Places

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-281-q-010

Description: Looking south-west along the coastline towards the hills north of Moeraki, past the mouth of the Kakanui River. In the foreground are a tent, and a raupo shelter, a man standing and a group of three men seated Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and wash, 58 x 200 mm.

Date: 1845

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: B-014-008

Description: The thatched roof and side wall of a hut, a tree fern rising above it and a toitoi to the right. The hut is set amongst hills, with fishing nets drying in front of it and the smoke from a fire in the distance. The hut appears to be in the hills behind Akaroa, not at the waterfront. Watermarked: Hudelist with a coat of arms Other Titles - The cottage of the former soldier colonist at Akaroa, New Zealand [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 63 x 59 mm (image); 80 x 74 mm (plate mark); on sheet 324 x 495 mm

Date: 2006

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-58

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by John Williams; history of the Williams family of `Charlcombe', Lyalldale, South Canterbury; photographs of the farm and family; certificates of title and maps. Original owner of the farm was Arthur Cuthbert Williams who purchased 584 acres in 1901. In 2007 the property was owned by his great-grandson, J C L Williams. In 2006 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. See also addendum dated 2011-2014, MS-Papers-12040. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1840

By: Stanley, Owen, 1811-1850

Reference: E-128-q-002

Description: Looking south along the beach with three large pitched tents on the shoreline and groups of settlers. cf. E1 28/2 & 2a, postcard and magazine reproductions of same watercolour. Original is the property of Royal Society Tasmania, and held in the Tasmanian Gallery and Museum, Hobart. The Alexander Turnbull Library is not able to provide copies of this postcard. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph (postcard), 89 x 139 mm glued to sheet 275 x 215 mm

Date: 1849

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-074-1

Description: View looking down into Lyttelton Harbour from the Sumner Road area, taking in Lyttelton, with its few houses marked, as well as Rapaki and Cass Bays and looking towards Governor's Bay. The drawing forms a panoramic view with C-103-075-1, which includes Quail Island. Caption points out sites of other bays and early buildings in Lyttelton, including the (Canterbury Association) Agent's house (Godley's house), the house occupied by Torlesse, Cridland and Mantell, also 'Godley & Ballard's', 'Fraser and heads of departments', 'Men's hut and smithy'. The drawing is on two separate pieces of paper and forms thecentre and right sections of a panorama with C-103-075-1 'Quail Island' Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 132 x 65 mm and 143 x 186 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-281-q-023

Description: A single-storey house surrounded by a fence, with a shed or further house beyond it, a conical hill and other foothills of the Southern Alps in the near background. A figure with a pole over one shoulder walks along a path to the right towards the house. The house is surrounded by cultivated fields. Another building and possibly a haystack are to the right. Arowhenua is close to modern Temuka, South Canterbury, on the Opihi River. Tarahaoa is the Maori name for Mount Peel, possibly the conical hill behind the house. Mount Peel is some 40 km distant from Arowhenua and appears closer in this view than the location of modern Arowhenua would suggest. The name Arowhenua was applied to a larger area in 1848 than in modern times Other Titles - Arowhenua Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil works, 57 x 103 mm

Date: 1849 - 1858 - 1872 - 1875

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Auckland Racing Club

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1840/1870s

Description: Includes programmes for: 1849: Auckland races. First day, Tuesday December 11, 1848 (silk flier / programme). 1858: Auckland races. First day, January 1, 1858. Silk flier / programme. 1872: Waikato annual races, 28 and 29 February 1872. First day. 1874: Kowai Park races, May 29 1874. (Colour photocopy only; original is in Enys, John D. (John Davies), 1837-1912. [Natural history, agriculture and other topics. 1869-1874], page 8 - Ref P f591.9931 ENY 1869-1874). Horse owners include Messrs Markey, Lunn and D W S O'Brien 1875: Wellington Jockey Club Races to be held at the Hutt Racecourse on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8, 1875. First day, Tuesday December 7. Blundell Bros, Printers, Wellington. [Programme card]. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (racing programmes). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on fliers, some silk, sizes varying up to 210 mm. Provenance: Some purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2005. 1875 programme from the papers of Marjorie Connell, 2006.

Date: 1949 - 1840 - 1850

Reference: A-163-016

Description: A French colonial house and garden in a state of disrepair. It has a shingled roof, a dormer window, a brick chimney to the left and two openings at the front, possibly both of them doors (one is obscured by a bush) Not in Anderson, J C. Old Christchurch. 1949 but possibly drawn by the same artist and intended for inclusion in the book Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 103 x 135 mm Provenance: Bought from Smiths Bookshop, Wellington, 1963

Date: 1865 - 1845 - 1866

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: B-014-007

Description: A large thatched storehouse (pataka) on four poles to the left, outside a fenced area containing three houses (one with a European-style slab chimney), and a smaller taller storehouse in a tree on the far right. A group of Maori outside the fence appear to be selling potatoes to a European. No. S97 in Richard S. Schneiderman's catalogue raisonne. State vi/vii. Other Titles - New Zealand. Native store-houses and dwellings at Akaroa. Banks Peninsula [translation] Collector's mark on recto, a stamped monogram with AM in a circle. (The same mark appears on B-014-003). The Library holds another copy of the same print, same state, at B-014-006, more heavily inked than B-014-007 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 5 x 9 inches

Date: 1849

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-2

Description: View from above the Sumner Road, Lyttelton, looking south towards Quail Island. The drawing appears to be a preliminary sketch for Mantell's ink drawing at C-103-075-1 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 85 x 201 mm

Date: 1848

By: Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: A-228-002

Description: A camp among bare hills with bush in the valley. Three men are shown at the camp, probably including Walter Mantell See also: E-281-002 Note: "The hills on the right probably from 700 to 800 feet high," Alfred Wills, Esq. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - No 2. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 2.4 x 4.8 inches

Date: 1848

By: Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: A-228-001

Description: Looking south along the beach with a large rock formation and a single figure (possibly Mantell, Wills' travelling companion). The rock is marked 'Volcanic rock'. The lagoon is in the foreground to the right. The headland with Timaru is in the distance, marked by a bird in the sky See also: E-281-q-001, an almost identical view by Wills' travelling companion, Walter Mantell Inscriptions: Recto - top right - No. 1. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash in two colours 50 x 100 mm

Date: 1849

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-4

Description: Rough outline of the summit of Mt Bossu in Akaroa Harbour Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 109 x 122 mm

Date: 1849

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-3

Description: View across Akaroa Harbour towards Mount Bossu, with a saddle hill nearby and rocky islets in the water in the foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 109 x 122 mm

Date: 1863 - 1845

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: B-014-011

Description: An extensive view of a bay at Akaroa, with hills in the background. A group of men is hauling in a purse-seine net on the left and two small fishing boats are at the water's edge. A European ship, possibly the artist's ship, Le Rhin, is moored in the stream in the middle distance. The bay depicted may be Takamatua just north of Akaroa township No. S89 in Richard S. Schneiderman's catalogue raisonne. State iii/vii. Other Titles - New Zealand. Banks Peninsula. Point known as the charcoal-burners' at Akaroa. Seine net fishing [Translation]. Ile. Pierron [Spelling correction] The Library holds two other copies of this print, B-014-010, state iv/vii and B-014-012, state iii/vii. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 118 x 295 mm on sheet 339 x 493 mm

Date: 1849

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-082

Description: A panoramic view of the plains north of Christchurch (with a small section missing). From left to right is a large stand of native bush (possibly Papanui Bush), 'Hills at Waipara' in the distance, 'Wood ... near Kaiapoi' also at some distance, sandhills, a Maori kainga with a rough palisade and two raupo whares titled Waiti... (word cropped), three further small stands of bush, the hills of Banks Peninsula, a further small stand of bush and the foothills of the Southern Alps. In the section showing the hills of Bank's Peninsula, a European man is standing, holding a flag or something similar on a tall pole. Despite the title assigned to this panorama, Waipara is in the distance and the view is more likely to be taken from south of the Waimakariri River Inscriptions: Recto - Features given their Maori names across the bottom of each page with some names in English also included Quantity: 4 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash on 4 sheets, 104 x 693 mm + 342 mm + 342 mm + 343 mm, total 1720 mm

Date: 1847 - 1852

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-114-1

Description: A bend in a swiftly-flowing river, with islets of vegetation, the water extending to distant banks. In the background is a range of hills or mountains, possibly the Southern Alps Probably one of the east coast South Island rivers Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink, 91 x 211 mm (irregular)

Date: 1845 - 1866 - 1990

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868; New Zealand 1990 Official Project; Collins, Roger David John, 1938-

Reference: B-123-041

Description: Poster for exhibition "The Images of Charles Meryon", July 28th - September 16th 1990, at the Museum, Akaroa, featuring reproduction of Meryon's drawing above lettering. ATL Drawings and Prints has version of this etching at B-014-008. ATL has catalogue of this exhibition at: Art Rm Box 769.944 MER IMA 1990. Other Titles - Cottage of the old soldier settler Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Art reproduction, black and white photolithograph, 240 x 225 mm, on sheet 425 x 397 mm. Provenance: Donated by Roger Collins of Dunedin, in 1990.

Date: 1849

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-071-3

Description: Three small sketches, the largest looking up to Mount Bossu, behind Akaroa township, past a tree and the roof of another house. On the left is a detail of the peak. Lower right is an outline of hilltops with peaks, marked in French, Piton comete (comet peak) The reference to Bruce, is to Captain James Bruce, whose house Mantell stayed in at Akaroa Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 115 x 186 mm

Date: 1849

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

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-074-2

Description: A distinctive rock formation above Rapaki, Lyttelton Harbour, marking the land set aside for Maori. A boundary marker, either European or Maori, leans against one of the rocks Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 65 x 59 mm