Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Date: 1964 - 1969

From: Roberts, Rex, fl 1970-1990s (collector) :[Collection of art exhibition and dealers' catalogues, 1914-1999].

By: Alexander Turnbull Library; Auckland City Art Gallery

Reference: E-929-F-004

Description: Includes: New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts catalogues: Annual 1964-1968; Autumn 1964-1965, 1967-1969; Sculpture Pottery and Graphic Arts 1965. Alexander Turnbull Library. A selection of early New Zealand paintings 1840-1900 from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. 1965. [Catalogue] George French Angas. South Australia. Facsimile editions of the works of George French Angas. A H & A W Reed. 1967. Arts & Crafts Wairoa. Selections from 19th Centurey New Zealand painting. May 2nd to 6th 1966. [Catalogue] Auckland City Art Gallery. Summary catalogue of the collection. October 1964. Auckland City Art Gallery. Australian painting XIX and XX century. [1964] Auckland City Art Gallery. James Nairn [and] Edward Fristrom. August 1964 [Catalogue] Auckland City Art Gallery. New Zealand painting. 1966 [Catalogue] Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1964. Catalogue. Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1965. Catalogue. Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1966. Catalogue. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Centennial Street 1866; handbook of colonial collections. August 1966. Bishop Suter Art Gallery. Catalogue. 1964. Contemporary painting in New Zealand; an exhibition organised by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. [1966. Catalogue with biographical notes on Rita Angus, Don Binney, Bryan Dew, John Drawbridge, Robert Ellis, Suzanne Goldberg, Rudolf Gopas, Patrick Hanly, Colin McCahon, Milan Mrkusich, Don Peebles, Ross Ritchie, W A Sutton, Philip Trusttum, M T Woollaston] Dominion Museum. Historical New Zealand exhibition Wellington New Zealand. April 14 - May 24 1965. Catalogue of rare prints, lithographs, etc. Eight New Zealand artists: Binney, Ellis, Garrity, Hanly, McCahon, Mrkusich, Ritchie, Twiss. [Nov-December 1965. Catalogue]. Hocken Library, University of Otago. The origins of Frances Hodgkins; an exhibition of paintings in the centennial year of her birth. 1969. [Catalogue] Hocken Library, University of Otago. Three generations; paintings by J C Richmond, D K Richmond, E H Atkinson. November 1966. Hoyte, J C. New Zealand paintings by J C Hoyte. Series 1. Auckland, Hooker and Company Ltd, 1968. James Smith's Gallery. Exhibition of paintings by W S Wauchop and Carl T Laugeson in James Smith's Gallery (2nd floor) cornerof Cuba & Manners Streets, Wellington. September 29th to October 10th 1969. [Catalogue] McCormick, E H. Sir William Fox, public man and painter. Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1966. McLeavey, Peter. Fine arts newsletter from Wellington - YCs. 16.3.68 [Typescript text of a radio broadcast, 16 March 1968]. National Art Gallery (Wellington). Early New Zealand; watercolours and drawings from the Chevalier, J C Richmond and Swainson collections at the National Art Gallery, Wellington New Zealand. [1960s] National Art Gallery (Wellington). Nairn and his associates; selected from works in the collection of the National Art Gallery, Wellington New Zealand. [Catalogue and supplement. 1960s] National Art Gallery (Wellington). Van der Velden; paintings and drawings in the collection of the National Art Gallery. April 1968. New Zealand Publishing Society. Suzanne Goldberg. Studies of New Zealand painters, no. 1. Auckland. 1967. Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand. Frances Hodgkins 1869-1947; a centenary exhibition. [Catalogue. 1969] Three New Zealand artists: John Hutton, Douglas MacDiarmid, William Newland. An exhibition at New Zealand House, Haymarket London, SW1. 11 May - 5 June 1964. [Catalogue] Canterbury Society of Arts catalogues for 1855, 1962 and 1963 from Mr Roberts' donation have been shelved in the sequence in the Serials Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 27 monographs, 1 typescript and 11 NZAFA catalogues. Physical Description: Booklets and monographs sizes varying. Provenance: Donated by Mr Rex Roberts in 2003.

