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Date: 1849 - 1855

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Taranaki Museum; New Plymouth Public Library

Reference: A-284-031/035

Description: Show Taranaki scenes: Interior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Exterior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Alpha flourmill, Huatoki Valley and Victoria Road from Marsland Hill, New Plymouth; Henui (Weekstown) from the coastal dunes; Unidentified New Plymouth outskirts (possibly now Tukapa St / Westown). Attribution based on style. George Curtis arrived in New Plymouth in 1849 on the 'Pekin'. "As soon as a raupo house could be erected by the Maoris at Omata, George Curtis and his family went to live on his farm". (NZ Biogs, 1967, vol. 1, p. 53). Supplied titles. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Recto - beneath image - [Titles as supplied by donor]. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, black and white, varying sizes. Provenance: Original drawings in New Plymouth Public Library tipped into a book, until 1992, then transferred to Taranaki Museum.

Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Keesing, G S (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: D-001-009-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. This copy lacks a printed inscription on the recto of copy D-001-009 "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm Provenance: Donation: G S Keesing

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: D-001-023

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 142 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm

Date: 1842 - 1844

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-275-003

Description: A whare and trees in the left foreground, a canoe being rowed by three men on the lake in the centre and the White Terraces in the background, with clouds of steam above them. Probably one of the earliest depictions of the Terraces On the verso is a poem in the artist's hand, to his wife, Rangi Kawau (Rangi Koa), with marginal notes on the Maori words, in the hand of Edward Shortland. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Title in ink in the artist's hand Compare two other version of this drawing by Merrett. One dating from 1842 is in the British Library's Grey Albums (Add. Ms 19953 f. 99, pl. 268) an ink and pencil drawing entitled 'Rotomahana, one of the Rotorua Lakes with a view of the hot springs and the ascent to it by natural steps of salyx'; also the Turnbull Library's A-089-008, an ink and wash sketch, almost identical to this one. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 160 x 249 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-020-033

Description: The left half of the page shows a wooden dwelling house thatched with raupo with a fence, a gateway, and an unusually long ridgepole. Below it is the end of another house (a cooking house) made of wood with a tekoteko (carved figurehead) at the top of its ridgepole. Both buildings are at Tu Kaitohe or Kaitoke Pa, Te Wherowhero's pa at the foot of Taupiri Mountain, Waikato The right side of the page shows at the top, two figures seated opposite one another and crying (the tangi or crying match). Below they are 'pressing noses' (hongi) and at the bottom of the page, they are hugging. Beside them is a sketch of a pole, three feet long, with white feathers 'wound into scarlet things'. The groups of people are copied from drawings by J. J. Merrett. Other Titles - Hongi. Pataka Quantity: 8 drawing(s) (on folded sheet). Physical Description: Pencil, 334 x 207 mm

Date: 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-143-006

Description: Looking north into the Hutt Valley with a road at the foot of a cliff, hills and native forest on the opposite side. A landscape alongside water, with a waka, hills in the background, a seated Maori among trees in the foreground. A Maori man crouching and sighting along the barrel of his musket. A flax bush behind Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of lithograph and of sepia ink and wash drawing

Date: 1841 - 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-056

Description: Three drawings on one page. 'Whata' shows a carved storehouse (pataka) on a raised platform (whata). 'Keri Keri store' (Church crossed out) shows the stone store at Kerikeri, viewed from the side, with Kemp's house visible beyond it. [Raupo houses and tents] shows two small raupo houses, one with four windows and a door, a fenced garden and two tents pitched, two small groups of Maori, hills behind. The Library holds only photographic copies of originals in the British Library Add MS 19953, folio 56 (163 to 165) Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of three drawings, various media

Date: 1845 - 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-059

Description: Two drawings on one page. Top centre 'Pomare's Pah, Bay of Island', an ink and wash drawing probably made in 1845 looks across the Bay of Islands towards a distant hill-top pa at Otuihu. Two waka are in the water, along with a sailing ship. Two two-storied European houses are on the opposite shore. Below is a full-length portrait of a warrio, his piupiu pulled aside to show his buttock tattoos. He holds a taiaha, his left arm raised. He has full facial moko. The Library holds only photographic copies of originals in the British Library Add MS 19953, folio 59 (171 and 172) Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of two drawings, various media

Date: 1841 - 1847

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-077

Description: Four drawings on one page. At the top, a frontal view of a seated Maori man with facial moko. Below on the left, 'Tutaka moana near Taupo' shows a tent near a small lake among bush-clad hills. Below right, a circular bay, looking out past headlands towards Lake Taupo. Below, centre 'A young chief of Tautari's tribe, Wakatane' shows a standing young man wrapped in a cloak. Other Titles - Whakatane Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of four drawings, various media

Date: 1841 - 1847

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-078

Description: Five drawings on one page. At the top, two landscapes, the left a view of a small thermal lake, the right a stream winding through a hilly landscape. In the centre, a head and shoulders portrait of Maketu, while he was in prison awaiting his death sentence for a Bay of Islands murder. Below, two small landscapes showing hills and trees. On back, the lower half of a drawing of a European man's suit, cut through at the waist. Compare two further versions of the portrait of Maketu in the Library's Hobson Album, E-216-f-011 and -141 There is a larger version of the view of Rotokawa further on in the album, at folio 98 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of five drawings, various media

