Arrow Rock / Fifeshire Rock

Date: 1865

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

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-122/123

Description: Looking south along the waterfront with the Boulder Bank and Arrow Rock to the right, the entrance to the harbour in the centre, wharves and ships to the left, below a steep hill. A large house is on the crest of the hill, probably the house of Major Mathew Richmond Other Titles - Harbour Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook] 1864-1865. p.122/123 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 97 x 224 mm

Date: 1865

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

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-064/065

Description: View from the hills above Port Nelson, with the Port and Arrow Rock, the end of the Boulder Bank and Waimea to the right, the signal Station and house on the cliffs to the left, with another house visible on a lower promontory in the centre. The lower house may be that of Major Mathew Richmond Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook] 1864-1865. p.64 to 65 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 97 x 348 mm

Date: 1868

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-020-2

Description: View from the shore showing Arrow (Fifeshire) Rock and the Boulder Bank behind it, a wharf to the right and wharf sheds, several small boats in the harbour. Engraver's initials in bottom lefthand corner - R.C. [?] Copied by W S Hatton Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 53, p. 321, 3 October 1868 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 125 x 240 mm

Date: 1878

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-032-2

Description: Looking down from a high point at Arrow Rock (Nelson) showing a ship, and a mountain range in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - K Holmes; Recto - bottom right - The Arrow Rock Nelson Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 140 x 237 mm

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-24-38

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Ca 1890s

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10X8-0226-G

Description: Other Titles - Tyree No. 1373 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1868 - 1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f

Description: A few British and European scenes. The remainder show Lake Wanaka, Nelson, Timaru, Bluff, Dusky and Doubtful Sounds, Chalky Inlet, Lake Waihola and numerous other South Island scenes; Wellington, Napier, Rotorua, Bay of Islands Title from spine Inscriptions: Some signed: K.H. ; K. Holmes Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour drawings 145 p. 290 x 490 mm ¼ red morocco, red linen

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: 1843 - 1845

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: E-144-023

Description: Looking down from a high point to Nelson's Boulder Bank, Arrow (Fifeshire) Rock and the few houses spread along the shore in the early days of settlement. Three sailing ships and a small boat are in the harbour, along with several waka Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: Chas. Heaphy. Title bottom centre in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of ink drawing, original, 9.6 x 16.8 inches

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-011

Description: Three views on one page. The top view (pencil) is of a sailing vessel; the central view (pencil) is of the entrance to Port Nelson, with the port and its ships visible and the Arrow Rock in the centre, the Boulder Bank and a lighthouse at its end towards the left. The lower view, a watercolour, is of the Port of Tauranga, with Mount Maunganui left of centre in the background. In the left foreground are cylindrical storage tanks and there are several ships in the harbour area Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-023

Description: Six views on one page. The upper view shows Nelson from the sea, with the Arrow Rock to theright, the hills in the background. The nest next view down is a closer view of the wharves of Port Nelson, still from the sea, with the powder magazine marked and 'Dillberg & Co' A small view at the next level shows the steamer Oreti at New Plymouth, with a lighthouse in a separate drawing. At the bottom are two view of Wellington from the sea. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: Ca 1890s

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0189-G

Description: Other Titles - Tyree No. 5525 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Between 1863 and 1888]

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ballard, H Benjamin, active 1861-1888

Reference: PA1-q-033

Description: Views of New Zealand, chiefly of Nelson, including the Maitai River, Nelson Reservoir, Nelson Harbour and Port, Nelson Christ Church Cathedral, and Waimea Road (showing Nelson College at the head of the valley). Other images of New Zealand include the Moeraki Boulders, Mitre Peak, the Criterion Hotel in Wellington, and a view of Gisborne. Images of Australia include views of Black Hill and Mount Gambier (South Australia), and Ballarat and Stawell in Victoria. A series of views of the Copenhagen area in Denmark include castles and palaces, the Kongelige Theatre, Fredensborg slot (Frederiksborg, Denmark), and a museum in Copenhagen. Photographs taken by Theodor Bloch who was a professional photographer in Nelson circa 1863-1888, and then in Victoria, Australia until circa 1891. One image (page 24) "The lighthouse, Northumberland" (Australia), is signed H B Ballard (also an Australian professional photographer). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green covered album with ornamental embossing in gold and black, 285 x 250 mm

