a funeral. Wood engraving, 1872, after H.G. Robley.