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: 1848

By: Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: A-228-009

Description: Looking across a broad rivermouth, with hills in the background. Two tents in the foreground on the bank of the river, with flax bushes. One man (possibly Walter Mantell) stands by a tent and a group three men are seated together to the right. Two distant birds in the sky over a bluff to the right mark the spot from which a previous view, no. 8, was drawn. See also: E-281-010 Descriptive note Other Titles - Kakanui Inscriptions: Recto - top right - No 9. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash in two colours, 60 x 200 mm

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-033

Description: Shows tents and horses beside the river. The artist's wife Caroline can be seen amongst the travellers seated around their camp fire to the left Other Titles - Taramakau River Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 177 x 254 mm Provenance: Mrs E Laing, England, 18 July 1940

Date: 1875 - 1895

By: Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912

Reference: A-089-009

Description: Two tents on a river flat at the base of Mount Cook Signed: L.W.W. Probably copied from one of William Spotswood Green's drawings Other Titles - Rev William Spotswood Green Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 300 x 190 mm

Date: 1862 - 1880

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]

Reference: E-926-037

Description: Shows a view looking out from the interior of a permanent sleeping shed, with the artist's legs and those of Samuel Deigton stretched out in the foreground. There is a knapsack and a kete in the left foreground, and a figure in a feather cloak sits outside, just beyound a support pole of the shelter. A campfire is burning at the left, with a billy or saucepan over it, and a section of river, with cliffs on the far side is visible beyond. Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [37 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm

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: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Manawatu sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-172-046

Description: The upper reaches of the Otaki River with high bush-clad banks. Part of the camp on a bank in the right foreground. The artist has noted that the river banks contain slate and feldspar Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on sketchbook page, 138 x 230 mm

Date: 1849

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

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

Reference: C-103-006-4

Description: A night scene showing two men seated in front of a camp fire, a temporary wooden shelter behind them Extended Title - From: Mantell, W B D. Scrapbook, p. 6 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 80 x 110 mm

Date: 1950 - 1842 - 1959

By: Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866

Reference: B-046-016

Description: Subject: Numerous identified features, including jail, immigration barracks, survey offices, bank, various residences; also surveyor, settlers camping, housebuilding. Reproduced `through the courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library and the Dr F A Bett Collection'. Original: Tinted lithograph by Day & Hague in Wakefield, E . Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand (London : Smith, Elder, 1845) pl. 7, central portion. Same as B-046-016-a, b c Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w, image 200 x 431 mm on sheet 246 x 457 mm

Date: [1890s]

By: Hemus and Hall (Firm); Pitt, S L (Miss), active 1975

Reference: PA1-o-418

Description: Album of photographs, chiefly showing scenes in Western Australia, particularly around Coolgardie and Norseman. Most of the identified views were taken by Hemus & Hall (a photographic firm in Bayley Street, Coolgardie between 1895 and 1906). A number of views show the use of camels and camel trains in Western Australia, with one showing the first steam train entering Coolgardie on 23rd March 1896. Many of the images are unidentified, but two are shown as being in New Zealand. One shows the Thames Pharmacy, owned by George Denby; and the other is a bush scene at Waikawau. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black buckram cover; 25 x 31 cm

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-005

Description: An early morning scene in a bush clearing, with a lantern hanging from a tree, a fire lit, a tent and two men at the fire. Other Titles - Hurunui Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo print of pencil sketch 89 x 152 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E Laing, London, England, 27 September 1940

Date: 1862 - 1864

By: Harrisson, Charles, active 1863

Reference: A-236-032

Description: A view looking down onto the Clutha River, at Coal Point (now Clyde) with Old Man Range in the background. Miners are working claims on both banks of the river, with houses and tents constructed above the claims. Many men are panning for gold at the river's edge. There is a small figure in a rowboat in the centre of the river Other Titles - Molyneux River Clutha Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on card : pencil ; image 192 x 214 mm on sheet 245 x 250 mm Transfers: For attribution and provenance see catalogue record for A-236-023.

Date: 1847

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-039

Description: A view across rolling countryside towards a central house and several other peripheral houses with a background of bush. Two conical tents and a fenced area are in the right foreground and a dead tree trunk is in the centre foreground. Part of the side of Mt Taranaki rises up to the right of the view. Title from verso Other Titles - New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card 177 x 261 mm Provenance: Crawford family, Wormit, Fife, Scotland

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: 1950 - 1842 - 1959

By: Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866

Reference: B-046-016-c

Description: Subject: Numerous identified features, including jail, immigration barracks, survey offices, bank, various residences; also surveyor, settlers camping, housebuilding. Reproduced `through the courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library and the Dr F A Bett Collection'. Original: Tinted lithograph by Day & Hague in Wakefield, E . Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand (London : Smith, Elder, 1845) pl. 7, central portion. Same as B-046-01 & a, b Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w, image 200 x 431 mm on sheet 246 x 457 mm

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-045

Description: Shows three men who appear to be setting up camp, probably in the Akatarawa Valley. One man on the left is fanning a fire, the others gathering logs. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 215 mm

Date: 1848

By: Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: A-228-012

Description: Looking along a beach with cliffs on the right. The mouth of the Kakanui is noted as being in the distance See also: E-281-013 Descriptive note Other Titles - Kakanui Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and notes about the birds and the spot they mark. Also no 12. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash in two colours, 30 x 115 mm

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-073

Description: A clearing with a campsite by the Buller River, a large dead tree with its root system lying across the view amidst native trees and hills. A man stands near the river and tent on the right The location is likely to be close to Westport. Surrounding drawings in the sketchbook are of the Westport area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two pages of sketchbook, image size 208 x 105 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898; Atkinson, Dorothy Alison, 1892-1986

Reference: A-245-022

Description: Shows a valley with tree stumps, some remaining trees, a tent in the middle distance to the right and hills and mountains in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 330 mm

Date: 1879

From: Thomas, E A C, 1825- :[Album of a visit to the Motueka area and North Canterbury]

By: Thomas, E A C, 1825-

Reference: E-305-q-027

Description: A bush scene showing a man camping, Tasman Region Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and crayon, 240 x 226 mm.