Places

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-002

Description: A view of the Waikato River in the distance, with a dirt road in the centre foreground. Three men sit or stand on the road, and beyond them in the middle distance is a group of tents on the flat. Copied by Hamley from the drawings of his superior officer, E. A. Williams. The original Williams watercolour of the same title is held at the Hocken Library - (slide at ATL). Williams' original watercolour was made in 1864. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 144 x 216 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-018

Description: View from across the Waikato River towards a steep hill with steps cut out of the riverside slope. The fence of a redoubt can be seen on top, with a gun to one side. A horse is being transported on a raft on the river, and another is carrying a load along the bank, led by a soldier. Probably copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams, although the exact model is not known. A closer view by Williams, 'Whangamarino, 12 March 1864' is in the Turnbull at E-249-050. Whangamarino Redoubt was constructed in 1863 and the wooden palisade was removed during 1864 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 129 x 212 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-032

Description: View from the foot of Mount Pirongia, across the Kaniwhaniwha Stream, where cavalry are crossing, towards a broad river plain and low hill. Smoke can be seen in the distance Compare a similar sketch by E. A. Williams, Hamley's superior officer at E-349-076, dated March 1864. Many of Hamley's sketches are copied from Williams Other Titles - Kaniwhaniwha Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream paper, 170 x 243 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-015

Description: Two soldiers, one standing, one on horseback, gazing in the direction of a large wooden-fenced fort on the right of the Mangapiko Stream, with the palisades of the opposing Maori pa just visible on the brow of a hill in the distance. There is a low bridge across the creek, with a road leading up the right bank towards the fort. Probably copied by Hamley from a drawing of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, although the original for this view is not known. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 88 x 177 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-006

Description: Looking down from above at the military camp on the left, the river and low hills beyond. A road lies to the right of the camp, with a figure on horseback and a man walking. Soldiers, tents, gun carriages and supplies can be seen in the camp. Copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams 'Meremere, N.Z. [1864]', on p. 18 of the Hocken Library's E. A. Williams' sketchbook (now separately mounted) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 136 x 202 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-009

Description: View from across the Waikato River towards the main buildings of the Maori king's residence. The long low building on the left is the 'General's quarters', the 'King's palace' is in the centre with dark red barge boards, the 'council chambers' are futher to the right and the closest building and the flagstaff is on the far right. There are two small canoes at the landing place, along with people and horses. There are also tents amongst the remaining buildings on the site Copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams 'Ngaruawahia from opposite bank of Waikato. 1864' in E. A. Williams' diary in the Hocken Library, p. 77 (The Turnbull holds a slide of this view) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 98 x 187 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-010

Description: A few of the outer buildings of Ngaruawahia with tents and a fence to the left. Three men, two standing, one on horseback are in the left foreground. A paddle steamer is crossing the Waikato River, towing two small barges, on the right. Hills on the other side of the river. Copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams 'Ngaruawahia 1864' in E. A. Williams' notebook in the Hocken Library, p.41 (The Turnbull holds a slide of this view) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 121 x 205 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911

Reference: E-047-q-014

Description: A flat area beside the Waipa River, with bush-clad banks on either side. In the background the pink of massed peach blossom can be seen. In the middle distance are whare or tents, with smoke rising from cooking fires. A soldier on horseback is in the left foreground While many of Hamley's watercolours are copied from those of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, this work may be his own Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title - partly erased] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 119 x 191 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-017

Description: A standing armed soldier and two seated Maori in the centre foreground, looking towards Te Awamutu township. A fort is enclosed within a fence on the right, and the church on the left is surrounded by other buildings with puffs of smoke, either from fires or shot. Several Maori dwellings are in the foreground. A plain lies beyond the town and hills are in the distance Copied by Hamley from a drawing of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, now in the Hocken Library in E. A. Williams' Notebook, p. 57. The Turnbull has a slide of this work (under the same title as Hamley's). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 121 x 196 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-033

Description: Scene in a military camp, with soldiers making high circular wickerwork baskets in the foreground. A cavalryman in on horseback in the centre. Tents and low barracks are in the background. Compare the right side of a similar sketch in the Hocken Library by E. A. Williams, Hamley's superior officer 'Siege train on Pukerimu Flats, Waikato, 1864. Soldiers making gabions'. The sketch is p. 15 of Williams' sketchbook, now disbound and separately mounted. Many of Hamley's sketches are copied from Williams Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream paper, 181 x 268 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-004

Description: Looking across the river towards the stockade atop a hill, a flag flying inside its perimeter fence. There is a shed, possibly a boat shed at the water's edge and a small boat with a sail is being rowed across the river. A cleared hill with tree-stumps is on the left Copied by Hamley from the drawings of his superior officer, E. A. Williams. The original drawing on which this was based is in the Hocken Library Pictures Collection in E. A. Williams' Album, p. 21, with the same title. The Library has a photograph of the E. A. Williams' sketch, negative 115988 1/2. Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 93 x 190 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-046

Description: Rear-wheel paddle steamer Koheroa discharging troops from the Waikato River to the landing at Pukerimu during the Waikato War. There are military tents, huts and men on horseback and the land. The watercolour is a copy of a watercolour by Colonel Edward Arthur Williams held by the Hocken Library and entitled Landing at Pukerimu. April '64. Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 244 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911

Reference: E-047-q-007

Description: View from the Waikato River towards the surrounding hills at Taupiri While many of Hamley's watercolours are copied from those of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, this work may be his own Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 97 x 190 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-008

Description: Taupiri Mountain in the background, with the riverbank to the left and houses in the distance at the foot of the mountain. Copied by Hamley from a drawing of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, now in the Hocken Library in E. A. Williams' Notebook, p. 37. The Turnbull has a slide of this work (under the same title as Hamley's). A different view of Taupiri by Williams (Turnbull reference E-349-053/054) is dated 13 March 1864, hence the suggested date in the title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 106 x 202 mm

Date: 1863 - 1865

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-031

Description: Shows Auckland Harbour with HMS Esk to the left, flying blue and white pennants. In the centre, with no sails, is the prison hulk Marion, with figures lining the deck. There is a string of pennants along part of the ship's length, and a blue naval flag hangs from one mast. In front beside the ship is a small boat with red sail. At right distance is a steamer and three sailing vessels. On top of hill at left is a signal tower, with red flag flying. Copied from a drawing by Edward Arthur Williams Other Titles - Hulk Marion Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] "'Tis sad to see / How cabined, cribbed, confined / The Maories who in Rangiriri's pits / So stoutly held their ground / Now fret in vain" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 171 x 270 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911

Reference: E-047-q-016

Description: Shows two men kneeling beside small pond in foreground, with their horses standing beside them. In middle distance on rolling hills are: the fenced redoubt, other village buildings (said to be Te Awamutu on Hocken record for E A Williams original), including two churches, one at right and one at left. Copied from E A Williams' "Blewitt's Redoubt, Rangiawhia. 1864", in Hocken Library, page 53 of his diary. That view is said to show Te Awamutu. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (Erased pencil): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 105 x 185 mmr

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-011

Description: Looking up the Waipa River towards a paddle steamer moored on the left bank, near several tents and soldiers. Black smoke is coming from the funnel of the steamer. On the right bank, several houses can be seen. Copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams 'Te Rori on Waipa. 1864' in E. A. Williams' diary in the Hocken Library, p. 61 (The Turnbull holds a slide of this view) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 89 x 191 mm