Rio de Janeiro

Date: 1872-1873

By: Dudding, Horatio, 1843-1915

Reference: MS-0704-0705

Description: Describes the voyage on the barques `Agamemnon' and `Lyttelton'; includes a full account of life on board and at anchorage at Rio de Janiero and Cape Town; includes passenger list. The `Agamemnon' was condemned at Cape Town and passengers continued onto New Zealand in the `Lyttelton'. Source of title - Transcribed Dudding was a saloon passenger Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (21-23 cm; blue buckram hinged lid box)

Date: 1885-1910

By: Pollock, J H, active 1981

Reference: PAColl-0253

Description: General views of Rio de Janero, English countryside and ruined castles. Also some portraits of Europeans and Africans. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 4 Jun-1 Nov 1877

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Grant, George, 1859-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-7148

Description: Describes religious work among passengers and sailors; also describes Rio de Janeiro where ship remained several weeks for repairs after collision on 7 July resulting in the loss of the barque `Ellen Lamb'; and brief description of Somes Island Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Marsha Donaldson of Upper Hutt

Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-065

Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm

Date: 1877

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-008-002

Description: Shows a view along a road, with two figures with loads on their heads, and one man leading a donkey. There is a house on the left, tall palm trees on the right, and hills in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 185 x 280 mm

Date: 1877

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-030-001

Description: Shows two laden donkeys standing near a wall. To the right, two women stand facing each other, with baskets on their heads, and a man sits on a bench. In the foreground is a basket propped up against a bench. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 140 x 210 mm.

Date: Jun-Nov 1877

By: Grant, George, 1859-1901

Reference: MS-0867

Description: Describes religious work among passengers and sailors; also describes Rio de Janeiro where ship remained several weeks for repairs Variations in title - Spine title: Voyage in the Zealandia Relationship complexity - See MS-Papers-0339 re letter concerning this diary from George's mother to his son, 1918 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (92 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (21 cm; green buckram)

Date: 1900 - 1910

From: Various artists :[Twelve sketchbooks, by Mary Grace Caroline Lysaght (3), Emily Muriel Lysaght (4), and another Lysaght family member (5). 1890-1903]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971; Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-891

Description: Includes sketches of rocks and stormy seas, mountains and sea, and coastal profiles, possibly along the south of the eastern coast of South America; with some scenes identified: Cordildera [?], Rio entrance, Fernando de Noranha, St Paul's Rocks, Fogo (Cape Verde Islands), Madeira, Campo Santo. Artist is probably either Mary Grace Caroline Lysaght, or Emily Muriel Lysaght. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook, dark green morocco hardbound, 138 x 185 mm.

Date: 1907

By: Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873-; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: C-078-009/026

Description: One of Wellington harbour, but chiefly South Island, including Picton Marlborough Sounds, Mt Peel and Peel Forest, & Brazilian Islands Inscriptions: Violet Banks; I V, Banks; I.V.B. Quantity: 18 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours 185 x 320 mm and smaller

Date: 1888

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-086/087

Description: An extensive view of Rio de Janeiro showing the Sugar Loaf rock at the entrance to the harbour and Mount Corcovado, with houses and palm trees on the lower slopes of the hills around the harbour. Other Titles - Corcovado Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on 2 sketchbook pages, 129 x 356 mm

Date: 1888

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-088/089

Description: An extensive view of Rio de Janeiro showing the entrance to the harbour with many ships, and Mount Corcovado, with houses and palm trees on the lower slopes of the hills around the harbour. Other Titles - Corcovado Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on 2 sketchbook pages, 129 x 356 mm

Date: 1841

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-295-q-072

Description: Drawing showing a flower stem and leaves of the green-coloured orchid (catasetum). The flower stem is drawn beside the foliage with a x indicating the point at which it was cut from the plant (on the far right). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 271 x 185 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850?-1936? :[Sketchbook; New Zealand, South American, Canary Islands, and English scenes, 1870s?]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-044-q-2-036

Description: View across water to hilly land, with the steamer backwash in the foreground. The left side of a view across two sketchbook pages Continued on E-044-q-2-037 which has inscription Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rio harbour. steamer leaving Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and indigo wash in album, page size 228 x 296 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850?-1936? :[Sketchbook; New Zealand, South American, Canary Islands, and English scenes, 1870s?]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-044-q-2-034

Description: Shows large buildings, including a tower, probably a church tower Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rio Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and indigo wash in album, page size 228 x 296 mm

Date: [Between 1886 and 1900]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to the Fell and Atkinson families

Reference: PA1-q-074

Description: Album of portraits, group portraits and landscapes, relating particularly to the Fell family and their family relationships with the Atkinson and Richmond families. Chiefly photographed in the Nelson, Marlborough, Tasman regions. Many of the photographs likely to have been taken by Charles Yates Fell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown covers, lacking spine, 37.5 x 28.0 cm

Date: 1973 - 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: C-133-010/040

Description: Includes cartoons about: Chinese nuclear weapons testing; Trawlermen blockading Wellington and Auckland harbours; Air New Zealand air fares; Cost cutting at hospitals; Fumigation because of a cockroach problem at Hutt Hospital elderly ward; Pollution in Wellington harbour and nuclear weapons testing at Mururoa; Wharfies knock off because of dead rat found in the hull of a ship; Air New Zealand passengers bypassing customs; Port hold up as 400 used cars are steam cleaned; New Zealand medical council; Railway fares rise by 10%; Industrial disruption from railway workers; Condemned railway carriages being demolished; Wellington airport runway; Gambling to see what will come first, an eruption of Mt. Egmont or a nuclear weapon being used in warfare; Doctor's going on strike; Bikies ruling the roads; Bus and train fares rising; Housing; Do it yourself medical treatment; Railway workers asked to report on their workmates to reduce pillaging; Australia to build four frigates for New Zealand; New Zealanders buy 3 Frances Hodgkins fakes; Defence cost cutting; Public health; Rio 1992. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, various sizes.

Date: 1888

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-092

Description: View along an avenue of tall palm trees with hills in the background and other plants visible on both sides. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 187 x 134 mm

Date: 1887 - 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-045

Description: View of a long avenue of tall palm trees, within the botanical gardens in Rio de Janeiro. The height of the trees is emphasised by a single figure standing in the avenue, who appears tiny in comparison Other Titles - Royal Palm Avenue Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen photograph, 250 x 184 mm, on loose page 325 x 255 mm

Date: 1898 - 1899

From: Various artists :[Twelve sketchbooks, by Mary Grace Caroline Lysaght (3), Emily Muriel Lysaght (4), and another Lysaght family member (5). 1890-1903]

Reference: E-888-011

Description: A view from on board ship of Rio de Janeiro with houses and backing mountain peaks Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 138 x 190 mm

Date: 1898 - 1899

From: Various artists :[Twelve sketchbooks, by Mary Grace Caroline Lysaght (3), Emily Muriel Lysaght (4), and another Lysaght family member (5). 1890-1903]

Reference: E-888-015

Description: A view from on board ship of Rio de Janeiro with houses and backing mountain peaks Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 138 x 190 mm