Williams, John, -1905?

Date: 1845 - 1970

From: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885: The Bridge prints 1970. Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1970

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-027

Description: H M S North Star in the foreground with sails furled. Small boats and soldiers landing at area with houses in the background. A high hill with further soldiers silhouetted against flames and black smoke. The scene is lit by moonlight At the time the Library reproduced this watercolour it was thought to be the work of Cyprian Bridge and it was reproduced as one of 'The Bridge Prints'. It was reattributed to John Williams in the 1970s, on the basis of style and the handwriting of the title. A reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, A-079-032. Other Titles - H M S North Star destroying Pomare's pa Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph

Date: 1846 - 1970

From: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885: The Bridge prints 1970. Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1970

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-028

Description: Ruapekapeka Pa in the distance on a hill with the smoke of gunfire around it. In the foreground, on a flat area, are British redcoats, some standing in line, some moving among the raupo whare of the lower pa. A cauldron is boiling on a fire on the left, and the palisades of the pa are visible on the right. On the left, bullocks are hauling supplies (of timber?) into the flat area and fighting is continuing in the background with much gunsmoke. Reproduced by the Library as one of 'The Bridge Prints' attributed to Cyprian Bridge in 1970. Later reattributed to John Williams. The Library holds the original watercolour at A-079-030, titled Ruapekapeka N Z. Other Titles - Ruapekapeka N Z Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-027

Description: British redcoated troops surrounding a pa beside the sea on the left and a house in the centre of the view. The pa is in flames and troops are spread in lines on the hills in the distance. Flax and low scrub in the foreground. Other Titles - Waikare, Northland Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 324 mm on sheet 288 x 405 mm

Date: 1845 - 1970

From: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885: The Bridge prints 1970. Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1970

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-027-a

Description: H M S North Star in the foreground with sails furled. Small boats and soldiers landing at area with houses in the background. A high hill with further soldiers silhouetted against flames and black smoke. The scene is lit by moonlight At the time the Library reproduced this watercolour it was thought to be the work of Cyprian Bridge and it was reproduced as one of 'The Bridge Prints'. It was reattributed to John Williams in the 1970s, on the basis of style and the handwriting of the title. A reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, A-079-032. Other Titles - H M S North Star destroying Pomare's pa Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) framed. Physical Description: Photolithograph

Date: 1846 - 1970

From: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885: The Bridge prints 1970. Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1970

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Williams, John, -1905?; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-028-a

Description: Ruapekapeka Pa in the distance on a hill, with the smoke of gunfire around it. In the foreground, on a flat area, are British redcoats, some standing in line, some moving among the raupo whare of the lower pa. A cauldron is boiling on a fire on the left, and the palisades of the pa are visible on the right. On the left, bullocks are hauling supplies (of timber?) into the flat area and fighting is continuing in the background with much gunsmoke. Reproduced by the Library as one of 'The Bridge Prints' attributed to Cyprian Bridge in 1970. Later reattributed to John Williams. The Library holds the original watercolour at A-079-030, titled Ruapekapeka N Z Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) framed. Physical Description: Photolithograph

Date: 1914 - 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: E-024-f-1-015

Description: A Maori soldier and a French soldier side-by-side, both armed with rifles, in a haka action. The image is derived from an engraving after John Williams, 'War dance', also reproduced in French publications as 'Danse de guerre', 1860s, showing a group of Maori carrying out a haka with rifles. Other Titles - War dance Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1914 - 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: E-024-f-1-015-a

Description: A Maori soldier and a French soldier side-by-side, both armed with rifles, in a haka action. The image is derived from an engraving after John Williams, 'War dance', also reproduced in French publications as 'Danse de guerre', 1860s, showing a group of Maori carrying out a haka with rifles. Loose at front of album Other Titles - War dance Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm Provenance: , 1970s? Transfers: Transferred from MS-Papers-0016.

Date: 1845 - 1865 - 1888 - 1859 - 1890

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Huyot, Jules Jean Marie Joseph, active 1868-1894; Tour du Monde (Periodical); Charton, M E, active 1860-1890s; Bayard, Emile Antoine, 1837-1891; Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903; Clive Burden Ltd.

Reference: A-109-065

Description: Shows Maori haka with guns. The 1890? publication by M.E. Charton is in part a reprint of a page of Ferdinand von Hochstetter's article "Voyage a la Nouvelle-Zealand" in "Le tour du monde...", 1st semestre, 1865, pages 273-320. ATL holds the 1865 article at q 919.31 HOC 1865. ATL holds A.S. Thomson's "The story of New Zealand" (London, 1859) at P 993.1 THO 1859. Image taken from a wood engraving "The war dance", by J.W. Whymper after John Williams, used as a frontispiece in A. S. Thomson's "The story of New Zealand..." (London, John Murray, 1859). Lance-Sergeant John Williams of the 58th Regiment was in New Zealand in 1845-46. Other Titles - The war dance. Maori war dance. Extended Title - From: "Le tour du monde: nouveau journal des voyages. 61 volumes; "Voyage a la Nouvelle-Zelande", volume unknown, 1890?, verso of page 310. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Emile Bayard; Recto - bottom right - Huyot sc.; Recto - beneath image - Danse de guerre des Maoris (voy. p. 306.) - Dessin de Emile Bayard d'apres Thompson. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white 158 x 236 mm, on sheet 219 x 298 mm.

Date: 1840 - 1850

From: Various artists :[Tarawira Lake, N.Z. 1840s, by John Williams; and, [Merrett, J J]. Sketch of the chief Honi Heki Pokai. 1980s?].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-022

Description: Subject: Half-length profile of Heke wearing helmet and a patterned cloak. Probably a copy by John Williams of a drawing by J J Merrett Other Titles - Hone Heke. John Williams, d 1905 On verso of: Tarawira Lake, N.Z. / John Williams, [184-] Compare: unsigned portrait in: Maori war sketches, E-320, p. 6, also A-114-003: Honi Heke [ca 1847], and lithograph after Gilfillan in: Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38, 120, pl. 16. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Graphite and red pencil drawing, image, 85 x 150 mm on sheet 253 x 367 mm Transfers: Removed from: Maori war sketches, 1845-1850, acquired by Alexander Turnbull.

Date: 1845 - 1970 - 1846

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-027/028

Description: Two coloured reproductions attributed to Cyprian Bridge in a folder with a third reproduction in black and white on the cover. All are reproductions of watercolours showing the war in Northland, 1845-1846 Both coloured reproductions were later reattributed to Lance-Sergeant John Williams. Other Titles - Folder title: Scenes of the war in the North 1845-46. John Williams, d 1905 Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1914 - 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: E-024-f-2-021

Description: A Maori soldier and a French soldier side-by-side, both armed with rifles, in a haka action. The image is derived from an engraving after John Williams, 'War dance', also reproduced in French publications as 'Danse de guerre', 1860s, showing a group of Maori carrying out a haka with rifles. Other versions of this drawing are numbered E-024-q-015, E-024-q-1-015 and E-024-q-1-025-a Additional information: The text on the left, referring to 'Poilu' (French infantrymen) continues with 'not described by Macauly, though London Bridge episode was noted'. On the right, Robley has written 'Approved by Mr Massey, Premier of New Zealand'. Other Titles - War dance Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-013

Description: A stream with three canoes in the foreground, raupo growing at the water's edge, pa buildings on the left, a bush-clad hill rising behind. In the background are other whare, a steep hill topped with a defensive pa with fences at three levels and someone on a maypole-type swing Compare the watercolour by Cyprian Bridge of which this is a copy at A-079-002 Other Titles - Kawakawa Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash and Chinese white, 253 x 367 mm

Date: 8 May 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-029

Description: Scene on the banks of Lake Omapere (to the right) with a battle in progress around the outer perimeter of Puketutu Pa (centre left in the middle distance). Seated Maori and British soldiers are in the foreground, there are two groups of soliders in formation and others are lying at the crest of a rise in the middle distance, firing towards the pa. Other Titles - Okaihau Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 242 x 325 mm

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-016

Description: A Maori man in a blanket keeping watch over Ohaeawai Pa from behind a dead tree on a hill, with three other Maori seated beside him. The pa is in the middle distance, surrounded by a palisade and there is part of a farm with cleared bush and a small shed and fences closer to the watching group. Other Titles - Ohaeawai Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and wash, 253 x 364 mm