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: ICI New Zealand; Alexander, John Hood, 1916-1975; Dominion Breweries Ltd; United States Information Service; New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society; En-Zed Card & Calendar Company Ltd; Baptist, Miranda, active 2006

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1960s

Description: Includes calendars: 1960: Alexander Turnbull Library (with reproductions of artworks by George French Angas). Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. Early Wellington; a selection of engravings from the 1847 portfolio of S C Brees, esq. 1960 calendar. 1961: Harry H Tombs Limited. Printers and publishers at the Wingfield press. Calendar Dec 1960-Nov 1961. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Some early New Zealand churches associated with Bishop Selwyn. Original pen and wash drawings by John H Alexander. 1961 calendar. (2 copies) Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway enthusiasts' calendar 1961 United States Information Service. "Americans at work". Calendar 1961. 1962: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Early watercolours of the South Island of New Zealand 1845-51, by Sir William Fox KCMG, from the Hocken Library, University of Otago. 1962 calendar. (2 copies) Shell Oil New Zealand Ltd. 1962 calendar presenting a series of pen and wash illustrations of historical New Zealand buildings by John H Alexander. Evening Post Wellington. 1962 almanac (with reproduction of Peter McIntyre painting of Willis Street showing the Evening Post building) 1963: Trevor Strange (Waikanae Beach). Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1963 calendar. Harry H Tombs Ltd. Calendar 1963 (with reproduction of "A Christmas picnic in New Zealand" by K Airini Vane). 1964: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. Calendar 1964. 1965: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd (Auckland). [Gotgried Lindauer Maori portraits at Auckland City Art Gallery - includes portraits of Haora Tipa Koinaki, Julia Martin, Tokena te Kerehi, Sophia the Guide, Ratene, Renata Kawepo]. 1965. (2 copies) Bruce Calendar Co Ltd (Ashburton). King Dick Motor Wrecking Co. Ltd (Invercargill). Calendar 1965 (2 different images) 1966: Dominion Breweries Ltd. Waitemata House, Auckland New Zealand. Gold media award, Olympia, Great Britain. By courtesy of the Kelliher Art Trust, twelve reproductions of original oil paintings of New Zealand landscapes by a representative selection of English Australian and New Zealand artists. Calendar for 1966. (Artists include: William Dargie, John Loxton, Claude Muncaster, Douglas Badcock, Rubery Bennett, Douglas Pratt and Ernest Buckmaster) 1967: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd. The Milford track New Zealand; the world's finest walk. Illustrated calendar 1967. Hodder & Tolley Ltd, seed, grain, produce and fertilizer merchants. Calendar 1967 Waikanae Supermarket Ltd. Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1967. 1968: Four Square calendar 1968. 1969: Shell calendar. Bicentenary of the voyage of discovery by Captain James Cook 1769. (2 copies) Spa Road Four Square Store. Calendar 1969. Evening Post Wellington. 1969 almanac (with reproduction of painting of the Wellington Club by Rodger Harrison (winner of the Kelliher Prize 1968)) Wellington Teachers' College Students' Association Arts Council. Calendar 1969 (Reproductions of drawings of Fiordland National Park by Alan Howie) Centregraphic Limited. 1969 calendar of original illustrations from the books first published 1790 of Captain Cook's voyages of discovery 1768-1780. (2 copies, one in pieces) Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: [1945?]

By: Te Heuheu, Te Uira, 1883?-1947; Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-114-005

Description: Portrait of Te Heuheu II, copied from a lithograph by G F Angas from his visit in 1844, and drawn by a descendant MS notes about Te Heuheu II attached Other Titles - Sketch by Angas Inscriptions: Signed: T.U.H. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 256 x 188 mm

Date: 1945 - 1844

By: Te Heuheu, Te Uira, 1883?-1947; Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-114-006

Description: Te Heuheu III copied from a lithograph by G F Angas of 1844, drawn by a descendant MS notes about Te Heuheu III attached Other Titles - Sketch by Angas Inscriptions: Signed: T.U.H. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 256 x 190 mm

Date: 1864

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: E-372-f-005-1

Description: Shows Rev B Y Ashwell's first mission station at Pepepe or Taupiri located beside the Waikato River. There are high, bush-clad hills behind the house which has a fenced garden. A canoe is close to the station on the river. A group of Maori are seated in the foreground Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 44, Jan 1864, p.104 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 175 x 240 mm

Date: 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-110-012-4

Description: A standing portrait of Whakauenuku, a Maori boy One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. All four are derived from lithographs by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847). This is adapted from part of the lithograph titled 'Ko nga Waka Te Karaka (or Clark), the Christian chief of the Ngati-Waroa tribe, Waikato, and Wakauenuku his attendant boy', Plate 47, showing a seated Maori chief in European clothing alongside a standing boy in a flax cloak. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-028-1

Description: Full length squatting stylised portrait of Te Rangihaeata holding a pipe or other object and carved by himself. It formed the lower portion of the central pillar supporting the roof of Rangihaeata's house on Mana Island, the house being known as Kaitangata. The image was about 4 feet high and had eyes of inlaid paua shell. Original sketch for lithograph In: Angas G F "New Zealanders Illustrated", Plate XLVI, no. 1 p.105 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 134 x 228 mm

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: B-112-001

Description: Circular thatched roofed open sided dwellings on a palm-finged beach with canoes and people stanind on the beach, including the natives of the area and a European man, with a European man and woman sketched in on the left. Betty McFadgen, Museum of New Zealand does not believe that this is a Pacific scene. Could be Africa, West Indies?. Subsequently (mid 1970s) attributed by Library staff to George French Angas, then reattributed as an unknown artist, not a Solomon Islands scene and possibly not the Pacific. Other Titles - Angas, George French 1822-1886. Solomon Islands scene. British School. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil 251 x 361 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-029

Description: Various Maori artifacts, including a carved shark's tooth, a tiki, a dagger and a club, a flute, a greenstone earring and a drawing of a woman's lip and chin tattoo. Other Titles - Pounamu (greenstone), he kumete (a bowl) Quantity: 7 drawing(s) (on recto). 1 drawing(s) (on verso). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 230 x 313 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-031-1

Description: Two women seated and weaving, their work stretched on on sticks on the ground. Kete hanging from the walls of the whare and food parcels hanging down from the ceiling, along with a large bundle of dried flax. A small fire burns outside the whare. The pa is almost certainly Taupo Pa at Plimmerton, visited by the artist in September 1844 and drawn on the other side of this sheet of paper. Original sketch for a lithograph reproduced in G. F. Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated, (Plate 59) under the title Domestic economy - women making mats etc. Interior of a house at Rangihireta's Pah. Other Titles - Te Rangihaeata, Taupo Pa. Rangihireta's Pah Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 348 x 249 mm

Date: 1844 - 1889 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-110-031-1

Description: A frontal seated portrait of Iwikau, a middle-aged Maori man with moko, dressed in a rain cape One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. Derived from a detail in a lithograph by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847), plate 56, 'Te Heuheu and Hiwikau, Taupo [and] Te Kawaw and his nephew, Orakai' Other Titles - Iwakau Taupo Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Iwakau corrected to Iwikau, in pencil; also in pencil at centre 'Approved 3 of these. J. White' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; White, Frederick John, active 1837-1848

Reference: A-292-074

Description: The man has full moko on his face, short curly hair and an ear adornment. Beyond him are parallel fence lines, possibly indicating the two sides of a path or track rising up a low hill to the left and a small European-style house is on a low rise in the left background. Tall hills and a sunset or sunrise sky in the background. Several of White's other known watercolours are copies and this too could be a copy. It is the same as A-114-041, a watercolour by an unknown artist. It resembles several of Angas's lithographs, but is not an exact copy of any of them. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Fred. J. White [in red-brown brushpoint]; Recto - top right - 63 [in pencil, numbering by T. B. Collinson] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gouache on paper, 331 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1844 - 1888 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: B-110-021-1

Description: Shows full-length figure of Hongi Hongi (a.k.a. Nga Toki), wearing mats or blankets, a greenstone earring, and holding a greenstone mere in his right hand. He stands before the posts of the pa enclosure at Ngahuruhuru Pa, four miles from Otawhao. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. This is a redrawing of his lithograph Hongi Hongi, plate 11 in his The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847). The copyist is probably H. W. Kirkwood One of four lithographs on one sheet, all copies of work by Angas and probably all copied by Kirkwood. The centre of the sheet is inscribed in blue pencil 'Printed 2500 copies' Other Titles - Hongi Hongi Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 216 x 145 mm

Date: 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-110-012-3

Description: A standing portrait of a Maori boy, Te Maru. He is wearing a rain cape One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. All four are derived from lithographs by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847). This is adapted from the top left corner of a lithograph titled Te Maru, a boy of Koruakopopo on the Waikato, Plate 43 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-003

Description: Shows an elaborately carved tekoteko which forms the post of a palisade to a pa near Rotoaira Lake Original sketch for lithograph in Angas, G F "New Zealanders Illustrated", Plate L, p114, where it is described as a carved Tiki or image in an old pah near Roto-aire (Rotoaira) Lake. Behond the image is a little elevated whata, or box for holding the bones of a favourite child Other Titles - Hei tiki Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 233 x 175 mm

Date: 1844

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945

Reference: C-114-003

Description: Shows Te Waru, seated, on the left, dressed in a kaitaka cloak, with a fine woven taniko border. On the right is Te Pakaru Copy by artist on paper (watermarked 1851) of Plate 44 of his drawing for The New Zealanders Illustrated, London 1847 Plate 44 Other Titles - Ngai Apakura Ngai Maniapoto Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title (in pencil in the hand of Angas. Not signed) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour Provenance: T E Donne Collection

Date: 1852 - 1974

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-072-026-a

Description: Important buildings and geographical features named. Nos 4 and 5 of limited edition of 1,000 copies Same as C-072-026 Other Titles - The city and harbour of Sydney.... Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 315 x 558 mm on sheet 504 x 710 mm

Date: 1844 - 1889 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-110-031-4

Description: A full-length standing portrait of a young Maori man of Waikato. He wears a flax rain cape and has white feathers in his hair One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. Derived from a detail in a lithograph by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847), plate 41 ' Te Ohu, a heathen priest of the Ngatimaniapoto tribe. Ko Tauwaki, a chief of Tukanu. Ko Teonionga, a boy of Te Rapa, Taupo Lake'. The image is of the boy described by Angas as 'Ko Teonionga, a boy of Te Rapa, Taupo Lake' Other Titles - Teonionga Inscriptions: Recto - in pencil at centre 'Approved 3 of these. J. White' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Date: 1844 - 1889 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: B-110-036-3

Description: A group of Maori seated around a large structure containing preserved food for a feast. Several whare are in the background One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. Derived from a lithograph by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847), plate 36, 'A feast a Mata-ta'. Angas' lithograph is based on a drawing by Joseph Merrett Other Titles - A feast at Mata-ta, Matata Inscriptions: Recto - top left: 2nd proof, 18-11-89 [in blue pencil] Printed [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 170 x 99 mm

Date: 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930; Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: B-110-013-3

Description: A portrait of two Maori boys, the one on the left seated, the right-hand one standing. Both are dressed in flax cloaks and have distinctive feathers in their hair, possibly pheasant feathers One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. All four are derived from lithographs by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847). This is adapted from the left side of a lithograph titled Poahu and E Koti, two lads of Poverty Bay, Plate 33. The copyist's title is inaccurate, in that the original subjects were from Poverty Bay (Gisborne Region), not Hauraki (Waikato or Bay of Plenty Region) Other Titles - Hauraki Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm