Taylor & Watt (Firm)

Date: Jun-Dec 1869

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-053

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from [?] Cargill, P Le [?] Querne, letter from John Hall re Muter, a lighthouse keeper who had an alcohol problem and from [?] Nanny Fitz Gerald, Wellington regarding Hall finding a job for C J Berry Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [between circa 1864-1871]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000481-G

Description: Taupo Quay between circa 1864-1871. The post office and Wanganui Library & News Room are on the left. The businesses of H I Jones and Taylor & Watt are also visible. Photograph taken by William James Harding. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1860s]

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-016764-G

Description: Overlooking Wanganui, circa 1860s, with the river in the foreground and Taupo Quay running alongside. Victoria Avenue is on the right. The Rutland Hotel, on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Ridgway Street is visible. The large building on Taupo Quay, right of centre, is the business premises of Taylor and Watt. Photograph taken by William James Harding? The photograph was taken after 1860 based on the piles in the river from the first failed attempt to bridge the Whanganui River. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 9 Aug 1849-30 Oct 1850

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: qMS-1212

Description: Copies of letters written by McLean in his capacity of Inspector of Police and Land Commissioner. They relate to policing issues, Maori and land purchases in Wanganui, Turakina, Rangitikei and Manawautu districts. Includes copy of a list of chiefs who received payment of 500 pounds, being the second instalment due as per deed of sale of the Rangitikei and Whangaehu districts, 10 Jul 1850. In the front of the volume is a chronological index listing correspondent and subject matter of each letter. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [187-?]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000134-G

Description: Taupo Quay, Wanganui, with premises of Taylor and Watts. Shows stacks of timber around the wharf in the foreground. Photograph taken circa 1870s by William James Harding. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1962

By: Monro, Paul Alexander (Dr), 1928-2013

Reference: B-193-014

Description: A view of the growing settlement of Whanganui, from across the river at Durie Hill. Shows Taylor & Watt's wharf and premises in the foreground on the left, Rutland Hotel and St Mary's, the first Roman Catholic Church in Victoria Avenue in the middle ground. Also visible is Rutland Stockade on the hill to the right. The view is taken before the Victoria Bridge, later named the Whanganui City Bridge, was built in 1871 Backing board has remnants of a sticker from John Dixon Antiques Ltd, Auckland, that reads: 'Whanganui, 1862 / Original watercolour by EJR (unidentified artist)'. The initials could be excluding the surname,as there is further inscription that is obscured by the title and date Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Whanganui 1862 [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 205 x 365 mm (sight), in mat 320 x 475 mm Provenance: Prior to auction, from the estate of Dr P A and J B Monro, Taupo.

Date: 1848

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-159

Description: View from the south bank of the Whanganui River, with a Maori family beside a toitoi in the foreground and Shakespeare Cliff visible futher along the bank. Across the river is a clear view of the town, with Rutland stockade on the hilltop to the right, York Stockade on its hill to the left and Christ Church in the valley between the two, along with houses and streets. Christ Church appears to be on the wrong side of the adjacent road (possibly just a failure of perspective). The large central building at the water's edge is the Taylor & Watt store house and private wharf. The large building at the water's edge on the far left is the Commercial Hotel. The two jetties have a brig moored at them. Possibly the original for an illustration in a book (but not for Taylor's 'The past and present of New Zealand') Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title. Also a pencil inscription in the sky area 'Frontispiece' Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink & wash, 179 x 263 mm