Places

Date: 1856

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-139-017

Description: Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There are shops in the distance. A red-coated soldier leans against the door to Barrett's Hotel. A small rowboat is in the sea to the right of the road Title on engraved plate on frame. Artist attributed because of similarity of subject to Holmes' "Wellington Beach 1856" (A-032-040). The work is not as finished as that one however. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 343 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to that in the collection of Mr Charles Levin of Sanson, descendant of W. H. Levin.

Date: ca 1890s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 17

Reference: PAColl-7489-60

Description: A view looking down Ballarat Street with a woman and three children standing outside Eichardt's Hotel on the right with a shop selling pictorial postcards next door ca 1890s. Photographer unidentified.. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1840 - 1860

From: Bennett, J R E (Mr): Photographs of early Auckland and Maori children

Reference: PA2-2398-1

Description: On Back of PA2-2398 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1888

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: D-032-002

Description: Shows a view of Wellington and Wellington Harbour as far as the Hutt Valley. The view includes the Terrace and Terrace prison, the streets and buildings of Oriental Bay and Te Aro on the flat, including gasometers, chimneys and churches (St John's and St Peter's Willis Street), the houses on Mount Victoria, Somes Island. Three cows and a calf are attended by a man with a staff, in the foreground. The image is similar to that at C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but extends further on either side. The scale is very similar, but the images of the buildings are not identical. Unlike most other Aubrey works held in the Library, both of these pictures use some gum arabic in the foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C Aubrey 1888 Very similar to C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but includes detail on both sides missing in Te Aro and Wellingon Harbour. Unlike most other Aubrey works held by the Library, this work uses some gum arabic in the foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 531 x 918 mm. Provenance: Possibly owned by Ivan Napier, Greytown, 1970s or early 1980s. In Harnett & Wedde winter antique auction, 1987, purchased Brierley's Ltd, Wellington.

Date: 1858

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Forrest, Isabel K, active 1969; Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-065

Description: View along Invercargill's main street showing a number of houses and businesses. The earliest known view of Invercargill Between 1969, the time of acquisition by the Library, and 2010, attributed to W B D Mantell, based on handwriting, style of drawing and the fact that Mantell worked with Douglas, and was involved in the early settlement of Invercargill. However Mantell was in England in 1858, the date of this drawing. The drawing was earlier owned by Gerhard Mueller, who arrived in New Zealand in 1859, the year after this drawing was made. The `Pearson' whose house is drawn is W H Pearson, Commissioner of Lands, 1857-1884. `Grief' the butcher was J M Grieve. The Albion Hotel was also known as Linds Accommodation House. Other Titles - Douglas, Charles Edward Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title in pen and ink. Along top, identifications of buildings include Whites store, Collins store, Collins Goods, Grief Butcher, Pearsons House, Butchershop, Royal Hotel. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) loose in group of works by Charles Edward Douglas. Physical Description: Ink on brown paper, 150 x 210 mm.

Date: ca 1880s

From: Creator of collection unknown :Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and Taranaki regions

Reference: PAColl-3722-2-58

Description: Streets in New Plymouth. Looks along the rooftops of houses and other buildings. Shows the beach on the left. Photograph by William Andrews Collis circa 1880s. Photographer's inscription on neg reads: "N P From Convent" Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - N P From Convent Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25.6 x 30.6 cm

Date: 1888

By: Drew, T, active 1888

Reference: A-303-019

Description: Shows a view from the lower slopes of Brooklyn of the Mount Cook / Te Aro area, with part of the Basin Reserve to the left, the Mount Cook prison on the hilltop, the prison brickworks behind it, the Alexandra Barracks, and other buildings. Mount Victoria is in the background The chimney on the left was part of the prison brickworks, immediately behind the Mount Cook Prison and now approximately on the site of Wellington High School. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, on sheet 130 x 209 mm, stuck to card.

