Bananas

Date: 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-206

Description: House with barred window, "royal palm" and banana tree in right foreground; valley and hills in distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 354 x 250 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790

Reference: C-131-028-b

Description: A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a fourth person clapping the rhythm. The dancers appear to be standing on a large woven mat. Banana palms, breadfruit trees and coconut palms can be seen in the background. Other Titles - Tahiti Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 28 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 379 mm (image), 263 x 405 mm (plate mark)

Date: Early 1900s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

Reference: PA1-f-126

Description: Album of newspaper & magazine cuttings, maps, and black & white photographs, with the title "Outer New Zealand". Includes information on various islands, including Auckland Islands, Kermadecs, Cook Islands, Niue, Rarotonga, Western Samoa, Makogai Island Leper Station, and areas of the Antarctic. On page 6, there are 2 photographs of Cook Islanders wearing traditional clothing, one group from Mangaia, and one group from Aitutaki. There are sections giving detailed information and illustrations showing various agricultural activities, including the growing of bananas, copra, breadfruit, rubber, taro, kava plants, cacao, coffee and cotton; and on page 21 are 3 images showing the construction of a fale (Samoan dwelling). One section (pages 24-25) has information and images of Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife, his house "Vailima" and his tomb. There are several pages of coloured illustrations of different breeds of Samoan fish (p 46-50). Page 27 shows a group of Faipule (members of the Samoan Native Council) who visited Wellington in May 1925.

Date: 1928

By: Macky, Willow, 1921-2006

Reference: A-404-001/009

Description: Includes two sketches "To Mrs Macky", two sketches "To Daddy", three illustrated letters to Daddy, a larger sketch ("This is Daddy in Tahiti walking under the banana trees"), and a collage a a small girl with geese. Accompanied by white envelope in which the sketches were housed before arrival in the Library. Quantity: 9 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and crayon sketches and holographs, sizes varying from 60 x 100 mm to 210 x 265 mm. Provenance: Estate of Willow Macky 2007. Transfers: Material from the same provenance is at MS-Group-0101..

Date: 1993

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :The Dominion cartoons 16 December 1992 - 11 January 1993

Reference: H-068-007

Description: Shows an enormous monkey cage overlooking Athletic Park, in which men are climbing a tree trunk and swinging like monkeys. The floor of the cage is littered with beer cans and a policeman is admonishing a boy poking a banana through the bars of the cage. A cricket match is in progress in the park. Refers to the loutish behaviour of cricket fans at a recent match. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1796 - 1791

By: Gosse, Thomas, 1765-1844

Reference: C-036-015

Description: Captain Bligh standing in a small rowboat at the water's edge on the right, with two sailors steadying the boat. He watches as a group of Tahitians lift a young breadfruit tree in a small wooden tub towards the boat, with further saplings lined up to be transferred. A fruiting breadfruit grows on the left among banana palms and other tropical plants. A central figure, a Tahitian chief in a long white robe and draped hat, directs procedings. The rigging of one of Bligh's ships, the Providence or the Assistant, is visible in the right background. The central Tahitian figure appears to be based on Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Omai. Omai died in 1780, well before Bligh's visit to Tahiti for breadfruit transplanting. Bligh made a trip to Tahiti in 1791 with two ships, the Providence and the Assistant, to transplant breadfruit to the West Indies, to feed slaves on plantations Other Titles - Breadfruit Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured mezzotint, 492 x 602 mm on sheet 530 x 620 mm

Date: 1778 - 1800

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Noble, George, active 1795-1806; Hogg and Company

Reference: A-111-058

Description: Two portraits of Tahitian woman from James Cook's third voyage to Tahiti in 1779. The left view has a background of coconut palms and the woman is wearing a very full skirt; the right view includes a dwelling, a banana palm and other bush and the woman is dancing and wearing a hat and a long draped garment with full ruffles at the back Derived from engravings after Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in" Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Vol 2 pl 27 & 28. Extended Title - From: Anderson, G. W. A new, authentic and complete collection of voyages round the world. [Another edition] Pl 106. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on laid paper 222 x 331 mm (image) 230 x 350 mm (plate mark) on sheet 235 x 382 mm

