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Date: 1842

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Weekly press (Newspaper); Weldon, J (Miss), active 1969

Reference: C-060-013

Description: Main features of the print named Reproduction of Rack 172 Same as C-060-013-a which was presented by Miss K Demsey, 3.2.1964 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Print, 4.5 x 31 in

Date: 1842

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Parry, William Edward, 1878-1952

Reference: B-110-056/058

Description: Panoramic view from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named; stores, houses, hotels, buildings. Also man on horseback and ships in the harbour. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 1164 mm. Provenance: Donation: Mr W E Parry, Wellington, 21 April 1942 Processing information: See entries for individual sections for more detailed subject entries, place names and negative numbers.

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-110-057

Description: Central third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows groups of figures on foreshore including man on horseback, man examining ships through spyglass, two small groups of Maori watching, two men smoking long pipes, 14 sailing ships including one rounding Point Halswell, Somes Island with flag flying at its southern end, two Maori craft including one with sails. View extends from Warepori's Village in Pitone at left, to Mount Victoria at right. Features named are: Warepori's village Pitone, Valley of the Hutt, Tararua Mountains, Somes's Island, Pt Halswell (the entrance from the sea), Pt Jerningham, Mr Duppa's house (Oriental Bay), Mount Victoria. There are colour transparencies available (photographed from better copies of this work, in volume of Wakefield's book). The copy negatives listed here are also from this book rather than from this copy at B-110-056/058. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Title]; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - beneath image - From a sketch taken by Captain Mein Smith R.A. / London, Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 502 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-015-018

Description: A fenced enclosure surmounted with a white cloth. Likely to be either in Wellington or the Wairarapa Extended Title - Published in: Wakefield, E J Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. Pl. IIl. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, b&w and sepia, 259 x 181 mm on sheet 362 x 280 mm

Date: [Between 1840s and 1890s]

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Reade, M A (Mrs), active 1969

Reference: PA1-o-429

Description: Recent prints from old photographs of Wellington, originally taken between about 1840s and 1890s. Includes one photograph of a painting by William Mein Smith of Wellington waterfront and Te Aro flat, painted in 1842. Only one image identifies the photographer. A photograph of Oriental Bay taken in the 1890s, was by the Tyree Brothers of Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red mock-crocodile textured cover, entitled `Photographs'; 26.0 x 36.5 cm Processing information: All the photographs have reference numbers linking them with items in the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collections

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: B-110-056

Description: Left one-third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows houses along foreshore of Lambton Quay and Thorndon. Shows Tinakore [sic] Range, Kai Wara Wara [sic], Nga Hauranga [sic], the Terrace, Willis & Co.'s store, Kumu Toto Point and Pa, Doctor Evan's house, Colonel Wakefield's house, Barrett's hotel, Medical hall, Company's Emigration Barracks, and Government flagstaff. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Thorndon Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 457 mm.

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-110-058

Description: Right-hand third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows Maori group sitting near flagpole at left, smoking long pipes, other Maori figures and three thatched buildings on the foreshore. On centre foreshore is Messrs Ridgways and Co's wharf and stores. At right is Willis Street with the Southern Cross Hotel and further back the Ship Hotel. On the other side of the bay are the Customhouse Office, Post Office, Waitt's Wharf and stores, John Wade's store, the Exchange, and Rhodes's Wharf and store. Willis and Co's store is in the left background near Te Aro Pa. In the distance are Mount Albert and Mount Cook. There are colour transparencies available (photographed from better copies of this work, in volume of Wakefield's book). Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - bottom right - Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 453 mm.

