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Date: 1848

From: [Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :[Main entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound (?) 1848]

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-043-008-2

Description: Shows mountainous coastline from the sea, with some peaks wreathed in cloud. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - 1 In 48/2078 right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 76 x 260 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull.

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-041

Description: Shows Ohimemutu, the area from the church to the end of the pa, steam rising from the hot areas and with many people bathing in the lake. A building to the left bears a flagpole. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Rotorua, Ohinemutu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 154 x 340 mm Provenance: Wilkie Collection

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-007

Description: Lake Browning in the centre, the Southern Alps beyond. Named features are Hall Glacier, Twin Peaks, River Arahura, Lake Browning, and Mt Harman. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 16 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Original watercolour at C-097-035 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - View of Browning Pass Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Hall Glacier; Twin Peaks; R. Arahura; Lake Browning; Mt Harman Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 100 x 275 mm.

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :[Two works. 1. Palliser Bay, Wairarapa, &c (with dwelling and figures) [ca 1843]. 2. (On verso) Porirua / Paremata whaling station [1842-1844]]

Reference: C-126-020

Description: Watercolour shows the south Wairarapa coast, possibly near Te Kopi looking west from near Cape Palliser, with dwellings and probably a whaling station (Wades Whaling Station? as mentioned in the Wellington Spectator of 1844 - quoted in Mita Carter's "Early Palliser Bay" (1982)) in the centre. Several men stand on the steep hillside at the right. The foreground terrain is covered with low scrub. Entitled "Whaling station, Palliser Bay, Wairarapa" in McArthur's August 1987 auction catalogue. Dated from other views of the same area. Other Titles - Whaling station, Palliser Bay, Wairarapa Similar to watercolour at B-031-025. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 227 x 380 mm, with pencil sketch of same size on verso. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at an English country auction, 1986 or 1987, by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm. Brian Groshinski of McArthurs Auction, 14. 8. 98)

Date: 1861

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

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-013/014

Description: A scene at Lyttelton Harbour showing several sailing vessels at sea Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Port Cooper in 1861 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil & wash 175 x 520 mm.

Date: 1862

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: B-038-004

Description: Unfinished sketch with pencil notes, showing the volcano and its lower slopes with a small horse and two men in the left foreground Compare with b-038-013. Tongariro & Roto Aire Inscriptions: bottom right - Signed: J Kinder Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 255 x 350 mm

Date: 1881

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: B-156-021

Description: Shows a view of Wellington Harbour with Thorndon Quay or Esplanade, the year before the reclamation started. The square object along the pier at the end of the esplanade may be an early version of the Thorndon swimming baths, although the later turretted version was built out into the harbour from reclaimed land. The foreground shows lawns surrounded with trees, probably the garden at Tiakiwai, the home of the Stowe family. Sarah Greenwood, artist of this work, was the mother of Jane Stowe, owner with her husband Leonard, of Tiakiwai, on Stowe Hill, number 2 Tinakori Road Other Titles - Early Wellington from the garden of No 2 Tinakori Road Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top centre - [Title]; Recto - bottom centre - S.G. 1881 [partially covered by the mat and visible on the path, left of centre foreground] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 225 x 285 mm (sight)

Date: 1855

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Williams, William, 1800-1878

Reference: C-103-019-1

Description: Shows Archdeacon (later Bishop) William William's homestead surrounded by trees with a lawn in front. The photographer may be William Williams or Mantell; or possibly William Leonard Williams Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Salt print, 109 x 195 mm

Date: 1849

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-035-006

Description: A view towards a single-storied farmhouse, fence and barn with a background of native bush, looking across a plain with tall flaxes and a cabbage tree Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white on prepared grey paper, 121 x 190 mm (image) on sheet 172 x 237 mm

Date: 1920 - 1922

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Crompton-Smith, Elsie Marian, 1901-1996

Reference: G-622

Description: Looking south along the Taranaki Coast towards Cape Egmont. Copy of Smith's watercolour 'Cape Egmont from near the breakwater, New Plymouth', (A-174-015). Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on cardboard 180 x 250 mm Provenance: Family descent to the artist's daughter, Miss Elsie Crompton Smith.

