CHARLES FREDERICK GOLDIE (NEW ZEALAND 1870-1947)
A Good Joke (1905)
(Allee Same Te Pakeha, Te Aho Te Rangi Wharepu (1811–1910) in European Costume)
signed and dated C.F. Goldie/Auckland, N.Z./1905 within the plate
Chromolithograph
38 x 31.2 cm, (oval)

Te Aho Rangi Wharepu was a veteran of the Battle of Rangiriri (1863) and chief of the Ngati Mahuta tribe. He had a substantial reputation as a canoe carver and tattoo specialist. He was also an authority on Maori mythology and history.

The original painting is in the collection of Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand.