French - New Zealand

Date: 1879 - 1883

By: Hemus & Hanna (Firm)

Reference: PA2-0867

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - In red ink: M A Villeval Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1915-1921

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/04B

Description: Papers, some of which were published in the Society's journal, with related correspondence. Includes Ancient drains, Pukepoto, Kaitaia, by D M Wilson, with related map and letter by Iehu T Puhipi about the Ditch of Kauri; Some place names of the islands of the Society group, by Elsdon Best; Notes on Pilini key words, by F W Christian; list of Ontong Java keywords by H A Markham of Leueneuwa (Liungiua) Islands; Quelques illustres marins Paumotu des temps passes, by P Herve Audran, missionary at Tuamotu; Te Taringa roa, a Mortlock Islands custom, by F W Christian; Mangaian - English vocabulary, by F W Christian; France and New Zealand, by T S Bassett; waiata of Te Kooti, with translation; comparative philology of Pacific Islands phrases, and of Eastern Carolines language, by F W Christian Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1846 - 1840

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; Blanchard, Henri Pierre Leon Pharamond, 1805-1873

Reference: B-052-012

Description: Rocks and seabirds in the foreground, a humped island with a cave at sea-level, with several men exploring it, windswept trees on its brow; the two French corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee in the distance against a background of tall islands. Plate from: Dumont d'Urville. J.S.C. Voyage au Pole sud ... Atlas pittoresque. Plate 179. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (hand-col) ; image 205 x 349 on sheet 340 x 540 mm

Date: 1824 - 1826 - 1991

From: Various artists: [New Zealand seen by the French; postcards]. Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1991.

By: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851; Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841

Reference: E-279-q-159-A

Description: Reproduction of a handcoloured aquatint by Ambroise Tardieu, after Francois-Louis Lejeune and Antoine Chazal from the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library (C-082/091). View of Kerikeri Falls, with two small Maori figures on the skyline at the top of the falls and three Europeans, including an artist, at the base The original drawing has the title Cascade de Fanafoua [Waianiwaniwa] a 3 milles de l'etablissement des missionnaires a Kidikidi [Kerikeri] and it includes 4 Europeans rather than three. The original drawing is in the Bibliotheque du Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, Paris. The Library has a photograph, neg 116135 1/2. Exhibited: `Drawn from nature ; Europeans record New Zealand, 1770-1860', National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989; Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art, Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990; New Zealand seen by the French, National Library Gallery, 21 September to 30 November 1991 Other Titles - Fanafoua waterfall, close to Kerikeri village, New Zealand. Waianiwaniwa falls. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, on card 105 x 150 mm

Date: 1840

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; Sabatier, Leon Jean-Baptiste, -1887; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-052a-014

Description: Wind-swept plants in the foreground, a sheltered bay with the two French ships Astrolabe and Zelee and distant hills From Dumont d'Urville's 1840 voyage to the Auckland Islands Other Titles - Sarah's Bosom Bay, Auckland Islands 1840 Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, Jean Sebastien Cesar. Voyage au pole sud ... Atlas pittoresque, Pl. 174. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 255 x 427 mm on sheet 322 x 497 mm

Date: 1827 - 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: B-112-009

Description: A view from the shore of Astrolabe Bay, Nelson Region, with three French sailors on shore, a walking stick, a trunk or barrel and a ?specimen case lying on the sand, two Maori canoes in the water, the Astrolabe moored out at sea, and Adele Island (named after Dumont d'Urville's wife) in the background. Other Titles - Astrolabe Bay New Zealand Extended Title - In: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe ... Paris, J. Tastu, 1833. Atlas, Volume I, Plate 37. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - de Sainson pinx / J Tastu, editeur; Recto - bottom right - A St Aulaire, lith. / Lith A Bes; Recto - top right - Pl 37; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 345 mm

Date: [ca 1904-1909]

By: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917

Reference: MS-1139

Description: Material extracted by Robert McNab from New Zealand material in French archives (including the archives of the Ministere de la Marine) concerning Lavaud and his vessel l'Aube Contains significant parts of two essays written by Lavaud, commandant of L'Aube. These essays describe the attempts of colonisation of the South Island of New Zealand by the French, principally in Akaroa. Some passages try to rehabilitate Baron de Thierry. Contains various letters, most of them to Lavaud, among are which letters from Bishop Pompallier about Wallis and Futuna, letters from William Hobson and letters from C B Robinson (postmaster at Akaroa). Although most of the volume is in French, some letters are in English. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (pp 248-385). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue buckram) Provenance: Collected by Robert McNab, probably during 1904-1909 when he was doing archival research into early New Zealand history. The handwriting is not by McNab, which suggests the document was compiled for him in France. Processing information: Previously catalogued under Lavaud, Charles Francois

Date: 1827 - 1991

From: Various artists: [New Zealand seen by the French; postcards]. Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1991.

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: E-279-q-157-A

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Louis-Auguste de Sainson. A view from a hill to the south of Paihia, looking north along the beach line, with the houses and gardens of the Church Missionary Society station, home of the Rev. Henry Williams and his family. Two European men and a small boy are standing on the hill in the foreground beside a tree. The artist visited the site in March 1827. A pencil drawing by Sainson of this view, dated 12 March 1827, is in the Archives Nationales, Paris, (Marine JJ 102 A f 14); and the original watercolour is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. There are also later engraved versions of the same view, one in Dumont d'Urville's 'Voyage pittoresque autour du monde', Paris, 1835, Vol 2, p. 356 and one in Domeny de Rienzi's 'Oceanie' Vol 2, Paris 1836, plate 174. Each of these later versions shows signficant changes in the detail. Other Titles - Etablissement des missionaires (Nouvelle Zelande) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, on card 105 x 150 mm

Date: 1843-1844

From: United Kingdom. Admiralty : Records relating to the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-05-3296

Description: Includes large collection of papers re French claim to Akaroa and Banks Peninsula, including the visit of the French battleship Le Rhin. Also includes papers of HMS North Star, sent to New Zealand in 1843, after the Wairau Affray. Detailed descriptions of the settlements at Wellington, Auckland and Akaroa. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1949 - 1840 - 1850

Reference: A-163-016

Description: A French colonial house and garden in a state of disrepair. It has a shingled roof, a dormer window, a brick chimney to the left and two openings at the front, possibly both of them doors (one is obscured by a bush) Not in Anderson, J C. Old Christchurch. 1949 but possibly drawn by the same artist and intended for inclusion in the book Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 103 x 135 mm Provenance: Bought from Smiths Bookshop, Wellington, 1963

Date: 1846 - 1840

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; A Gide, active 1846; Meyer, active 1846

Reference: B-052-014-a

Description: The Astrolabe and Zelee anchored off a small island of basalt (Shoe Island), during Dumont d'Urville's visit to the Auckland Islands in 1840. Seagulls in the water in the left foreground. Plate from: Dumont d'Urville. J.S.C. Voyage au Pole sud ... Atlas pittoresque. Plate 178. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph ; image 183 x 322 mm on sheet 340 x 540 mm Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives Falla Collection, acc. no. 79-150..

Date: 1865 - 1845 - 1866

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: B-014-007

Description: A large thatched storehouse (pataka) on four poles to the left, outside a fenced area containing three houses (one with a European-style slab chimney), and a smaller taller storehouse in a tree on the far right. A group of Maori outside the fence appear to be selling potatoes to a European. No. S97 in Richard S. Schneiderman's catalogue raisonne. State vi/vii. Other Titles - New Zealand. Native store-houses and dwellings at Akaroa. Banks Peninsula [translation] Collector's mark on recto, a stamped monogram with AM in a circle. (The same mark appears on B-014-003). The Library holds another copy of the same print, same state, at B-014-006, more heavily inked than B-014-007 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 5 x 9 inches

Date: 1846

By: Leconte, (Captain), active 1845-1846

Reference: qMS-1144

Description: Account of voyage of La Seine from Brest to Akaroa 1845-1846 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (6 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm; blue cloth)

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Deroy, Isidore Laurent, 1797-1886

Reference: B-052-007-a

Description: An extensive view of Jacks Bay (Manawaora Bay, Bay of Islands) looking down from a hill to the south of the bay, along the foreshore and out towards the sea. A ship, probably the Astrolabe, is shown anchored out in the bay and a small schooner is shown at the water's edge. The artist visited the Bay of Islands in 1827, and signs of European habitation are slight. There is washing hanging on a clothes-line, a row of barrels, several Europeans moving around and several raupo dwellings. From: Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl.50 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 200 x 315 mm

Date: 1827 - 1991

From: Various artists: [New Zealand seen by the French; postcards]. Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1991.

