Places

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

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

By: Dudgeon, Ellis, 1905-1979

Reference: PAColl-7581-21

Description: Hand-coloured black and white photograph overlooking Nelson Harbour circa 1930s-1940s. Photographed by Ellis Dudgeon. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1900 - 1910

By: Sedgwick, Frederick M, 1873?-1922

Reference: A-434-001

Description: Shows a scene with a wharf and wharf building at the left, with a sailing boat high and dry beside it. At the right another sailing boat also stands on the tidal strand. Dated because of Nairn influence and the fact that the artist exhibited with the Academy of Fine Arts 1900-1920. Accompanied by price ticket for 2 guineas. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed]; Backing board recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 270 x 343 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/2-026715-G

Description: Nelson harbour and waterfront. Taken by Frederick Nelson Jones. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Road & Sea - Nelson. NZ. FN Jones Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1867

By: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Blanshard, Sue, active 2001; Dickie, J W H F (Mrs), active 1960s

Reference: A-351-018

Description: Shows a view looking into an inlet, with Arrow Rock on the right. There is a large house high on the cliff at the left, a jetty in the left foreground, a small rowboat in the centre foreground, and a red buoy at the right. The description on the backing board of the clifftop house as Mr Hoggard's is incorrect, as is the attribution to Heaphy. Both depended upon Wellington being the location of the scene depicted. Historian Ian Wards suggests that the house may be that of Major Mathew Richmond, who had a house in the area depicted. He was resident in Nelson from 1847 to his death in 1887 (Pers. comm. June 2001) Other Titles - Mr Hoggard's house on "The Cliff", by Major Heaphy Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W H L 1867; Backing board recto - centre - Mr Hoggard's house on "The Cliff" 1867, by Major Heaphy Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 94 x 134 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously purchased in Wellington in the 1960s by Mrs J W H F Dickie, Mrs Blanshard's mother. Offered for sale by Mrs Dickie at Christie's 16 April 1980, $199. Failed to reach reserve.

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10X8-0190-G

Description: Nelson Harbour from wharves, circa 1890s, showing the sailing vessel 'Maid of Italy'. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of file print identify the boat from "Ruth Allens History of Nelson". Other Titles - Tyree No. 1706 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Walker, E, active 1877

Reference: PUBL-0016-27

Description: Shows a view looking west over the houses of the town of Nelson, with the Maitai River flowing out towards the harbour. "View of the town of Nelson from the hills above the Botanical Garden reserve ... shows ... in the far distance the snow-clad mass of Mount Arthur, and the great spurs which run to the northward into Massacre Bay and to Separation Point". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 255 x 355 mm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 19

Reference: PAColl-7985-88

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama of Nelson from the boulder bank. Looks over the harbour towards the township. Photograph taken circa 1880s by the Tyree Studio. Other - Part 1 of this panorama is at 10x8-0347 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 1169 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.3 x 24.1 cm Transfers: PAColl-3064.

Date: 1870

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: B-139-011

Description: Shows a view along the waterfront at Nelson, with the hull of a boat drawn up on the shore at the left centre. Houses line the shore, with a group of boatsheds off the point at the far end. A cliff descends to the point. A buoy floats in the water in the right foreground. Along the top is a frieze-like drawing, upside down, showing a bridge, a boat drawn up at a waterfront, and sketches of buildings. Requisition form, letters from vendor, acquisitions checklist, all filed at AT 10/14, 7 December 1998. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet, 165 x 352 mm.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0074-G

Description: Nelson, looking west, showing the reclamation, Port Road, the harbour and the port. Taken by the Tyree Brothers circa 1900. Forms a panorama with 10x8-0071 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1920s

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/2-026617-G

Description: Rough sea in Nelson Harbour, circa 1920s. Photograph taken by Frederick Nelson Jones. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0347

Description: Part 1 of a 2 part panorama of Nelson from the boulder bank. Looks over the harbour towards the township. Photograph taken circa 1880s by the Tyree Studio. Other - Part 2 of this panorama is at 10x8-1003 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Nelson from the boulder bank 1170 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0187-G

Description: Entrance to Nelson Harbour, photographed circa 1890s by the Tyree Studio. Shows waves crashing over rocks. Source of descriptive information - Photographers inscription on negative, and notes on file print. Other Titles - Tyree No. 5523 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1860 - 1891 - 1869

By: Fletcher, Frances Ann, 1846-1935

Reference: B-160-020

Description: Shows a view looking down over houses to the tidal flats around Nelson Harbour. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 248 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Michael Beca in 2003.

Date: 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0340-F

Description: Panoramic view of the port of Nelson, with a steamship moored at the wharf on the left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore in 1924. Inscriptions: No marginal notes - "Nelson Port" No. 442. 1924" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 113.6 cm

Date: 1847 - 1870

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

Reference: E-296-q-181-2

Description: Shows a view towards the boulder bank looking over the top of a two-storey stone house with gable windows. The house may be that of the late Henry Augustus Thompson (Nelson resident who died in 1843), or of Thomas John Thompson (1814-1900), or of another Mr Thompson. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, pen and ink 100 x 160 mm.