Date: 1850 - 1851

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

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-092

Description: Looking down over a port area with the sea to the right, waterways, landforms, one with a banana plantation marked, sailing ships in a harbour to the left, a mole or wharf marked 'landing' to the right. A road and bridge are on the left. Inscriptions: Recto - as appropriate: horizon, water, road, landing indicated in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 164 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Lerpiniere, Daniel, 1745?-1785

Reference: C-131-033-a

Description: A scene in Waimea, Kauai, Hawai'i in 1778, showing a marae, with a hollow oracle tower (lananu'u), the tallest structure, stone walls enclosing a central space, drums and a tall gong (?) as well as a storage structure on poles, and on the left, the end wall of the long house, or mana. Banana palms are visible beyond the stone walls. Other Titles - Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate33 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 267 x 408 mm

Date: 1851

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-008

Description: A young banana tree growing near cliffs close to the harbour, possibly in the Botanic Gardens in Sydney Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 171 x 114 mm

Date: 1944

From: Minson, Patrick Opawa, 1917-1978 :[Twelve watercolours of scenes in the Pacific (New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu), 1942-1944; and two of Gore Bay, North Canterbury 1944-1945].

Reference: A-348-010-1

Description: Shows a watercolour sketch of a banana palm with stool beneath it. The location is probably New Caledonia, because of the date on the verso. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 255 x 178 mm. Provenance: Donated by Marian Minson in 2001.

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790

Reference: C-131-028-c

Description: A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a fourth person clapping the rhythm. The dancers appear to be standing on a large woven mat. Banana palms, breadfruit trees and coconut palms can be seen in the background. Other Titles - Tahiti Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 28 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 379 mm (image), 263 x 405 mm (plate mark)

Reference: A-116-002

Description: Shows Tongans talking to a German naval officer and others sitting outside a native dwelling. Shows also a dog, fowls, and sheep, with a banana palm and coconut trees Other Titles - Vavao Island Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 145 x 205 mm

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Tiozzo, active 1838

Reference: A-318-007

Description: Shows travellers resting on a rock at the right foreground, beside a dam with two pipes in it which allow water from the reservoir behind to fall into the pool in the left foreground. The scene is set amongst luxuriant jungle growth. Plate 58 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Chavannes engraved the French version, but the Italian version has been engraved by Piozzo. From the text in Domeny de Rienzi's book (volume 1, page 225), it appears that Passo is in the extreme North East of the Celebes, near Tondano and Manado. Other Titles - Iles Celebes. Sources chaudes de Passo Other Titles - Hot springs at Passo Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 58 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: [ca 1897]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-34

Description: Views in Honolulu taken by unknown photographers circa 1897. The upper photograph (PA1-f-195-34-1) shows a group of women and children, (picnicking?) alongside a canoe. Exact location unknown. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-34-2) shows a banana palm. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: 1916 - 1918

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1918-26

Description: Postcard shows New Zealand troups marching down a town street, possibly in France. There is a union jack in the lower right corner. The verso shows a logo for the Banania chocolate and banana breakfast drink. Other Titles - Offered by Banania, delicious morning breakfast drink Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 89 x 140 mm.

