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[Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Port Cooper in 1861.
Date: 1861
From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865
By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866
Reference: E-340-q-013/014
Description: A scene at Lyttelton Harbour showing several sailing vessels at sea Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Port Cooper in 1861 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil & wash 175 x 520 mm.
Lyttelton
Date: [1870s]
From: Nancarrow, Mr :Photographs
Reference: 1/2-070305-F
Description: Lyttelton in the 1870's. Shows the Timeball Station, middle ground, left. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: Group alongside a triumphal arch in Lyttelton, during t...
Date: 22 Apr 1869
By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881
Reference: 1/2-022747-F
Description: Group alongside a triumphal arch in Lyttelton, during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in April 1869. A sign on the arch reads: "God bless Prince Alfred". Shows a (guard of honour?) holding oars and flags on the left, and a crowd on the right. Ship masts are in the background. Photograph taken by Daniel Louis Mundy on the 22nd of April, 1869. Inscriptions: Visible on original item: Mundy NZ 22/4/69 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Wynyard, Robert Henry, 1802-1864 :Lyttelton. [1852]
Date: 1852
By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864
Reference: A-457-002
Description: A view of Lyttelton and the Port Hills, showing the Bridle Path at the left, and the harbour in the foreground Undoubtedly a preliminary sketch for Wynyard's more detailed drawing of the settlement (A-081-036), which shows the buildings and hills in greater detail, but from an identical perspective. The finished sketch is dated March 1852 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Lyttelton [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 184 x 222 mm
Alington, George Hildebrand, 1850-1905. Attributed works :On board the Crusader, 1872
Date: 1872
From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]
By: Alington, George Hildebrand, 1850-1905
Reference: A-446-038
Description: Shows a view of three men on the deck of the Crusader, which sailed from London in October 1872 and arrived in Lyttelton in January 1873. Two of the men are painted in mostly grey-black hues, but the man in the foreground has on a brown double-breasted jacket and fawn trousers, and a black hat. He sports a thick black beard and smokes a pipe. It might be assumed that this is a picture of George Hildebrand Alington on his passage to New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Onboard the Crusader 1872; Verso - bottom left - This side not very clean Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and pen on paper, 180 x 127 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.
Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :Lake Roturoa, N.Z. Lyttelton Heads, N.Z. Paikakarik...
Date: 1884 - 1885
From: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :[Sample album of greeting cards, produced by A D Willis of Wanganui. ca 1885]
Reference: E-936-f-026
Description: Page of coloured chromolithographs showing New Zealand landscape scenes, prepared as greeting cards and presented in a sample album Other Titles - Rotorua Other Titles - Paekakariki Quantity: 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 album page containing four chromolithographs, various sizes and orientation
Lyttelton
Date: [ca 1867]
From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Nelson, Auckland, Thames County and Hokitika
Reference: 1/2-004777-F
Description: The township of Lyttelton, circa 1867. Note on back of file print reads "circa 1867, pre fire "Queens Hotel", still standing" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Wynyard, Robert Henry, 1802-1864 :Lyttelton Port Cooper March 1852. R. H. W.
Date: 1852
From: Wynyard, Robert Henry 1802-1864 :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / R.H.W. - 1852.
Reference: A-081-036
Description: View from beyond Lyttelton, looking back towards the town and the Bridle Path, to the left, rising to the summit of the hills behind it. Houses are shown at the water's edge and rising a considerable distance up the hill. There are a wharf shed and a jetty also at the water's edge Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title, date, artist's initials Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash and ink, 200 x 250 mm.
Norman, Edmund 1820-1875 :Town of Lyttelton / drawn by E. Norman; Maclure, Macdonald & ...
Date: 1859
By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Martin G. Heywood (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference: B-051-007
Description: View of Lyttelton, possibly from Quail Island, looking at the township from the south east, with Holy Trinity Church, John Robert Godley's house, other houses, businesses and wharves, against a backdrop of the Port Hills. In the foreground, cabbage trees and flaxes. Three schooners are close to the foreground. Ellis, E.M & D.G Early prints of New Zealand 1642-1875 Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints, no. 549. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 print pasted on card; tinted lithograph 248 x 388 mm, on sheet 342 x 498 mm, on card 370 x 525 mm Provenance: K.A. Webster collection, London (collection stamp on backing board).