Date: 1841 - 1847

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-080

Description: Four drawings on one page. At the top, a head and shoulders portrait in ink of a young man, fully tattooed, in a European shirt. Centre left, a landscape of a western bay at Taupo, looking south to Motutaiko Island. Centre right, a seated young woman, partially draped in a European garment 'The Maori wife of a Lascar', presumably an Indian man. Beneath, a seated girl or young woman of Maraenui, wearing a smock. Other Titles - Maraenui Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of four drawings, various media

Date: 1843

By: Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885; Day & Haghe (Firm); Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: B-187-011

Description: View looking south down Lake Taupo towards Mount Tauhara. In the foreground are tree ferns, other trees and a thatched Maori hut with a two Maori men outside Another copy at A-015-005 Extended Title - Published In: Dieffenbach, E Travels in New Zealand. (London: J Murray, 1843) Vol 1, frontispiece Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, b&w and sepia 127 x 194 mm (sight)

Date: December 1846

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-003

Description: View along the edge of the harbour, with a house, fenced garden and tent in the left foreground, a small sail boat in the water. Several Maori stand on the beach in the background with two long waka. A dome-shaped hill is at the water's edge in the background Other Titles - December Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of sepia ink and wash drawing

Date: 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-048

Description: A view across a stream towards a mission station and church on the opposite bank. The vicarage is within a fenced garden. A low bridge crosses the Mangapiko Stream, and three Maori paddle a canoe towards the bridge Other Titles - Otawhao Waiho Waipa Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of ink and wash drawing

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-023

Description: Two views on one page. The top view is a young Maori woman in a rain cape. She is standing by a shore, a pataka and pa palisade behind her. She holds two fish strung through the mouth in her right hand. The lower view is of Auckland, possibly from Parnell, looking across the harbour to North Shore and Rangitoto. A group of Maori are in the left foreground, close to a clump of trees. The signal flag on top of Mount Victoria is visible Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of two ink and wash drawings, originals 220 x 139 mm and 139 x 227 mm

Date: 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-052

Description: View from the shallows of the shore, looking towards a bank with the mission station on top, surrounded by a garden. On the shore below are six Maori with two waka Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of ink and wash drawing

Date: 1845 - 1850

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-143-014

Description: Three views on one page. The top view is a lithograph of Taita Stockade, in a clearing, with hills beyond. The central view is a seated Maori woman, named Taki. She is wrapped in a blanket. The lowest view is an extensive view over Tamaki, with farms, the harbour, clumps of bush. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of lithograph and of two ink and wash drawings

Date: 1849 - 1850

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: E-143-025

Description: Two views on one page. The upper view is a small lithograph of the farm of William Swainson at Lower Hutt, lithographed from a drawing by him, by his son G F Swainson. The lower view, at right-angles to the page, looks up the Waiwakaiho River and its suspension bridge over rolling country towards Mount Taranaki. It is the work of J J Merrett Other Titles - Suspension Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of ink drawing and of lithograph

Date: 1840 - 1848

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-216-f-023

Description: Shows a view of the pa from the lake with two Maori canoes in the water in the foreground. Figures stand or bathe in the water on the shore, which is lined with a palisade around the pa dwellings and carved posts. Steam from hot springs rises behind the pa. Other Titles - The pa of Ohinemutu Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 161 x 244 mm

Date: 1874

By: F A Brockhaus (Firm); Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Webber, John, 1751-1793; Miller, John Frederick, 1759-1796; Ralph, Richard, active 1770; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-443-006

Description: Sheet shows 29 images from the artists of Cook's voyages, J J Merrett and G F Angas: 1. Geschnitztes Kastchen [carved boxes]; 2 Kriegsschiff [war canoe]; 3-6. Keulen der Maori [Maori clubs]; 7. Tonganische Keule [Tonga club]; 8. Vornehmer Tahitier; 9. Tahitischer Flotenblaser [Tahitian flute]; 10. Maorihauptling [Maori chief]; 11. Frau und kind [Woman and child]; 12. Tanzerin [Dancer]; 13. Heva (Leichenpriester); 14 Schiff [Canoe]; 15. Tattuirwerkzeuge von Tahiti [Tattooing tools of Tahiti]; 16-18. Waffen und Werkzeuge [Weapons and tools]; 19. Kleiner Kahn von Tonga [Small Tongan punt]; 20. Kahn von Nive [Canoe from Niue]; 21. Schaukel [Swing]; 22. Todtendenmal der Maori; 23. Nadel [Needle]; 24. Zeughammer [Hammer]; 25. Kawaschale [Kava bowl]; 26. Geflochtene Tasche [Woven bag]; 27. Kopfschemel [Head bolster]; 28. Schwebende Tischplatte, unten mit Haken, von Tonga [Tongan table suspended from a hook]; 29. Thor, Holzschnitzerein der Maori [Maori carved wooden gateway]. Number 1 is derived from Richard Ralph, fl 1770s :A chest of New Zealand as a specimen of the carving of that country. [London, Strahan, 1773] Parkinson was the original artist for numbers: 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 Webber was the original artist for numbers: 12 J J Merrett was the original artist for numbers: 21 (via G F Angas) Benjamin Miller was the original artist for numbers: 15, 17, 23, 24 Other copies: Another copy held at A-384-065 Dating: Date of 1874 supplied by vendor Other Titles - Ethnography; Plate 6; Printed and published by F A Brockhaus Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving on sheet 270 x 350 mm. Provenance: Purchased, Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, 2011.