Date: 1970-1989

Reference: Eph-A-FRUIT-1970/1989

Description: Includes: 1970s?: 'Flavorific' Summerland Orchard. Main Highway, Ohau, six miles south Levin. E021 [1970s?]. Card J Wattie Canneries Ltd. Wattie's Boysenberry recipes [1970s?] Kimberley Gardens, berryfruit growers, Main Road South, Levin. [Pamphlet about fruit for sale. 1970s?] NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. 'Fresh-Up' apple pie filling, 'Fresh-Up' apple slices and 'Fresh-Up' apple sauce. [Recipes. 1970s?] 1979: Kiwifruit! [Pamphlet in Japanese. ca 1979] New Zealand kiwifruit [Pamphlet in Japanese. 1979] New Zealand Kiwifruit Export Promotion Committee. New Zealand kiwifruit. Pamphlet with text in several languages (3 copies) New Zealand kiwifruit, the new international fruit [Pamphlet with text in several languages] Plentibay Exports. Kiwifruit, an exotic flavoured sub-tropical fruit grown in New Zealand. Pamphlet [1979] 1980s?: Be pre-peared; Wattie's pear recipes [1980s?] (2 copies) Blackberry recipes without sugar [1980s] Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Publicity Council Inc. N.Z. oranges [Flier of recipes. 1980s?] Growing babacos. Landsendt, 108 Parker Rd., Oratia, RD Auckland 7 [1980s?] Kiwano. [Recipes. 1980s] N.Z. Citrus. Great recipe ideas using NZ lemons [1980s] N.Z. Nursery Men's Association. Fruit for health. Information bulletin no. 10 [1980s?] Ortho [ie Orthocide]; helping the world grow better [1980s?]. Pamphlet Watties; a can for all seasons [1980s] 1980: NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. All about apples [ca 1980] NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. What, why how? [ca 1980] (2 copies) 1981: Bay of Plenty Berryfruit Co-Operative Ltd. New Zealand. 1981 Fruit Distributors Ltd. Using your 'nana [1981] 1983: NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. Exciting apple recipes for 1983 (2 copies) NZ Kiwifruit. Kiwifruit; a gift from New Zealand [1983] Welcome to berry time at Brown Acres. Main Road Manakau. Second edition - many new ideas [Recipes] 1985: Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association Inc. HBFA 1985 NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. A brief profile [1985?] NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. Apples and pears; the story of their everyday freshness [1985?] NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. Exciting recipe ideas with apples and pears [1985] NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. Fact sheet [ca 1980] NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. Processing the New Zealand apple [1985] NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board. What's cooking with apples. [Recipes, 1985] New Zealand Feijoa recipes [ca 1985] 1988: Fruit Distributors Ltd. Bananas and health [ca 1988] 1989: Kiwifruit country [1989]. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1908

By: Oliver, Walter Reginald Brook, 1883-1957

Reference: PA1-q-135

Description: In 1908 Dr. W R B Oliver led a group including S R Oliver, W L Wallace, and T Iredale on a 10 months expedition to Sunday Island (now known as Raoul Island) in the Kermadecs. (Information from the Enclopaedia of New Zealand, Vol 2, edited by A H McLintock, 1966, page 710.) (Most/all?) of the photographs in this album were taken by Oliver, and some of the original negatives are held at the National Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa). The album includes scenes of daily life, including building thatched huts and storehouse, boat repair, preserving mutton-birds. Landscapes of different parts of Raoul Island, Denham Bay, Coral Bay, Macauley Island, Curtis island and Esperance Rock Photographs of fauna include many different types of birds, their eggs, their chicks, and as adults; also two photographs of sea turtles (one shown with King Bell, a son of Thomas Bell who lived on Raoul Island). Close-up views of plants show the type of flora found on the islands. Several photographs show members of the Bell family who farmed on Raoul Island from 1878 to 1914 Accompanying information - `Notes to help identification' by Wynne Spring-Rice, who went on an archeological expedition in 1990. The notes identify the various sites photographed by Oliver in the 1908 expedition Other - Some of the images in this album have corresponding original negatives held in Te Papa. Pencilled numbers by each of the photographs relate to these negatives. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Relationship complexity - See MS-1725-1726 : Notes from literature relating to the Kermadec Islands (donated at the same time as this album) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark maroon cover, entitled `Kermadec Islands Expedition 1908', lettered in gold on front cover and spine; 30 x 20 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs W R B Oliver, Wellington, 1960

Date: 1984

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-361-022/047

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 26 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1850

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-188-009

Description: A tall pine tree on the left, an aloe in the centre, a banana palm on the right. The date of 1850 suggests they were plants observed growing in Australia, possibly in New South Wales Drawn on the back of the printed front page of: The conchological illustrations ... By G B Sowerby Jnr. Includes a note in Swainson' hand about the cultivation of a type of tall vine. Also includes a rough preliminary sketch for the pine tree overleaf Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W S 1850 [in ink]. Title in ink lower right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on buff paper, 222 x 157 mm