Places

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-070

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, military tents on the town side, churches including Christ Church, houses, Rutland Stockade not yet complete and a fenced area around what was later York Stockade on the left. Jetties can also be seen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1892 - 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-013

Description: Looking along the Whanganui River on its south bank towards a bridge and houses on both sides of the river. A paddle-steamer is in the river and two people are walking along the road at the base of a cliff to the left. The area in the left background is likely to be Putiki, where the artist grew up Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-035

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, and a telegraph pole, several houses and gardens on the opposite bank and, in the background, Mt Ruapehu with dark ash rising from its summit and from several other points Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

By: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922

Reference: A-247-020

Description: View from the south bank of the Whanganui River, with a horse in the foreground, looking towards Shakespeare Cliff, and the houses on both the north and south banks, with the ferry plying across the river in the middle distance. Other Titles - Shakespeare Inscriptions: Verso - Shakespear's Cliff & the ferry Wanganui; Recto - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 176 x 250 mm Transfers: Purchased with Harper/Taylor Ms Papers-0254, 1970.

Date: Date of sketch 3 Dec 1870

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: PAColl-7581-87

Description: Watercolour sketch (possibly by the Reverend Richard Taylor), dated 3 December 1870, of Taylor's house at Putiki on the banks of the Whanganui River. A note on the sketch reads: "from a little below [?] Williams monument". Looks over an area by the Whanganui River. Shows a fenced property with a two storied house, circular driveway, and a group of smaller buildings. A church is amongst trees behind the house. Further beyond lies the river and a two masted steamboat. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.6 cm

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-011

Description: Shows the houses and a church of Putiki on the South bank of the Whanganui River, viewed from the town side, across the river. Two small boats are in the water, one possibly dredging Other Titles - Whanganui Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Putiki, Wanganui Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: [ca 1912]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007334-G

Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: Jun 1912

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: 1/1-021260-G

Description: House at Putiki (possibly Pohe house), during the tangi of Makere Wikitoria Taitoko, June 1912. Photograph taken by Frank James Denton. Source of descriptive information - File print. Note on file print reads: "from Whare Kura V 1-3 p 138-43" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1848

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-159

Description: View from the south bank of the Whanganui River, with a Maori family beside a toitoi in the foreground and Shakespeare Cliff visible futher along the bank. Across the river is a clear view of the town, with Rutland stockade on the hilltop to the right, York Stockade on its hill to the left and Christ Church in the valley between the two, along with houses and streets. Christ Church appears to be on the wrong side of the adjacent road (possibly just a failure of perspective). The large central building at the water's edge is the Taylor & Watt store house and private wharf. The large building at the water's edge on the far left is the Commercial Hotel. The two jetties have a brig moored at them. Possibly the original for an illustration in a book (but not for Taylor's 'The past and present of New Zealand') Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title. Also a pencil inscription in the sky area 'Frontispiece' Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink & wash, 179 x 263 mm

Date: 1848

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-055-3

Description: A view framed by the entrance to a cave, showing Rev. Richard Taylor's own home and mission station. The building is triangular in outline, three-storied and on cleared flat land below with outbuildings and a garden inside a fence. The Whanganui River and the opposite bank lie beyond in the distance Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monochrome wash, 155 x 90 mm.

Date: 1847

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-182-3

Description: A view of a small settlement including a two-storeyed A-frame house. In the right foreground is a road leading to a building at the extreme right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink drawing, 85 x 110 mm.