Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-037

Description: View of St John's College, Purewa (now Meadowbank) Auckland with other associated houses, seen from a hill across a stream. The College is on the skyline Other Titles - St John's College, Bishop's Auckland Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 163 x 242 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-054

Description: The right side of a two-part panorama with A-292-052. This section of the image shows the Paekakariki Hill Road winding down to Paekakariki and the Kapiti Coast. The left section (A-292-052) shows a soldier reclining on Paekakariki Hill, beside the road, looking north up the Kapiti Coast with Mt Taranaki appearing above the horizon on the left. The soldier is smoking a pipe and has a bundle on his back. A-292-055, [Map of Waikanae Pa, 1847?] is on the verso of A-292-054 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 239 x 153 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: October or November 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

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

Reference: A-292-091

Description: A view from Tuamarina Hill, looking south towards the Wither Hills and White Bluffs, with the Wairau Plain below. Spring Creek winds towards the sea in the foreground, and a large stand of bush is marked in with solid pencil in the middle distance On the verso is T. B. Collinson's pencil drawing [Tropical port with banana plantations] (A-292-092). This drawing relates to a privately-owned watercolour 'Part of Wairau, July 1845'. The watercolour shows the far hills at a greater distance and includes a section of 'Massacre hill' with two European men in the foreground. The details of the Wairau Plain are very similar in both works. The date on the watercolour is earlier than the date on this view but Bell possibly made a copy for T. B. Collinson, in whose sketchbook this drawing appears. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date and attribution in ink in the hand of T. B. Collinson. Bottom centre title in pencil, probably in the hand of Francis Dillon Bell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 164 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-065

Description: A view from the top of steep hills above the winding Whanganui River. The name Pongakawitu no longer exists Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 261 x 365 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50] - - Parts 1 & 2 of a 4-part panorama with A-292-066.

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; White, Frederick John, active 1837-1848

Reference: A-292-074

Description: The man has full moko on his face, short curly hair and an ear adornment. Beyond him are parallel fence lines, possibly indicating the two sides of a path or track rising up a low hill to the left and a small European-style house is on a low rise in the left background. Tall hills and a sunset or sunrise sky in the background. Several of White's other known watercolours are copies and this too could be a copy. It is the same as A-114-041, a watercolour by an unknown artist. It resembles several of Angas's lithographs, but is not an exact copy of any of them. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Fred. J. White [in red-brown brushpoint]; Recto - top right - 63 [in pencil, numbering by T. B. Collinson] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gouache on paper, 331 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-035

Description: Portrait showing a man from Putiki Pa. He wears a cloak and the drawing includes his own inscription Other Titles - Wereta Nanaiki from Putiki Warenui Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-046

Description: High viewpoint from Wellington hills across the harbour on a still day with reflections of Somes Island, with a background of the Hutt Valley, Point Howard and the Tararuas Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 160 x 242 mm (irregular with bottom torn) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-078/079

Description: A two-part panorama of an extensive view of the Wairarapa across the plain formed by the Ruamahanga River in the Pihautea area, South Wairarapa (between the east shore of Lake Wairarapa and the Ruamahanga river, close to modern Martinborough). Hills, areas of bush and flat fern-covered plains are indicated. Hakeke (later Glenmorven) the run of Hugh Morrison, is indicated in the background of the left-hand side. Pukengaki, also known as Te Ngaki-a-Totara or Jury's Island, was part of C. R. Bidwill's run and appears as a conical hill in the centre horizon of the left-hand view, as well as other hills moving towards the centre of the view. In the right-hand portion, the Ruamahanga River curves past bush, forming an island, and there are two cabbage trees on the far right. On the recto of these two drawings is another panorama of the Wairarapa 'Morissons Run ...' 1848' (A-292-076/077). Other Titles - Glenmorven Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title. Other inscriptions written on the relevant features. The number of now untraceable Maori names on the view suggests that Collinson may have been supplied with local names by a Maori informant. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink over pencil on 2 sheets, 263 x 357 and 257 x 361 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-062

Description: Part of a fence in the left foreground with a view across fern, bush and cleared and cultivated land towards Mount Taranaki and its foothills. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title & date in ink. Also, where appropriate, pencil notes indicating fern, cultivated, wood and 2000 to indicate the height of one hill in feet. The no. 51 is on the top right of the page, and 'Obs [i.e. observations?] seen at Kaiehihi' [?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 163 x 145 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1850

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-098/099

Description: Panoramic view from a hill looking down over Launceston with streets, houses, churches, businesses, the harbour in the Tamar River on the left, and the Esk River on the right Other Titles - Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - in pencil titles and date; also the phrase V. D. Land repeated on the right-hand section Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sheets of paper, each 230 x 331 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].