Date: 1842

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Weekly press (Newspaper); Demsey, K (Miss), active 1964

Reference: C-060-013-a

Description: Main features of the print named Reproduction of Rack 172 Same as C-060-013 which was presented by Miss J Weldon, 17.1.1969 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Print, 4.5 x 31 in

Date: 1841 - 1967

By: Avon Fine Prints; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: B-076-008-b

Description: Shows a view of settlers' houses, the river and the opposite bank. Shows men in the foreground adding thatch to the roof of a house. Accompanied by a flier describing the print, the artist and the historical background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 233 x 380 mm on sheet 413 x 510 mm Provenance: Donated by Dr Jim Johnson, Coronado, California, in 1995.

Date: 1845 - 1855

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Waghorn, Florence Mary, 1908-1989

Reference: A-035-031

Description: Shows Tauanui River district, Wairarapa, an extensive landscape with cliffs and hills in the background, the river in the foreground and the palisades of a pa in the middle distance The name Pirikawiti is not in current use; however Tawanui refers to the Tauanui River, Wairarapa, close to where the artist lived Other Titles - Tauanui, South Wairarapa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 260 mm Provenance: Previously in the collection of Russell Mein Smith, Wairarapa.

Date: 1840 - 1859

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-035-001

Description: Shows dwelling with what appears to be battened-down thatch roofing. There is a stream on the left, and the house stands in a cleared area of bush. The station was established by Clifford and Weld. First sheep station in New Zealand, established in Wairarapa by Mr C Clifford in 1843. Compare an almost identical copy (but on brown paper) in Mein Smith's hand from the collection of William Swainson, located at A-024-019. This copy appears to include a vegetable garden at the front of the house. Other Titles - Wharekaka Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] / W.M.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 115 x 165 mm

Date: 1845 - 1859

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Trapp, H H, active 1983

Reference: B-062-021

Description: Shows three figures tramping across a plain, with flax bushes and cabbage trees. In the background, the landscape is probably Waiohine Gorge with Mounts Isabelle and Holdsworth (Identified by A G Bagnall, 4/7/1983) The background landscape was identified by A G Bagnall, at the time of donation, personal communication to Curator, 4 July 1983 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour ; visible image 195 x 312 mm on sheet 310 x 430 mm

Date: 1840 - 1860

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007

Reference: A-263-027

Description: Shows rotting shell of a large tree trunk, with a tree stump to the left and dense bush behind, including a tree-fern. Probably painted on or near the artist's farm at Huangarua, between Greytown and Martinborough in the Wairarapa, although it could also be a Wellington or Hutt Valley scene. The land is flat and there are no identifying hills visible. Attribution based on style. Attributed to W.Mein Smith by previous owners as well. Other Titles - Bush scene Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 298 x 207 mm (sight) Provenance: Purchased by Dr Neville Hogg from McKearney's Auction, Hastings, 16 May 1975, with title 'Bush scene' [information from backing board, now discarded].

Date: 1845 - 1865

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Waghorn, Florence Mary, 1908-1989

Reference: A-035-029

Description: Shows a Maori pa beside the mouth of the Pahaoa river on the south-east Wairarapa coast, looking inland; palisades and houses are clearly visible. Driftwood is piled up on the beach in the foreground and there are rock formations in the sand on the opposite bank with hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 180 x 260 mm Provenance: Previously in the collection of Russell Mein Smith, Wairarapa.

Date: 1841

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: C-011-004

Description: A small lake, better known as Kaitoke Lake, between low hills, with flax in the foreground and one or two trees around its perimeter. The area is south of Wanganui and close to the coast. The name St Mary's Lake is no longer widely known. The lake is one of the small lakes south of Wanganui and close to the coast, to the left of Highway 3. It is better known as Lake Kaitoke Other Titles - Kaitoke Lake Inscriptions: Recto - Title, date, signature in ink, lower right in the artist's hand; also in ink, lower right, in the artist's hand: "No. 5.". The New Zealand Company has added "Portfolio D" in ink, lower left, No. 47 in ink upper left and its stamp, dated Mar 22 1842, upper centre in the middle of the sky area. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing with some watercolour 180 x 255 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Sold by Francis Edwards Ltd, London, to Alexander Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1841

