Boxes

Date: 1997 - 1998

From: Bromhead, Peter :Thirty-two cartoon photocopies published in the Dominion, 1 May 1997 - 15 June 1998.

Reference: H-491-001/016

Description: Political cartoons Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

Date: 1845 - 1975

By: Wallace, John, 1788-1880; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-048-b

Description: Sandy beach in the foreground with Maori and Pakeha standing singly and in groups, (including a man on the right identified as "Robinson"), a sea-chest, a small boat and stacks of wood, jetties at the water's edge, several Maori canoes and ships in harbour identified as the U. S. Brig "Falco", the "Catherine Johnson" and the brig "Bee" (in the far distance). Reproduced by the Library in 1975 as one of the "Colonial Wellington" prints, with title From Thorndon Beach. The original watercolour is titled View of Wellington Harbour from Thorndon Beach 12 July 1845 (B-079-007. IRN 177622) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - J Wallace pinxt 12 6 1845 [or possibly 12/2 1845]. "Falco" U.S. Brig. Raft of ... and Whale Boat. Maori Girls. Catherine Johnston Cutter. Canoes leaving Te Aro pah. Robinson. Bee Brig. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) framed. Physical Description: Photolithograph 253 x 449 on sheet 431 x 570 mm

Date: 1845 - 1975

From: [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Colonial Wellington; three views by Barraud, Brees, Wallace. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board 1975

By: Wallace, John, 1788-1880; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-048-a

Description: Sandy beach in the foreground with Maori and Pakeha standing singly and in groups, (including a man on the right identified as "Robinson"), a sea-chest, a small boat and stacks of wood, jetties at the water's edge, several Maori canoes and ships in harbour identified as the U. S. Brig "Falco", the "Catherine Johnson" and the brig "Bee" (in the far distance). Reproduced by the Library in 1975 as one of the "Colonial Wellington" prints, with title From Thorndon Beach. The original watercolour is titled View of Wellington Harbour from Thorndon Beach 12 July 1845 (B-079-007. IRN 177622) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - J Wallace pinxt 12 6 1845 [or possibly 12/2 1845]. "Falco" U.S. Brig. Raft of ... and Whale Boat. Maori Girls. Catherine Johnston Cutter. Canoes leaving Te Aro pah. Robinson. Bee Brig. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) framed. Physical Description: Photolithograph 253 x 449 on sheet 431 x 570 mm

Date: 1845 - 1975

From: [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Colonial Wellington; three views by Barraud, Brees, Wallace. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board 1975

By: Wallace, John, 1788-1880; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-048

Description: Sandy beach in the foreground with Maori and Pakeha standing singly and in groups, (including a man on the right identified as "Robinson"), a sea-chest, a small boat and stacks of wood, jetties at the water's edge, several Maori canoes and ships in harbour identified as the U. S. Brig "Falco", the "Catherine Johnson" and the brig "Bee" (in the far distance). Reproduced by the Library in 1975 as one of the "Colonial Wellington" prints, with title From Thorndon Beach. The original watercolour is titled View of Wellington Harbour from Thorndon Beach 12 July 1845 (B-079-007. IRN 177622) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - J Wallace pinxt 12 6 1845 [or possibly 12/2 1845]. "Falco" U.S. Brig. Raft of ... and Whale Boat. Maori Girls. Catherine Johnston Cutter. Canoes leaving Te Aro pah. Robinson. Bee Brig. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) framed. Physical Description: Photolithograph 253 x 449 on sheet 431 x 570 mm

Date: 1984

By: Wellington City Art Gallery (Wellington, N.Z.); Wellington Media Collective

Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-1984-02

Description: Shows the pink skeleton of the edges of a box, on a green background. The top left corner of the poster is shaped to be parallel the top left edge of the box. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint on poster, 595 x 430 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1984.