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-079-018

Description: An extensive view at Waimate North, with a windmill, the mission station and the church on the horizon. Bracken in the foreground and a rutted dirt road running away into the distance. Fenced paddocks to the right and three small people walking away on the road to the left. Several dead trees in the foreground. Compare a very similar work by Cyprian Bridge at A-079-035 The work appears to have been part of a sketchbook at an earlier stage, with signs of having been bound on its left side. Probably removed by the Library from album E-320-f, which contained 16 sketches on acquisition by Alexander Turnbull in 1893. Identification: the reference to 'Poka Noi' is to a volcanic cone, Puke Nui, or Pukenui, now known as Te Ahuahu, just visible in the centre background Other Titles - Waimate North, Pukenui, Puke Nui, Tamati Waka Nene Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Coloured crayon over sepia ink and wash, 253 x 365 mm

Date: October 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-012

Description: A road in the foreground, fences and paddocks, cows grazing and further grazing animals in the middle distance. In the centre, a church, with a two-storied house (the Waimate Mission Station) and other smaller buildings to its left. Two small houses beyond a clump of bush to the right. In the background, a steep hill (Pukenui or Puke Nui) with either cultivated land or a pa on one side A copy of Cyprian Bridge's watercolour of the same scene, held at A-079-036 Identification: the hill referred to by the artist as Poka Mie is a volcanic cone, Puke Nui, now known as Te Ahuahu Other Titles - Pukenui Puke Nui Waimate North Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash and watercolour, 252 x 364 mm

Date: 1845 - 1847

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-019

Description: View framed by layered rocks rising on both sides, looking west along the Auckland foreshore, with ships and boats in the harbour and the city visible in the distance on a headland, with the spire of the Cathedral and houses. A man and a boy are seated on the rocks in the foreground Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and conte crayon, 252 x 365 mm Transfers: According to back of file print, 'Removed from Bridge/Williams joint sketchbook' (i.e. E-320-f).

Date: 1846

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885

Reference: A-079-030

Description: Ruapekapeka pā in the distance on a hill, with the smoke of gunfire around it. In the foreground on a flat area are British redcoat soldiers, some standing in line, some moving amongst the raupo whare of the lower pā. A cauldron is boiling on a fire on the right in the foreground, and the palisades of the lower pa are visible on the right behind the whare. On the left, bullocks are hauling supplies (of timber?) into the flat area and fighting is continuing in the background with much gunsmoke. The original for a reproduction by the Library in 1970 of one of 'The Bridge Prints'. The work was attributed to Cyprian Bridge, and was published with the title Capture of Kawiti's Pa, Ruapekapeka, Bay of Islands, 11 January 1846. The work was reattributed to John Williams in the 1970s Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 206 x 328 mm Processing information: Description updated on 7 October 2022 to correct the position of objects in the watercolour composition.

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-028

Description: Shows view from British camp of assault on Heke's pa. A collection of circular tents (and one rectangular tent at right), stands around a campfire in the foreground, with top of a larger tent visible in right foreground. A group of soldiers crouch behind camp fence in middle distance at left. Eight grass huts are close to the tent group at right, in front of hill topped by picket (group of British troops) which surveys the attack taking place in left background. British troops attack the palisades of the pa in two places. A flag-pole in the pa carries two flags, one a Union Jack. For description see: Barthorp, Michael. "To face the daring Maoris" (London, 1979), c.7. ATL has J. Barthorp's "To face the daring Maori" at P 993.1 BAR 1979. Artist attributed according to style and circumstantial evidence. Other Titles - Ohaeawai. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Ohaiawai 1st July 1845. 3 PM. - NZ; Unsigned.; Verso - centre - [Repeats title] According to Wises New Zealand guide; a gazetteer of New Zealand (1987 ed.), Kawiti also assisted at this battle. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, image 205 x 318 mm, on sheet 265 x 362 mm.

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-025

Description: A single European house with fences standing at the foot of a cleared hill, with a bush-clad hill to its left, with the Kapotai Pa buildings amongst bush. Flat and rather marshy land in the foreground, with low scrub to the left. The view, despite its title, shows the scene without an attack happening and with no troops present, possibly because it is unfinished. Compare the much more finished version of this scene by Cyprian Bridge, a watercolour with the same title, reference number A-079-004. Bridge's version shows redcoat soldiers and Maori and the pa being fired Other Titles - Kapotai Pa, Waikare Inlet Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and conte crayon, 252 x 365 mm Transfers: Probably removed from the Bridge / Williams sketchbook E-320-f. The paper matches that of other works removed from this sketchbook..