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Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-012

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of the Ngati Toa war chief Te Rauparaha wearing an albatross feather (pohoi toroa) earring in his left ear. Almost certainly drawn in Nelson between 10 & 14 March 1843 See; Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information Other Titles - Te Rauparaha, chief of Kapiti; e Raha; etc etc. 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title cf almost identical portraits in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., Bett Collection, Nelson, ATL (A-255-018); RNK collection, Canberra, etc - see article cited above for details. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-004

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Iwikau, a Maori man, from Wakapuaka pa, near Nelson Iwikau's wife, Hingatu, and child are shown in another portrait in this group (A-286-005) See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, vo.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Iwikau is likely to have been converted by the Rev. Charles Reay of Nelson Other Titles - Iwikau. Wakapuaka. Remarkable for his piety. 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. (Coates, I. Remarkable for his piety...). Library has file print Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-018

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a tattooed Maori mann. The subject could be Punga or Panapa of Queen Charlotte Sound See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v. 23, no. 1, May 1990, p.47-67, for further information. Panni (or Pane or Punga) would be likely to have had dealings with Rev. Samuel Ironside at Queen Charlotte Sound. All the Maori of the area left in June 1843, after the Wairau Affray. There is some possibility that the person depicted is Pane Waka (died 1909), a woman with male-style moko, indicating her position as a kohere or ariki nui of Ngai Tahu, who lived for some time at Waikawa, in Queen Charlotte Sound. She signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 in Wellington. She had no children. However the artist's inscription contradicts this possibility, indicating that the subject is an adult male and father of at least two daughters. Pani or Panni was a common rendering of Barney, for baptismal name Panapa or Barnabas. At least two men with this name in Queen Charlotte Sound were baptised by Rev Samuel Ironsides in 1842 - Panapa Kouai, an adult on 14 August 1842 and Panapa Porutu, Tory Channel / Te Awaiti, husband of Meri Makarini Piki and father of Paora, infant, on 7 Aug 1842. Other Titles - Panapa, Barney Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf very similar portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass - "Chief of the tribe ... / I. Coates Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-282-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-002

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Ngati Tama leader Paremata te Wahapiro, Te Kiore, from Whakapuaka, near Nelson See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. See also Dictionary of N.Z. biography (1990) for biographical information about Paremata Other Titles - Waukapawauka, Wakapuaka, Nelson Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Musem, Salem, Mass., neg.85103 1/2 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-008

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a young Maori man, from Motueka, dressed in European clothes See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 Ma7 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Other Titles - A lad of the Motueka tribe, 19 years of age : Era 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., "A lad of the Motawaka tribe..." / I.Coates. Library has file print Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1843 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-255-018

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of Maori chief and warrior Te Rauparaha, in profile. He wears an albatross-feather ear adornment, a feather in his hair and a cloak. The artist, Isaac Coates, had the opportunity to observe Te Rauparaha in Nelson in March 1843, when Rauparaha, Rangihaeata and their wives visited Nelson. A number of copies of this portrait were made, particularly after Te Rauparaha became notorious amongst Pakeha settlers after the Wairau Affray in June 1843. Coates left Nelson in 1845 and moved to Australia, so may have taken this version with him, although he appears to have made copies on demand and could have made this for somebody else, rather than himself. Some of the later copies are rather carelessly done, however, and this version appears to be an earlier and more accurate one, comparable in quality to the version in the Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum. It gives a clear view of Te Rauparaha's aquiline nose and prominent upper lip, confirmed by contemporary descriptions. The Library holds other versions of this portrait and there is a version, along with seventeen others by Coates, in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachussets. See also "The enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits" by Marian Minson, in "Turnbull Library Record", Vol 23, no. 1, May 1990, p 47-67, especially p. 55 & 56. This version may be the original for awood engraving in the Illustrated London News of 29 June 1844 p 412, since the title is the same. Other Titles - Kawhia Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink, probably in the hand of the artist. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 277 x 185 mm

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-010

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori man, probably of Motueka and a past student of Rev. C.Reay See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence ; the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v.23, no. 1, May 1990, p.47-67, for further information. "Piki" was probably from Motueka, and a student of Rev. Charles Reay in Nelson. The name Kohiri or Kokiri for the tribe has not been traced Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass (Coates, I. Rather a genius...). Library has file print. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-255-017

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Te Rangihaeata, a peacock feather in his top-knot, an albatross feather ear adornment and a fine flax cloak. One of a series of portraits of at least twenty Maori men and women done by Nelson artist Isaac Coates. Rangihaeata & Rauparaha, with their wives and whanau, visited Nelson in March 1843, the likely date of this portrait. The artist made various watercolour copies of this portrait, but this appears to be an earlier version than the one held in the Library's collection at A-286-014 and the one in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachussets. There is a (probably) still earlier version in the Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum. Other Titles - Rangihaeata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 284 x 191 mm Provenance: Purchase: Nigel Tully, Terra Australis, Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, 1985.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-114-053