Date: 1879 - 1888

From: Keesing, Henry A, 1826?-1896 :[Landscapes, caricatures and portraits] / H A Keesing. 1879-[1880s]

Reference: A-278-001

Description: The front view of a carved wharenui (meeting house). A woman is seated outside on the left of the front porch, her hand inside the lid of an open box, possibly a biscuit box, while a baby crawls towards her. On the right is a large crate inscribed `Zealandia biscuits' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 142 x 113 mm

Date: [ca 1970s-1980s]

By: Simpson, Graeme Brook, 1957-

Reference: ATL-Group-00798

Description: Photographs taken circa 1970s or 1980s by an unidentified photographer, possibly Graeme Simpson. Some images are showing decorative presentation caskets; other images relate to a problem with mould at the General Assembly Library. Images were taken to document work undertaken by conservation staff of the National Library of New Zealand. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 59 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Item-level records created and collection unit ID changed November 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-2908.

Date: 1840 - 1850

From: [Duppa, George] 1817-1888 :[Sketch- and account-book / George Duppa]

Reference: E-075-028

Description: Lefthand side of page contains two sets of vertical lines. Righthand side has a decorative box with floral pattern on lid; side profile of a man's face showing only eyes, nose, mouth and chin. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 228 x 187 mm

Date: 2000 - 2006

By: Beijing Enamel Factory; Beijing tu shu guan

Reference: Curios-030-071

Description: Ceramic cloisonne vase with black background, and all-round design featuring pink blossoms, and orange bird in flight, and a mauve rock formation at the base. The lip is gilded, as is a thin line at the base. There is a Jingfa paper label stuck to the bottom of the vase. The vase is packed with its ornate low wooden stand, in a custom-made patterned fabric blue box with a hinged lid, secured in a closed position by two bone toggles. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Ceramic vase, height 178 mm, diameter at widest point 90 mm

Date: 1870 - 1920

By: Beauchamp family; Beauchamp, Richard, active 1996; Beauchamp, Warwick, active 1996

Reference: Curios-026-006

Description: Wooden writing box with folding leather writing surface, narrow compartment for pens and other objects, and larger compartment concealed by the writing surfaces. Box has mother-of-pearl and brass inlays, and contains an inkwell, cigarette tin, tiny wooden box decorated with M'Pherson tartan pattern, 3 ivory letter-openers (one engraved M.E.B.), 14 ivory dominoes, [ivory?] letters H, A and B, one handled roller? with triangular amber wheel engraved with heart and hart, two additional small handles?, a cut glass teardrop, and silver-coloured decorative leaf. Quantity: 1 curio(s) and small ivory and other objects within the box.. Physical Description: Wood, brass and mother-of-pearl 135 x 405 x 250 mm. Provenance: Donated by Richard and Warwick Beauchamp in 1996. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from MS A96-187..

Date: [1800s?]

By: Beauchamp family; Beauchamp, Richard, active 1996; Beauchamp, Warwick, active 1996

Reference: Objects-0512

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Box has brass inlays on corners and a shield-shaped inlay on centre of lid. The inlaid brass lock is detached. Also detached and contained inside box, is shield shaped piece with central silver panel engraved with the letters EM. Box also contains its key, a 1940 threepence, an ivory tab, and a pearl button. Quantity: 1 object(s) containing small ivory and other objects. Physical Description: Wood and brass 120 x 350 x 225 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from MSS A96-187.. Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, December 2024. Previous reference: Curios-026-007. Previous title: Artist unknown :[Wooden writing box with brass inlays. 18--].

Date: [1948-1966]

From: Chan, Lionel Lai-hung, 1919- : Papers

Reference: 97-050-1/04

Description: Correspondence, agendas, minutes, correspondence and some financial records for the Dominion Federation of Chinese Commercial Growers and the New Zealand Chinese Commercial Growers Publishing Co; including minutes for a meeting re standard cases for vegetables (1952); balance sheet for Sack and Case Co-op (1948); the award of the arbitrator re container charging arbitration (1949); vegetables levy bill (1957); part of document re hours of work; Franklin Produce Growers' Assn schedule of piecework rates; Dominion Council of Commercial Gardeners' employees claims, submissions from Marlborough assn; correspondence re organic fertiliser (1951); newsletter re retail boycott from the NZ Vegetable & Produce Growers Federation (1960); correspondence re advertising and other matters and statements of account for the publishing company; abstract from the civil code of the Republic of China re inheritance Arrangement: Part one of file now in 6 parts (97-050-1/04 to 97-050-1/09) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2003

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising sound recordings by New Zealand performers, or released by New Zealand record companies. 2003]

By: Nielson, Ruban, active 2000s; Flying Nun Records

Reference: Eph-D-PHONO-2003-03

Description: Poster announcing the release of the Mint Chick's album through Flying Nun shows four partially complete figures arranged in pairs wearing red jackets. There is an almost complete face at top right. Two of the figures are representing as buttocks or breasts only, and more complete figures are supported on them. The parts are loosely connected with red tubes passing through torsos and the head. The background is a black and white drawn pattern of roughly stacked steps and cubes. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm.

