Fences - New Zealand - Taranaki Region

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Moore, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945

Reference: B-190-001

Description: A scene from a porch, of fenced pastures holding horses, and hills in the distance. One of the porch's upright support bars is visible in the foreground on the right, covered in (possibly) jasmine. The sky is grey and foreboding Inscriptions: Verso - centre - From Mokoia verandah[?] about 1880 / Inner circle in left hand corner / Green Hill (MacMAsters Hill) S.A.M. [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 176 x 254 mm

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-008

Description: A view from near the top of a hill, which is fenced into paddocks, near Mokoia in Taranaki. Cabbage trees and tussock grass feature, and a herd of cows can be seen in the distance; mountains can be seen in the far distance Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - View from the hill at Mokoia / Lysaght c 1880 [in pencil, different hands] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 127 x 176 mm

Date: 1878

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-010-1/2

Description: A view of the farm at Mokoia, from in front of the house. On the verso is a view looking out towards the sea, with two cabbage trees, probably also Mokoia See also a similar scene painted by Sophia Augusta Moore, at B-190-001 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Mokoia 1878 [in pencil] Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 139 x 229 mm

Date: ca 1880s

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 1/1-006109-G

Description: View of the first bowling green in New Plymouth, from Marsland Hill looking north. The green was situated on Upper Brougham St. Photgraph taken by William Andrews Collis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1880

By: Moore, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945

Reference: A-181-032

Description: Shows a view of Mount Taranaki (Mount Egmont) seen beyond rolling farmland, with a fence and tree stumps in the foreground. Probably a view from South Taranaki, near the Lysaght family farm Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 251 x 174 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1864

From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-002/003

Description: Mount Taranaki to the right in the middle distance with a wooden valley in the foreground with fenced clearings. The names Kahikitea and Matuitaura are no longer in use in the Taranaki area, but the Regiment was between Waitara and New Plymouth in mid-October 1864. Possibly the Sentry Hill area. Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook ] 1864-1865. p. 2 to 3 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 97 x 345 mm (double page spread)

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Clark, R, active 1880s

Reference: A-430-028

Description: Shows a view of Mount Taranaki. In the left foreground is a cabbage tree slightly inclined over a stream, and a little further off in the centre is another cabbage tree. At the right a dirt road leads away to the distance between wooden fencing. On this road, a cart leans on its shafts beside a fenced enclosure containing a small wooden house with lean-to. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - R. Clark Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 243 x 335 mm.

Date: 1886

From: Pownall, Robert, 1839-1889 :1. [Paintings and photographic copies of paintings of New Zealand landscapes, including Nelson, Taranaki, and Aorangi/Mount Cook. Copy of portrait of Pownall by Maggie Bullock. 1860s-1880s]. 2. Victoria, 1837-1887. Jubilee ode by James Duigan with illustrations by Robt W Pownall MSA. 1887

Reference: A-468-026

Description: Shows a snow-topped Mount Taranaki, from the south. A cluster of houses stands in the middle ground, possibly being the relatively new settlement of Kaponga, founded in 1882. Fantham's Peak is seen in front of the main mountain summit. The area in the foreground is fenced Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Robt. W. Pownall MSA 1886 [in red brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, within mat, 245 x 350 mm (sight)

Date: 1851

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

Reference: E-296-q-005-3

Description: A tall carved boundary post, painted in red ochre, with a European fence beyond it and Mount Taranaki in the background. 'Waiwaikai' is Waiwhakaiho. Other Titles - Waiwhakaiho Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 78 x 46 mm