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: E-279-q-157

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Louis-Auguste de Sainson. A view from a hill to the south of Paihia, looking north along the beach line, with the houses and gardens of the Church Missionary Society station, home of the Rev. Henry Williams and his family. Two European men and a small boy are standing on the hill in the foreground beside a tree. The artist visited the site in March 1827. A pencil drawing by Sainson of this view, dated 12 March 1827, is in the Archives Nationales, Paris, (Marine JJ 102 A f 14); and the original watercolour is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. There are also later engraved versions of the same view, one in Dumont d'Urville's 'Voyage pittoresque autour du monde', Paris, 1835, Vol 2, p. 356 and one in Domeny de Rienzi's 'Oceanie' Vol 2, Paris 1836, plate 174. Each of these later versions shows signficant changes in the detail. Other Titles - Etablissement des missionaires (Nouvelle Zelande) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, on card 105 x 150 mm

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-052-017

Description: Shows an abandoned pa, with French sailors in the foreground Lacks printer's name. Possibly a proof state from the first edition of the atlas in which it appeared. Other Titles - View of Kahuwera, fortified village at the Bay of Islands [translation] Extended Title - From Dumont d'Urville, J S C - Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas [historique] Pl. 51. First edition. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured lithograph, 192 x 340 mm

Date: 1827 - 1833

By: Noel, Alexis Nicholas, 1792-1848; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-052-005

Description: Shows Maori and canoes, and a shore-built observatory Other Titles - Observatory of the ship Astrolabe in one of the bays at Houa Houa (Tolaga Bay) Extended Title - From Dumont d'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris. 1833. Atlas 1, Plate 46 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured lithograph, 216 x 317 mm

Date: 1772

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: C-108-026

Description: Copy of original work at G-824-3. Reconstruction of the death of Marion du Fresne. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 435 x 615 mm, mounted on heavy card, 435 x 690 mm.

Date: 1863 - 1845

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: B-014-011

Description: An extensive view of a bay at Akaroa, with hills in the background. A group of men is hauling in a purse-seine net on the left and two small fishing boats are at the water's edge. A European ship, possibly the artist's ship, Le Rhin, is moored in the stream in the middle distance. The bay depicted may be Takamatua just north of Akaroa township No. S89 in Richard S. Schneiderman's catalogue raisonne. State iii/vii. Other Titles - New Zealand. Banks Peninsula. Point known as the charcoal-burners' at Akaroa. Seine net fishing [Translation]. Ile. Pierron [Spelling correction] The Library holds two other copies of this print, B-014-010, state iv/vii and B-014-012, state iii/vii. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 118 x 295 mm on sheet 339 x 493 mm

Date: 1824 - 1826 - 1991

From: Various artists: [New Zealand seen by the French; postcards]. Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1991.

By: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851; Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841

Reference: E-279-q-159

Description: Reproduction of a handcoloured aquatint by Ambroise Tardieu, after Francois-Louis Lejeune and Antoine Chazal from the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library (C-082/091). View of Kerikeri Falls, with two small Maori figures on the skyline at the top of the falls and three Europeans, including an artist, at the base The original drawing has the title Cascade de Fanafoua [Waianiwaniwa] a 3 milles de l'etablissement des missionnaires a Kidikidi [Kerikeri] and it includes 4 Europeans rather than three. The original drawing is in the Bibliotheque du Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, Paris. The Library has a photograph, neg 116135 1/2. Exhibited: `Drawn from nature ; Europeans record New Zealand, 1770-1860', National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989; Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art, Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990; New Zealand seen by the French, National Library Gallery, 21 September to 30 November 1991 Other Titles - Fanafoua waterfall, close to Kerikeri village, New Zealand. Waianiwaniwa falls. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, on card 105 x 150 mm