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Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-533

Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm

Date: 1890

By: Peele, James, 1847-1905

Reference: G-180

Description: Shows two adjacent snowy peaks in the distance, probably Mt Earnslaw and Black Peak. Mt Alfred is probably the peak in the left middle distance. There is a stretch of water in the foreground, probably the head of Lake Wakatipu or the confluence of the Dart and Rees Rivers. A clay road is shown at the right, probably around or north of Glenorchy. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signature and date]; Backing board recto - centre right - Mt Earnslaw + Mt Alfred (The title "Milford Sound" has been crossed out).; Backing board recto - bottom centre - Bought on West Sounds trip, N Zealand, January 1891 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 300 x 430 mm. Provenance: Backing board recto shows sticker from a Bristol framer and from Venable's, a dealer in Washington DC.

Date: 1876 - 1871 - 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Picken, T (Mr), active 1870s

Reference: PUBL-0016-38

Description: View across Lake Wakatipu towards snow-clad Mount Earnslaw and other mountains. Other Titles - View of Mount Earnslaw, Wakatipu Based on the Library's watercolour by C. D. Barraud, 'Lake Watatipu, April 1871' (A-029-050). April 1871 was presumably the date at which Barraud actually visited Lake Wakatipu, in his travels to prepare work for 'New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive'. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 250 x 354 mm

Date: 1890 - 1920

By: Veitch, John Charles, 1853?-1939

Reference: G-001-2

Description: Shows a lake scene, with birds flying over, reflected in the water. There are snowy mountains in the distance. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - J C Veitch; Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 205 x 310 mm. Processing information: The painting was found inside "Watercolor & how to do it", by Henry Gasser, N.A. 3d edition. (Jay Corporation, 1962).

Date: Jan 1883

From: Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) :Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PAColl-4751-03

Description: Looking towards snow capped Mount Earnslaw from Godfrey's Gorge in the Upper Rees Valley, Queenstown Lakes District. Shows a pine tree in the foreground by a river. Photograph taken in January 1883 by the Burton Brothers. No original negative listed in Burton Brothers register compiled by the National Museum, Wellington Source of descriptive information - Dated January 1883 in Burton Bros register compiled by National Museum, Wellington Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 1856 Mount Earnslaw from Godfrey's Gorge Upper Rees; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.9 x 19.7 cm