Date: 1880s

From: Tonks album

Reference: PA1-o-497-05

Description: View of Colombo Street taken fron the north bank of the River Avon looking towards the Cathedral. The Port Hills can be seen in the distance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1880s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 6

Reference: PAColl-5932-50

Description: View of Dunedin from Roslyn Hill. Arthur Street School is in the foreground. The Town Hall and St Paul's Cathedral are in the centre. The first church spire appears at extreme right. The reclamation of Pelichet Bay is in progress and also along the foreshore. Taken by an unidentified photographer during the 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Dunedin from Roslyn Hill Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1869

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa

Reference: PA1-o-244-08

Description: Looking north along Queen Street, Masterton, circa 1869. Buildings, including houses, line both sides of the street. A row of trees is in the background. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Filed in pocket on inside front cover of album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 13.6 x 20.8 cm

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

By: Hunter, Norman Mitchell, 1859-

Reference: E-328-f-010

Description: A view of a hilly suburban area of Dunedin Other Titles - Maclaggan Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Serpentine - Maclagan Street - Dunedin; Recto - bottom right - 29/8/82 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 257 x 332 mm

Date: 1880s

Reference: 1/2-116651-F

Description: Looking down Beresford Street and over Auckland houses. On the right is a man labouring and a street lamp. Taken in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 2431 Ponsonby from Beresford St Auckland Burton Bros Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Schell, Frederic B, -1905; Schwarzburger, Carl, 1850-; Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd.

Reference: A-109-009

Description: View looking down Nairn St with the spires of St Peter's and St John's Churches in Willis Street, the Terrace clearly visible and the houses and wharves of Wellington stretching into the distance. A cart is stopped in the middle of Nairn Street, possibly a grocery cart, since people are gathered around the back. See also E-955-f-042 for an albumen print of a similar scene, a Burton Brothers photograph. Extended Title - Published in: Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, 1886. v. 3. p. 609 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 5.7 x 9.6 in

Date: 1880 - 1900

Reference: PA2-2549

Description: Shows a street in Hokitika with shops and businesses on one side and wasteland on the other. Identified buildings are: - the Excelsior Hotel, The White House (Pub?) and James Keir & Co. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1883

From: Nairn, Betsey Wright, -1906 :Sketchbook

Reference: E-443-q-021

Description: Shows two scenes: the small sailboat in the top half, with houses on a hill on the distant shore; and, in the lower half, a street scene in Collingwood, showing several standing figures, and a horse with a detached cart, standing beside a building. Other Titles - Pakawau Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Collingwood Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 225 x 195 mm.

Date: date of engraving unknown, 1862?

By: W & A K Johnston (Firm); Meluish, William, 1822?-1888

Reference: 1/2-002131-F

Description: Photograph of an engraving depicting Dunedin. Engraving by W & A K Johnston of Edinburgh, from a photograph taken in 1862 by William Meluish. Shows the view from near Dowling Street, looking over Rattray Street. Shows the Shakespeare, Crown, and Dunedin hotels. Date of engraving unknown, 1862? Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1890

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0736-G

Description: Looking over the settlement of Lyell, West Coast Region. In the centre is the Welcome Inn. Also shows the Criterion Hotel (above Welcome Inn); the Commercial and Empire Hotels (to right, rear views) and the Alhambra (pale building, on the spur). Taken by the Tyree Studio circa 1890. Source of descriptive information - Information about hotels from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - LYELL BULLER RIVER TYREE PHOTO NELSON 5201 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1862

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-079

Description: Shows the house of Isaac and Janetta Maria Cookson. It has two chimneys. An external stairway leads down from the attic of the left portion, and there is a verandah at the far left. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash, 164 x 224 mm, tipped into sketchbook.

Date: [ca 1860s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000013-G

Description: Group of people sitting outside a shop in the Wanganui area, possibly waiting for a land court hearing. Taken by William James Harding, ca 1860s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [1870s]

From: Creator unknown: Photographs of Sanson, 1870s, Ex Unsorted Print Collection

Reference: PAColl-3858-1

Description: View of the town of Sanson looking along its main street. Houses, a church and some other buildings can be seen. The dominant part of the image is the roadway. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time in the 1870s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 20 x 12.8 cm on cardboard mount, 22.4 x 14 cm