[Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa]

Handwritten on verso of carte de visite in ink "W. Thompson the � or Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi te Waharoa the far famed King Maker. This portrait of Thompson was taken by his wish in � as token of his reunion is friendly with Europeans after his c.. through Mr George Graham to come in and make peace. the people represents as follow, back ground 1. Luis Williams 2. J.C. Firth 3. William Thompson 'te Waharoa' 4. Monkton "Photo V" Front 1. Nera - Thompson's great "warrior" 2. Dr. Sam - thompsons 'surgeon" 3. William A. Graham 4. ... of portrait "Maunga .. on Mata Mata plains with Te Aroha - or gold mountains in distance".The taking of this photograph is described in Wellington Independent, Volume XX, Issue 2301, 26 December 1865 "William Thompson. - This chief has recently been visited by an enterprising artist from Auckland, desirous of producing something new in the shape of a carte-de-visite of the Maori rangatira. On one picture he is presented as the leader of his forces, with rifle and equipments, and on another in a more peaceful attitude - reading a Bible. A third view presents him surrounded by his friends, Messrs. Firth, Graham, and Dr. Sam, with a Pai Marire leader in the foreground. The pictures were taken on the banks of the Waiho, or Upper Thames, by Mr. C. H. Monkton".