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of E Piko, chief of Motueka pa, wearing a kiwi feather cloak This work inscribed in pencil at top "John? Cleavely" and on verso "James Clevely artist with Captain Cook": these inscriptions appear to be the work of a recent owner, who assumed that the monogram read J. C. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record. v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67. Piko was a chief at Motueka and a regular visitor to Nelson in the early 1840s Other Titles - E Piko, Motueka, Blind Bay, 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; also monogram I. C. inside a circle. Similar works held by Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., in a private collection in New Zealand, and by the Library at A-288, with title E Piko, Kafir [Kawhia] chief & at A-114-048, a copy by an artist called R. Hall Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 178 x 148 mm (image) on sheet 330 x 240 mm Provenance: Previously lot 294 at Christie's, London, 10. 6. 1986.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-001

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Wiremu Katene te Puoho, also known as te Manu or Manu, son of te Puoho o te Rangi and Kauhae of Ngati Tama tribe, and chief of one of the pa in the Whakapuaka district in the 1840s. Shown in European dress See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v.23, no. 1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information Other Titles - Wiremu Katene te Puoho, Te Manu or Manu, chief Whakapuaka, Wakapuaka, 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title cf preliminary drawing in Rex Nan Kivell Collection, Canberra ("E Manu. Blind Bay" / I.Coates) and similar watercolour in Peabody Museum, Salem Mass. with same title. Library has file prints Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 157 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-282-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-007

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Piki Warra, principal chief of Motueka pa See; Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Piki Warra ( the name is mistranscribed in this portrait) was also known as Bigwallo, Atopikiwara and as Piggiwalli by his Pakeha contemporaries Other Titles - Piki Warra, chief of Motueka. 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title cf almost identical portrait in Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum, negs 47077 1/2, 44258 1/2, 85091 1/2, 85093 1/2 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-003

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori man, Rupene (Reuben or Rupert), from Wakapuaka pa, north of Nelson See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Other Titles - Rupene, Whakapuaka, 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait at the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass (neg. 85107 1/2) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-014

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of te Rangihaeata, Ngati Toa leader & warrior, wearing a peacock feather. Probably depicted in Nelson between 10 & 14 March 1843 See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. See D.N.Z.B. (1990) for biography of Te Rangihaeata Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Piki Warra [or Piki Warsa - barely legible because erased once mistake realised. ] cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., (from which title of this work is taken - full title reads "The greatest warrior that New Zealand ever produced. He is the murderer of the "Wyaroi" having slain 23 of the principal citizens of Nelson with his own hand, all intimate friends of mine, June 16th, 1843). cf also preliminary drawing in Rex Nan Kivell Collection, Canberra (Rangihaeta / I.Coates); same title in Bett collection, Nelson Provincial Museum (neg. 47076 1/2, 5229 1/2, 85094 1/2); Rangihaeta. Rauparaha's fighting general at A-255-17 (neg 152461 1/2); portrait from the Illustrated London news, 29 June 1844; and photocopy in file print sequence (Rangihaeta - Rauparaha's fighting general / I.Coates) of lithograph published in Hobart, 1843. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-282-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-016

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Honiana te Puni, paramount chief of Wellington district and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi Although there are multiple copies of most of Isaac Coates' portraits, this is the only known portrait by Coates of Te Puni. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. See D.N.Z.B. (1990) for biographical information about Te Puni. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, indelible purple pencil & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-282-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-019

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a Maori man, possibly Wiremu Potiki, of Queen Charlotte Sound, who signed the Treaty of Waitangi. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v. 23, no. 1, May 1990, p.47-47 for further information. Pitoki may be Potiki, a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi on 5 May 1840 at Cloudy Bay. He was baptised in Dunedin at the end of 1843 and died in 1880 - see artists' file under Coates for biographical information from a descendant, Marlene McDonald of Dunedin. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass (Coates, I. One of the Council...). Library has file prints Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic, 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-006

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of E Piko, chief of Motueka pa, wearing a kiwi feather cloak See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record. v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67. Piko was a chief at Motueka and a regular visitor to Nelson in the early 1840s. Other Titles - E Piko, Motueka, Blind Bay, 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Similar works held by Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., in a private collection in New Zealand, and by the Library at A-114-048, a copy by an artist called R.Hall & at A-114-053, an earlier version signed with Isaac Coates' monogram. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer.