Surveyor and landscape artist. Born Doncaster 1833 to a Quaker family, parents William Cooper (1793-1871) and Jane Thornhill (d 1891). Brother of Thornhill Cooper. Licensed as a surveyor in New Zealand under the Native Land Act of 1862 and first recorded in New Zealand in 1864, working in Canterbury. In 1864-1865 he was surveying the Waikato confiscated lands for settlement. [C A Lawn's unpublished history `The Pioneer land surveyors of New Zealand']. He may have been working in Greymouth as a surveyor by 1865. He was certainly there by 1 Jan 1866, listed as working there in the 'Return of Officers employed in Westland' at 1 Jul 1867, as having been working in Westland for 18 months. He transferred to the Westland County Council in 1867 and he appears to have been still based there by the early 1870s, judging by dated watercolours of the area. He lived in Ross for some years. He also visited Martin's Bay in south Westland, and watercolours of coal seams near Greymouth, dated 1873, are in Te Papa. Lithographs after his drawings of West Coast gold-mining townships in 1865 were published in 1869 by Harnett & Co of Hokitika. He moved to Australia in 1876 and returned to England in the early 1890s. [Source: 'The quest for Cooper: recalling William Marshall Cooper (1833-1921) surveyor and watercolour artist who painted 65 scenes of Old Southampton 110 years ago' by A G K Leonard. Supplement to Newsletter number 60, Spring 2007 of the Friends of Southampton's Museums, Archives and Galleries]
Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Greymouth. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company; Taranaki Museum
Reference: A-104-024-b
Description: View from close to the mouth of the river, looking inland. Shows boats on the river, including (possibly) the Cobden ferry, and a horse-drawn cart on the road to the right, leading along the south side of the riverbank towards the houses and shops of the town Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm Provenance: Deacessioned from the collections of Taranaki Museum, 1994.
Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921 :Bealey (Christchurch Road), from a sketch by W M C...
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925
Reference: A-104-048-a
Description: Shows cattle and horses grazing, farm buildings, a man on horseback at the left, and a carriage with horses at the right. There is bush on the hills, and mountains in background. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch 1977 p. 192-193 Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - (On printed label): [Title] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 210 x 300 mm
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Greymouth. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925
Reference: A-104-024
Description: Shows boats on river, including (possibly) Cobden ferry, and horse-drawn cart Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :[Bealey. Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company
Reference: A-104-048
Description: Shows cattle grazing, mountains in the background Title from inscription on Hocken Library's copy. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch 1977 p. 192-193 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Hokitika. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925
Reference: A-104-025
Description: Shows ship and paddlesteamer Title from inscription on verso of 25a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm
Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921 :Okarita, a digging township... [Hokitika, Harnett,...
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925
Reference: A-104-049-a
Description: Shows the small digging township on the south end of the Okarito Lagoon, on the West Coast. In the right foreground, small boats are pulled up on the shore beside a house and a fishing net hanging to dry. A coastal bluff and a steamship at sea can be seen in the right distance. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. From a sketch by W M Cooper; lith by Schmidt. Other Titles - Okarito Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 220 x 300 mm
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Greymouth. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company
Reference: A-104-024-c
Description: Shows boats on river, including (possibly) Cobden ferry, and horse-drawn cart Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in July 2001.
Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921 :Okarita, Mount Cook bearing south. Litho[graphed] ...
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925
Reference: A-104-049-b
Description: Shows the small digging township on the south end of the Okarito Lagoon, on the West Coast. In the right foreground, small boats are pulled up on the shore beside a house and a fishing net hanging to dry. A coastal bluff and a steamship at sea can be seen in the right distance. Title from label on verso. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. From a sketch by W M Cooper; lith by Schmidt. Other Titles - Okarito Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 220 x 300 mm
Various artists :Westland Savings Bank calendar, 1986
Date: 1986
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Gibb, John, 1831-1909; Hutton, Nellie Laura Douglas, 1875-1955
Reference: C-086-1986-03
Description: Reproductions on a calendar of six nineteenth-century prints and watercolours from the Alexander Turnbull Library and other sources: W M Cooper's chromolithograph of Greymouth, 1869 and his Hokitika, 1869; John Gibb's Lyttelton Harbour, his Lyttelton Heads and his The shipping basin, Dunedin; Nellie Hutton's Ferry, Waikana. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar
Correspondence - Letter C
Date: 1876
From: Perkins, William Watchorn, 1843-1903 : Legal papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0415-180
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Hokitika. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company
Reference: A-104-025-a
Description: Shows ship and paddlesteamer at the wharf at Hokitika during the gold-rush. There are horses and carts on the wharf to the left and the houses and shops of the town can be seen in the background. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm
Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921 :Okarita, a digging township... [Hokitika, Harnett,...
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925
Reference: A-104-049
Description: Shows the small digging township on the south end of the Okarito Lagoon, on the West Coast. In the right foreground, small boats are pulled up on the shore beside a house and a fishing net hanging to dry. A coastal bluff and a steamship at sea can be seen in the right distance. Title from inscription on verso. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. From a sketch by W M Cooper; lith by Schmidt. Title from inscription on verso Other Titles - Okarito Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 220 x 300 mm
Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921 :[Houses in Greymouth]. 1872.
Date: 1872
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921
Reference: A-389-001
Description: Shows two houses within their fenced sections, against a bush background. The house in the centre is a two-storeyed house with a verandah on two sides. Its garden path has two curved archways, and there is a small thatched garden hut in front of the house. There are two raised sloping structures, one near each arch. The house at the left has a single storey, with a verandah along the front. The bush-covered land rises to hills in the background. Previously attributed to William Anson McCleverty, and thought to show houses in the Hutt Valley. May show houses in Ross rather than Greymouth. Cooper lived in Ross for some years, although he also lived in Greymouth. Other Titles - Ross Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - WMC 1872 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 188 x 240 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Greymouth. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company
Reference: A-104-024-a
Description: Shows boats on river, including (possibly) Cobden ferry, and horse-drawn cart Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm