King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Date: 1844

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-014

Description: View across a clearing in Hutt Forest, with the Hutt Road crossing the scene, a larger house, Hawkshead belonging to the Swainson family, and a smaller cottage in the right middle distance. Two cows graze in the foreground Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title and date, faint pencil inscription Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 228 x 275 mm

Date: 1859

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-012

Description: Grafton Road with houses in bush in the foreground, curving down towards further houses, Parnell, and Waitemata Harbour. Ships on the harbour. North Head, Mount Victoria, Rangitoto and other islands of the Gulf in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title & date with the words 'is this' crossed out. Martha King was an early Wanganui settler. See Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, 1990, Vol I for biographical details. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 235 x 293 mm

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-007

Description: A damaged post and rail fence running beneath tall trees, towards a bend in a river. On the far side of the river are European buildings. Probably a scene in England or Ireland, drawn before Martha King emigrated to New Zealand in 1840. A man is seated on a large flat rock in the foreground, and another figure is seated beneath a tree Inscriptions: Recto - In pencil: Wanganui I think. [In a later hand, not that of the artist] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 187 x 278 mm

Date: 1846

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-006

Description: Looking from the Whanganui River towards the palisades of a pa, close to the water's edge. A hill with a signal tower is in the background, possibly part of the early work on Rutland Stockade. Three people are seated or lying on ground by the river, with two low whare nearby. A line of palisade divides the site, with further buildings visible in the background. Additional drawings in the foreground, show tiny views of Maori rowing and poling small waka. The pa has not been identified, but may be on the same side of the river and close to Whanganui township Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 233 x 292 mm

Date: 1842

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897; New Zealand Company; Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain); Young, Frederick (Sir), 1817-1913

Reference: A-005

Description: Detailed watercolours of New Zealand plants, showing flowers, berries and leaves. Most specimens drawn in the Wanganui region, home of the artist. Inscriptions: Accompanied by manuscript list of drawings headed: "New Zealand drawings" Quantity: 40 watercolour(s). 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on paper ca 375 x 276 mm; carbon print (leaf-rubbing) of a poplar leaf Provenance: Prepared for the New Zealand Company in 1842 by the artist. Several lithographed as illustrations to E. J. Wakefield's "Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand" published London, 1845. Presented to the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Frederick Young, vice-president, and son of G. F. Young, an active member of the New Zealand Company. Transfers: The plant specimens were donated to the Museum of New Zealand in 1982 by the Alexander Turnbull Library..

Date: 1852

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-011

Description: A wooden bridge over a stream with partially cleared bush on both sides. A fisherman is on the left bank of the stream and a man is crossing the bridge. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title & date Martha King was an early Wanganui and New Plymouth settler. See Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, 1990, Vol I for biographical details. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 230 x 292 mm

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-005

Description: Looking across the Whanganui River towards partially cleared hills, with a sloping fenced paddock on the right. In the foreground are several Maori with three small waka The inscribed reference to 'Here I got the Whau Whau, may be to Martha King's plant collecting and painting, referring to the Whau tree, entelia arborescens Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - In pencil: Here I got the Whau Whau [?]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 233 x 292 mm

Date: 1841

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-002

Description: Shows John Nixon's first cottage in Wanganui, built 1840. The house is shown at the foot of a low hill in the middle distance. Also shows a young man seated in the foreground, probably John Nixon. There are clothes drying on a line on the right. A toetoe bush is in the left foreground Nixon later built and moved to a larger property, upriver, called Sedgebrook For further information on John Nixon, see TL3/1/1 21/9/1983 Other Titles - Nixon 1841 Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 225 x 293 mm

Date: 1842 - 1986

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: B-123-007-a/008-a

Description: Kotukutuku, fuchsia excorticata, Wanganui, 1842, a branch of the New Zealand tree fuchsia (konini) in flower and Fruit of the fuchsia, a branch of the konini in fruit Based on two watercolours in the Alexander Turnbull Library, A-007-005 and A-007-041. 'Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is no. 28' Designed by Alan Loney Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 427 x 314 mm in folder Provenance: Deposited under legal deposit, 1985