[Eastwood, James] 1846-1937 :Lyttelton 1863
Date: 1863
By: Eastwood, James, 1846-1937; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945
Reference: A-050-020
Description: A view from the road leading down into the port from the south, with a couple standing on the road looking at the view. A house is below the road amidst low scrub, with several other roofs visible, and ships and a mole can be seen, as well as the hills on the opposite side Attributed by Anne Kirker; see TL 3/1/1, 19.12.75 Other Titles - Port Lyttelton Inscriptions: Recto - top left - title and date in pencil. Also in pencil on the verso 'Port Lyttelton' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 115 x 190 mm Provenance: Formerly in the collection of T E Donne
Wheeler and son album 2
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-533
Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm
Ship Hermione in dry dock, Lyttelton
Date: between 1876 and 1906
Reference: 1/2-014577-F
Description: The ship `Hermione' in dry dock at Lyttelton. Taken by an unidentified photographer between 1876 and 1906. Hermione was built in 1876 for Shaw Savill & Co. She was sold to Italian owners in 1906 and broken up at Genoa at 1913. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Overlooking Lyttelton and harbour
Date: [ca 1890s]
Reference: 1/2-035342-G
Description: Overlooking Lyttelton and sailing ships in the harbour. Taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1890s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Lyttelton waterfront and wharves
Date: 1880s
Reference: PAColl-7266
Description: View of ships and buildings along the waterfront at Lyttelton. Taken by an unidentified photographer. The negative has Lyttelton scratched on it. Arrangement: Negative at 1/2-002834 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) glass. 1 b&w copy negative(s) film. Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative
Cridland, Henry John, 1821-1867 :Port Lyttleton [Lyttelton], Cavendish Bay Victoria Har...
Date: 1850
By: Cridland, Henry John, 1821-1867; Burnand, William Henry, active 1843-1850s; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: A-195-016
Description: View from Governor's Bay looking back towards Lyttelton, with various features marked, including Mount Pleasant, H. M. S. Fly in the harbour, the Custom house, Major Hornby's Hotel [Major Hornbrook's hotel, the Mitre Inn] , the Emigration Barracks, a public cook house, the store and the temporary office of the Union Bank, John Robert Godley's house and garden, the Land Office, the Police Office and the Town Hall, Market Place, Jail and Hospital, the [Canterbury] Association Store House, the Esplanade, settlers' huts, the church, parsonage and school house. Several people including an artist are seated on rocks to the left, by an arched rock. The others are a woman with a baby and another woman with two small children. The reversing of the artist's initials and the naivety of the drawing may indicate that this is a contemporary copy by another hand of the original Cridland sketch located at C-014-002-1. It does, however, have more features indicated in writing than the C-014-002-1 version. Other Titles - Lyttelton. The boat labelled 'FLY' is not an accurate depiction of the HMS Fly. See A-292-070 or C-033-003 for more accurate depictions. September 2022 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title, signature [with initials reversed], date; Recto - top centre - [text describing the scene and its details]; Verso - [map of Christchurch] Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on blue laid paper 196 x 324 mm (irregularly cut) Provenance: Previously tipped into a volume of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull's copy of The New Zealand Journal housed on the open shelves in the Reference Collection at q328.42 until 1989. The volume had earlier belonged to W H Burnand. Transfers: Compare a very similar view with the same provenance located at C-014-002-1.
Ship Duke of Buckingham in dry dock, Lyttelton, Canterbury
Date: [ca 1890s]
From: Kinnear, James Hutchings, 1877-1946 :Negatives of Auckland shipping, boating and scenery
Reference: 1/2-017329-F
Description: The ship 'Duke of Buckingham' in dry dock, Lyttelton, Canterbury. Photograph taken by James Kinnear circa 1890s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
[Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Port Lyttelton from the hill at the back Jany 7 1852
Date: 1853
By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866
Reference: A-048-030
Description: Shows a view looking south east at Lyttelton Harbour, with the houses of Lyttelton in the foreground, Quail Island and the hills above Teddington in the distance. For attribution and provenance see A-048-027. Title from inscription Inscriptions: Verso - "The view is from the verandah of our little house"; "cottage and children are in "; Verso - Title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash 226 x 330 mm
Creator uknown: Part 1 of a 2 part panorama depicting the Lyttelton harbour and wharves
Date: [ca 1880s]
Reference: 1/2-029175-F
Description: Part 1 of a 2 part panorama depicting the Lyttelton harbour, wharves and surrounding settlement, photographed by an unknown photographer circa 1880s. A dredge is visible in the centre. Copy negative from Cox album (PA1-o-110) Another copy of this image (with more visible on the left hand side) is available in album PA1-o-110, page 28. Part 2 of this panorama is at 1/2-029174 Formerly attributed to the Burton Brothers Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
View toward the Lyttelton wharves and the surrounding area
Date: ca 1880s
From: Creator unknown : Australia, New Zealand, Colorado
Reference: PA1-f-012-17-2
Description: Right half of a panoramic view of Lyttelton, including the wharf, railway lines, houses, and other buildings. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
New Zealand Shipping Company Limited :New Zealand Line. List of passengers. [R.M.S. "Ru...
Date: 1897
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to New Zealand. 1890 -1899]
Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1897-01-inside
Description: Inside is a list of the company's agents around the world, and a list of the passengers in Saloon, Second saloon, Steerage. Lists a rifle team going to Bisley, a passenger (Mr M Matthews) to Montevideo, and the members of the New Zealand Record Reign Volunteer contingent going on the "Ruahine" to Queen Victoria's jubilee, leaving Lyttelton on 29 April 1897. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on inside of very pale pink booklet.. Physical Description: Letterpress on folded brochure 207 x 380 mm (open)