Date: 1843

By: Barnicoat, John Wallis, 1814-1905; Sheat, Albert James, 1898-1961

Reference: A-083-002

Description: The wrecked ship Fifeshire alongside Fifeshire (Arrow) Rock, in Nelson Harbour, with the Boulder Bank behind it. A copy by an unknown artist of a drawing by J W Barnicoat. Prepared for reproduction in: Broad, L. The jubilee history of Nelson, 1892. p.24. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 174 x 208 mm (irregular) Provenance: Donation: Mr A J Sheat, Wellington, 25 March 1939

Date: 1867 - 1888

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-q-035

Description: Chiefly photographs of Nelson and surroundings; also includes images of Wellington, Port Chalmers and Mitre Peak. Photographs taken by Theodor Bloch, circa 1867 to 1888 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green covered album with ornamental decoration in black and gold, containing albumen prints of varying sizes; 285 x 250 mm

Date: 25 Apr 1956

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-41143-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 25 Apr 1956

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-41144-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1841 - 1842

From: Various artists :New Zealand. [Maori by a European encampment, Nelson, 1841, after a lithograph by Charles Heaphy; Kororareka Beach, Russell, 1827 or 1828, after a lithograph by Augustus Earle]

Reference: A-443-008

Description: Watercolour by an unidentified hand, possibly after Charles Heaphy's lithograph View of Nelson Haven, 1841, published 1842. View from the first ridge above the beach showing tents erected to house the first settlers to Nelson (although one in the foreground appears to be house- or whare-like). The view looks from the land towards the Boulder Bank and Haulashore Island, and the Arrow or Fifeshire rock across Tasman Bay to the distant Moutere Hills. Five Maori stand or squat in the foreground. Trees frame the view on either side. Five ships are anchored in the harbour, which probably include the Will Watch,the Whitby and the Arrow. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 142 x 235 mm.

Date: July 1901

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Saxon, James Buller, 1850-1921

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbbd/1901/Acc.24641

Description: Map of Fifeshire Island, Nelson Harbour, dated July 1901. Signed by surveyor and R.B. Jackson J.P. Pen and ink and watercolour on pre-printed Department of Lands and Survey land transfer form. Stamp duty stamp, value two shillings and six pence, attached. Initialed and dated 20/7/01 by surveyor. Accompanied by: Surveyor's description. 1 sheet. Traverses of boundaries marked Fifeshire Island, city of Nelson, section 1099. 1 sheet. Traverses of native section 50, city of Nelson. 1 sheet, signed by F.I. Ledger, dated June 18th 1903. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) accompanied by 3 sheets: 1 of text and 2 of survey data. Physical Description: Manuscript map on printed survey form, with adhesive fiscal stamp, appended manuscript pages of text and survey data entered in printed form, 38.2 x 25.2 cm. Processing information: Described into unpublished catalogue in January 2019. Previously described in published catalogue at reference number NLNZ ALMA 991545433502836.

Date: 1845

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: C-173-002

Description: Shows a lone gravestone with a small gated surround, high atop a hill above Nelson, with the Boulder Bank in view below. The gravestone is inscribed 'Sacred to the memory of Henry A Bell, aged 19'. Arrow (Fifeshire) Rock is set just out of view of the painting, to the lower left. Various ships and boats can be seen in the Nelson Haven area of Tasman Bay, between the Boulder Bank and the coast. One of the boats is a waka with two sails Bell's brother Henry (called by his middle name, Angelo), went to Nelson about 1841 as secretary to Arthur Wakefield. He died of typhoid within a year of arriving. Like Angelo, Francis was usually called by his middle name, Dillon Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 235 x 315 mm Provenance: Previously purchased from a Parisian dealer, and surfacing at a a French provincial auction. Possibly originally part of the collection of Francis Dillon Bell. Transfers: The Library owns several other works from the same provenance, by William Fox and Charles Heaphy purchased 2006 and 2014 (Reference numbers C-025-025, C-013-007, C-173-001 and A-465-015).