Date: 1908

From: Oliver, Walter Reginald Brook, 1883-1957 :Photograph album of Kermadec Islands Expedition 1908

Reference: PA1-q-135-55-1

Description: Two men carrying wooden boxes on a stretcher. They are outside one of the thatched huts at Oliver's camp, Denham Bay, Raoul Island. Photograph taken 1908 probably by W R B Oliver. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, 11.1 x 15.5 cm, on album page

Date: 1939 - 1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: 1/2-041657-F

Description: New Zealand soldiers opening boxes of supplies. All of the boxes are stamped with a symbol of a kiwi. Taken during World War II in the Pacific area. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Beckett, T N : Postcards of New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PAColl-5731-01

Description: Two Maori wooden carved boxes. Photograph taken by the New Zealand Tourist Department circa 1910. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Maori carvings; Recto - bottom right - Photo by N Z Tourist Dept. F T Series No 52 A Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1845

By: Wallace, John, 1788-1880; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Barraud, Edward Noel, 1857-1920

Reference: B-079-007

Description: Sandy beach in the foreground with Maori and Pakeha standing singly and in groups, (including a man on the right identified as "Robinson"), a sea-chest, a small boat and stacks of wood, jetties at the water's edge, several Maori canoes and ships in harbour identified as the U. S. Brig "Falco", the "Catherine Johnston" and the brig "Bee" (in the far distance). Reproduced by the Library in 1975 as one of the "Colonial Wellington" prints, with title From Thorndon Beach. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - J Wallace pinxt 12 6 1845 [or possibly 12/2 1845]. "Falco" U.S. Brig. Raft of ... and Whale Boat. Maori Girls. Catherine Johnston Cutter. Canoes leaving Te Aro pah. Robinson. Bee Brig.; Backing board recto - beneath image - [in the hand of A. H. Turnbull] Painted by G. Wallace July 12th 1845. "Falco" U.S. Brig. Maori girls. Catherine Johnston cutter. Wellington Harbour - 1845. Robinson. Canoes from Te Aro Pah.; Backing board recto - bottom centre - [in the hand of A. H. Turnbull]: View of Wellington Harbour from Thorndon Beach 12 July 1845 by J. Wallace, father of J. Howard Wallace. [In the hand of Noel Barraud]: A Turnbull with compliments from Noel Barraud - 16/12/12. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil 253 x 422 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, given to him by E. Noel Barraud, 16 December 1912.

Date: 27 November 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/228/05-G

Description: Messrs E Ireland, E Brooking, W I Wright and T Lawless with numbered collection boxes for the Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association street appeal day. Photographed on 27 November 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

By: Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923; Bell, Vera Margaret, 1885-1974

Reference: Curios-018-1-007

Description: Dutch-designed ceramic pill-box with separate lid, containing a small silver cross, a small silver bell, a small silver bird and a green scarab beetle. Exhibited in 'Posted love; love letters from the Turnbull Library and beyond', at the National Library Gallery, 9 April - 4 July 1999. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: China, hand-painted. 55 x 45 x 35 mm

Date: 1855 - 1856

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-005

Description: Shows a bearded pipe-smoking man sitting on a wooden case in a house. It has rafters and posts supporting a central ridge pole, and there are baskets hanging off a central beam between two posts. A barrel at the right serves as a surface for bottles and containers. A tin bath(?) hangs on the far wall next to a bunk and wood storage. Printed as an Alexander Turnbull Library print in 1980. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Other Titles - Inside view of No. 1. A friend of mine filling his pipe. Note by J Lavin: Inside view of No. 1. A friend of mine filling his pipe Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 198 mm