Date: 1842 - 1986

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: B-123-007/008

Description: Kotukutuku, fuchsia excorticata, Wanganui, 1842, a branch of the New Zealand tree fuchsia (konini) in flower and Fruit of the fuchsia, a branch of the konini in fruit Based on two watercolours in the Alexander Turnbull Library, A-007-005 and A-007-041. 'Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is no. 43' Designed by Alan Loney Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 427 x 314 mm in folder Provenance: Deposited under legal deposit, 1985

Date: [ca 1800-1940]

From: Clendon, Jane, fl 2005 : Manuscript of book Paintings and Drawings of Wellington and the Wairarapa 1840-1880

Reference: MS-Papers-8362-02

Description: Includes, draft notes with biographical information on New Zealand artists. Some of the notes have photographs of the artists attached. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Bridget Williams Books : Papers relating to Book of New Zealand Women/Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa

Reference: 92-130-05

Description: Contains research notes and drafts for entries for `The Book of New Zealand women' Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1850

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-008

Description: A view of rolling hills with, from left, the artist's house (with verandah and high hipped thatched roof), the school room, 'my room' (the artist's small work hut), a shed, the site of the later house and the house of 'old George'. Other houses can be seen in the distance Title from verso Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 234 x 293 mm

Date: 1849

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-001

Description: Shows Anthony & Susannah Wall's Accommodation House, known as the Halfway House, at Glenside, near Johnsonville. See "The Onslow Historian" v. 6 no. 3. p. 3-6 & vol. 8 no.4, p.3 for further information about this house. Other Titles - Porirua Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 233 x 294 mm

Date: 1846

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-016

Description: A bend in the Whanganui River close to its mouth, with a Maori man and woman gathering seafood. A third man watches from the shore Title from pencil inscription on verso Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 222 x 292 mm

Date: 1842

From: [King, Martha] 1803?-1897 :[New Zealand botanical specimens. 1842]

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-005-021

Description: Branch of carmichaelia (New Zealand broom) in flower. Prepared for the New Zealand Company in 1842. Other Titles - Carmichaelia or native broom Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Horoeka. Folio C No. 21. [bottom centre] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 375 x 276 mm

Date: 1852

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-010

Description: Looking down onto the roof of the King homestead in New Plymouth, with rolling hills, cleared land and fences, part of a ploughed field in the foreground and a patch of bush with tree ferns and the flagstaff in the background, beyond other houses. Behind the King house, is a small shed marked as 'my little room' and a larger cottage marked as 'school room'. Other Titles - Mr S. P. King and Miss King. New Plymouth with old flagstaff in background. Inscriptions: Verso - Inscribed in ink: 1852 Mrs S P King and Miss King New Plymouth with old flagstaff in background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 237 x 294 mm

Date: 1846

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-100-013

Description: Looking towards two low hills, with fencing around the hilltop site of Rutland Stockade (started late December 1846, completed 1847) on the right. There is a substantial thatched dwelling and outbuildings in the centre middle distance, identified as the King family home, and a smaller cottage in the right foreground, described as 'Stent's house afterwards Capt. Taylor's'; a 'Mauri [sic, i.e. Maori] house', a low thatched whare, in the centre foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 233 x 293 mm

Date: 1842

From: [King, Martha] 1803?-1897 :[New Zealand botanical specimens. 1842]

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897

Reference: A-005-005

Description: A branch showing leaves and flowers of the New Zealand native tree fuchsia. A cross-section of a single flower on the left. Prepared for the New Zealand Company in 1842. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Kotuku tuku. Folio C No. 5 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 375 x 276 mm

Date: 1847

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-100-015

Description: Shows Seaview Farm, Belmont, home of John Stratford & his wife Anne (nee Harnett) Possibly copied from a drawing by William Swainson, or by his daughter Mary, later Marshall, Martha King's friend Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil; also on verso After Swainsons Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 235 x 292 mm