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: E-216-f-041

Description: View from above Grafton Gully, covered in dense bush, with fenced hills and Governor Hobson's grave in the cemetery to the left. Government House is left of centre in the middle distance and three other houses overlooking Grafton Gully are somewhat closer on the right, one of them the home of William Connell, the first Postmaster-General and his wife Isabella. In the distance across the water, the flagstaff marks Mount Victoria, with Rangitoto beyond that. The flat island further off, left of centre is Tiritiri. Painted in early 1843, before the artist moved to an appointment at Russell. A fence has been raised around Governor Hobson's grave. The funeral had taken place in November 1842. Compare Mitford's very similar view at E-216-f-111 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink; also on verso, alternative title in pencil: Entrance to the Harbour, Auckland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 161 x 244 mm

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-001

Description: View from the sea looking towards a cliffs and a prominent mountain (Mount Hikurangi) Other Titles - Hikurangi Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

Date: 1878

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903

Reference: A-226-010

Description: The township of Halcombe (named after the artist's husband, A. W. F. Halcombe) with houses on a sloping hill above a road, bush cleared back in the background and the Tararua Range in the distance. Lithograph from: The Feilding Settlement, Manchester block, Manawatu, New Zealand. By A W F Halcombe Note on lithograph: Halcombe ESH 1878 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - ESH 1878. Halcombe. [inscribed in reverse. The artist has neglected to reverse them on the lithographic stone to allow them to print out correctly] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (two-tone) 116 x 203 mm

Date: 1850

By: Evans, Frederick John Owen (Sir), 1815-1885; Samson, Marjorie, -1961

Reference: B-062-019

Description: The Acheron in the distance, dwarfed by the towering mountains of The Narrows in Milford Sound, with Yates Point on the left. In the right foreground is Anita Bay. A large Maori war canoe in the right foreground The Narrows lead into the inner part of the fiord. The Maori canoe is likely to have been a piece of artistic licence to give the scale of the fiord. There was no mention in the account of the Acheron's visit to Milford Sound of any encounter with Maori. Other works by Evans held at A-133/4&5, D-008-002. Also two missing views of Portugal (still missing 1999) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 421 x 340 mm

Date: 1844

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-108-012

Description: Looking into the narrow end of Kaituna, a Marlborough valley, with two European travellers (William Bishop and Charles F. W. Watts) in the foreground, both carrying sticks One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for further information. Inscriptions: At head of drawing: "No. 6" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: 1871

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Sketchbook [of New Zealand views. 1871-1876].

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; Hamblett, Irene Beatrix, 1915-1995

Reference: E-400-f-010

Description: Shows blockhouse in distance atop a small hill. In the foreground, in front of small cliffs on the shoreline, is a stretch of water, a canoe, and three figures, possibly spear fishing. The title includes "Manukau Hrbour". The Whau River arises north of the Manukau Harbour, and flows into the Waitemata Harbour at Avondale. Nevertheless this view could have been taken from Manukau Harbour looking north to a blockhouse built near the source of the Whau, rather than at its mouth on the Waitemata. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J.P.B. / 16.5.71; Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and monochrome wash, 261 x 370 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1889

From: Gully, John, 1819-1888 :Pocket sketches [from several sketchbooks. 1860-1880s].

Reference: A-430-001

Description: Shows a corner of Lake Manapouri with a sailing boat in the middle distance leaning in the wind beneath a rain storm, seen as descending shafts from a cloudy sky. There is a low headland at the right and hills in the distance. Other Titles - Manapouri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 126 x 177 mm.

Date: 1848 - 1849

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863

Reference: A-143-013

Description: View from the south end of Paihia Beach, probably in the 1840s, looking north along the beach with a row of houses at the foot of the hill to the left. Several Maori with their canoes are on shore, and a food storage platform appears outside the fenced area surrounding the European houses. Includes William Williams' house, a two-storied residence, built of stone and mortar, with 3 dormer windows, burnt down 15 Feb. 1856 Catalogued by both Sotheby's and McArthur's as the work of Cuthbert Clarke. However on both stylistic and handwriting grounds (c.f. Merrett's work in A.T.L. and the British Library), the work appears to be by Merrett. In addition, the date 1848 predates Clarke's arrival in New Zealand by one year Other Titles - Paihia Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Pahia Beach, Bay of Islands [In pencil]; On mount, discarded by auctioneer before purchase by Library: Title and date. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 163 x 229 mm Provenance: Previously sold at Sotheby's, London, 6 November 1985.

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-020

Description: Four views on one page. To the left, is a watercolour of large double fuchsia inscribed 'From Mr Saywell's Richmond'. Across the page at right-angles is a coastal profile of Auckland Harbour with the North Shore marked. Upper right, upside-down is a white flowered manuka (or kanuka) in a field. Lower right is 'Brown's beacon' a pencil drawing of a lighthouse Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1870 - 1889

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], fl 1870-1917 :[Loose watercolours from scrapbook at E-881-f. 1878 and later].

Reference: A-054-026

Description: Shows a waterfront scene with a small wharf and three buildings. There is also what appears to be a church spire on the top of the hill at the far right. The location may be the Hokianga area, possibly near Kohukohu. This drawing was inserted loose at page 10 of Gertrude Cooke Yarborough's album. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 90 x 188 mm.