Samoa 1890 Chief Tupua Tamasese, Titimaea Mata\'afa Iosefo Tattersall John Davis For Sale

DETAILS:Original Samoan cabinetcard photograph by Alfred James Tattersall,Apia, Western Samoa. Circa 1890. Double sided. Front features Chief Tupua Tamasese andChief Titimaea Mata\'afa Iosefo taken during the Samoan Civil War. Verso has a two photos. The first isof Tao warriors outside of John Davis Studio in Matafele Apia whereTattersall worked as an apprentice. The second photo is identified as \"Pere Garet\" (Father Garette?) who we believe was a Marist priest who operated a school in Apia during the war. Measures12\" X 10\" inches. Please see item images for further details.





Alfred James Tattersall(1866–1951) was a New Zealand photographer who lived in Samoa for most of his life and contributed a significant collection of images of thePacific Islandcountry and its peoples during thecolonialera. He was born inAuckland in 1866 and moved to Samoa in 1886 to work as an assistant in the studio of John Davis. This was the era of colonial photography in the South Pacific when the tropical landscapes andindigenouspeople provided \'continual fascination\' for foreign photographers. When Davis died in 1893 Tattersall took over his studio.He went on to photograph events in Samoa including the volatile era whenBritain,Germanyand theUnited Stateswere vying for control of theSamoa Islands. Many of his photographs are significant in thehistory of Samoaand covered eras such asGerman Samoa(1900 - 1914) followed by the country\'s administration underNew Zealandwhich saw the rise of the pro-independenceMau movement.

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