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-05

Description: A general and close-up view of the new settlement of Petre or Wanganui (also known as Whanganui) just after its establishment. The thatched roofing of a house is being completed by two men in the foreground and men are hauling timber for other buildings along the foreshore and from a small boat at the river's edge. Fences divide off other houses and the nearest house on the far left, middle distance is identified as Dr Peter Wilson's house, the building being thatched is the Police Office and Police Magistrate's house, a larger one is Mr E. J. Wakefield's house (ware Wikitoria), and two other are Mr Henry Churton's houses. The large cliff across the river is Shakespeare's Cliff. The accompanying text reads: This is four miles from the mouth of the river, on the north shore of Cook's Strait, 110 miles from Wellington. The snowy mountain to the extreme left is Tonga Riro [Tongariro], seventy miles distant. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 237 x 369 mm

Date: 1842

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-16-3

Description: Right-hand third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows Maori group sitting near flagpole at left, smoking long pipes, other Maori figures and three thatched buildings on the foreshore. On centre foreshore is Messrs Ridgways and Co's wharf and stores. At right is Willis Street with the Southern Cross Hotel and further back the Ship Hotel. On the other side of the bay are the Customhouse Office, Post Office, Waitt's Wharf and stores, John Wade's store, the Exchange, and Rhodes's Wharf and store. Willis and Co's store is in the left background near Te Aro Pa. In the distance are Mount Albert and Mount Cook. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - bottom right - Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 453 mm.

Date: 1841

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-003

Description: View looking north along the lower west coast of the North Island. Names Mts Egmont and Tongariro (this is more correctly Ruapehu), which are shown in the distance. On the face of the painting, at the top, is "No. 36" (added at a later date), with the N Z Company stamp which is dated "Mar 23 1842", the date of the watercolour's arrival in London and registration by the New Zealand Company. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - No 36; Recto - top centre - [Stamp] - New Zealand Company, Mar 23 1842 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 185 x 487 mm (Portfolio D: no 1) Provenance: Acquired by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, London, 1915, as part of the New Zealand Company collection

Date: 1840 - 1841

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-006

Description: View from Tinakori Hill, looking down over Thorndon, showing the Immigration Barracks, the first St Paul's Church and a single house on the shore at Oriental Bay. The view looks across the harbour towards Mount Victoria and Evans Bay. There are several dead trees on Thorndon Flat. Point Jerningham is on the left across the water, and there are six ships and several smaller vessels in the harbour. Two flags are flying close to the shore The Hocken Library holds a lithograph (possibly a unique surviving copy) of this view, published by Jones & Bluett, Wellington, 1841. The view is taken at much the same time as Heaphy's 'Thorndon Flat, April 1841' (C-025-010) Features marked along the top, but trimmed, so that they are all incomplete: 'n Houses' is probably Immigration Houses'; 'a Esq.r' is probably Duppa Esquire [house in Oriental Bay]; 'Church' is probably St Paul's Church; 'ia' is the end of Mt Victoria; 'Bay' on the left, is Evans Bay. Dating: the associated lithograph was published in 1843. St Paul's Church, Museum Street, was consecrated in 1844, but possibly completed some time before 1844. Other Titles - Tinakori Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing 206 x 307 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased 1915, from Francis Edwards. Formerly New Zealand Company collection

Date: 1843 - 1850

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-019

Description: The Ruamahanga River to the left, and Clifford and Weld's sheep station homestead in front of bush in the centre and right. The roof appears to be made of battened-down thatch, and the plants in front may be rows of vegetables. A slab chimney is on the left end of the single-storey house. Prior to January 2000, catalogued as Cottage by William Swainson; however comparison with an almost identical signed and titled pencil drawing at A-035-001 shows it to be of Wharekaka and by William Mein Smith. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on brown paper, 106 x 151 mm (sight) Provenance: Collection of William Swainson, possibly given to him by the artist.