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Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Harris, A, active 1864; Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888; Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-039-2

Description: Shows a man on horseback to the right, approaching flat land at the edge of Coromandel Harbour, houses, hills and the harbour in the distance Possibly based on a watercolour in the Library's collection by A. Harris, reference number B-035-009. However the associated text states that the set of Coromandel views is 'from sketches by Mr Allen Martin'. This may be an error for Albin Martin. A. Harris may have copied his view from the Illustrated London news, not supplied the original. Other Titles - Kapanga Flat Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 240 mm

Date: 1880 - 1885

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-025

Description: Ngaruawahia on the left with the Waikato stretching into the distance towards hlls Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash sketch 110 x 190 mm

Date: 1875 - 1885

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: A-089-002

Description: Several whare in the middle distance alongside a river, with weeping willows and a small canoe. Hills behind the whare Attributed to Thomas Ryan on stylistic grounds. Ryan was resident in the Taupo area and had a Maori wife, so was visiting marae, pa and kainga Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash 149 x 252 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]

Reference: A-141-030

Description: View from a hill, looking down into a valley with a bridge crossing a river and two houses amongst vegetation Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 216 x 162 mm

Date: 1852 - 1979

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-041

Description: Prospectus for Anthony Murray-Oliver's folio-sized volume of Charles Heaphy's paintings, including a full-sized reproduction of a watercolour from the collection of the British Library, 'Committee at Pata Pata [Coromandel], 1852, showing a large gathering of Maori and some Pakeha in the foreground, among houses and tents, with canoes pulled up at the fore, yachts in the harbour and two ranges of hills in the background, shortly after the discovery of gold in the Coromandel. The gathering was to finalise the sale of the Coromandel gold fields. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 260 x 333 mm, on one of four pages

Date: [ca 1890-1927]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); France, J W, active 1890s

Reference: PAColl-0348

Description: Mounted photographs by the Burton Brothers of the junction of Eden and Tees Streets, Oamaru showing St Luke's Church, shops, tram lines and part of the Council Chambers; looking down on the wharves of Port Chalmers with the Presbyterian Church in the right foreground; and the Kakahi Falls, near Tawhata on the Whanganui River. Two smaller mounted photographs of a river in the Catlins District. Three pages from a photograph album holding five photographs of the building of the Arapuni Dam on the Waikato River including the buried forest exposed by the Waikato River diversion. Three loose prints by J W France of an early settlers' cottage made of ponga with a turf roof and with the family outside; a group of six workmen standing on the road they were building with long handled shovels and a boy and a dog in front of them; and the funeral procession of Sir John MacKenzie in 1901 led by a pipe band up the main road in Oamaru working. Finally a loose print of the bridge over the Waiho River. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-68928 to 1/2-068934. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].

Reference: E-068-017-1

Description: A circular view of Coromandel township from the hills behind, looking out to sea, framed by a red-berried plant, possibly cotoneaster. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chomolithograph 104 x 72 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm

Date: 1884

From: Harper, Laura 1833-1887 :Laura Harper's sketchbook. No. 10 1884

Reference: E-376-024/025

Description: A rural scene, showing two dwellings, sheltered by trees and with hills in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Pirongia Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 140 x 230 mm. (page size)

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Harris, A, active 1864; Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888; Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-372-f-020

Description: Shows a man on horseback to the right, approaching flat land at the edge of Coromandel Harbour, houses, hills and the harbour in the distance Possibly based on a watercolour in the Library's collection by A. Harris, reference number B-035-009. However the associated text states that the set of Coromandel views is 'from sketches by Mr Allen Martin'. This may be an error for Albin Martin. A. Harris may have copied his view from the Illustrated London news, not supplied the original. Other Titles - Kapanga Flat Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 155 x 235 mm

Date: ca 1890s

From: Donne, Anne, fl 1975 :Photographs mainly of Richard John Seddon in New Zealand and the Pacific

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-3329-01

Description: Photographs of: a group of people gathered to watch sports on the Queen's Birthday in Tonga including Seddon; a view of the coast at Cape Foulwind; a letter addressed to "Sire Sedone, Pirima, Neuseland" from Niue; a gathering of Tongans outside a marquee in Nuku'alofa for the Queen's birthday celebrations; Seddon and what are probably other parliamentarians standing on the steps of a building; a large totara; the Seddon family on a visit to the state schoolhouse in Levuka, Fiji; the Seddon family gathered round an ornately framed certificate noting Seddon's achievements; Huka Falls taken by the Burton Brothers; Seddon holding a taiaha seated in a group of seven working men; the recreation ground in New Plymouth looking towards Mount Taranaki; two portraits of Samoan girls; a cart travelling on the Cable Bay Road looking out over the bay taken by Tyree Studio; Lake Taupo from Motutere taken by Burton Brothers; and a group of men, possibly including Seddon, sitting and standing on the steps of a building. Other than the first six, these prints are all stuck to pages from what may have been an album. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1873 and 1880

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-35

Description: Photograph of Opepe taken in the 1870s by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Another print of this image is at PA7-45-36. It is unclear from which print the copy negative was taken. Inscriptions: Mount verso - centre - Opepe near Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 264 x 349 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-926-029/030

Description: Shows a panoramic view of flat land beside the lake which is at the right. In the centre foreground is a group of four huts, one of which has a cross on the roof. In the left distance is Moutn Tonariro (lebelled) with the hot spring (puia, probably Ketetahi) marked part way to the summit. Other Titles - Rotoaira Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [29-30 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 470 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-027-1

Description: Shows Taupiri Mountain from across the Waikato River and buildings, a road and telegraph poles at the foot of the mountain along the river's edge Almost exactly the same, except for a cropped foreground, as A-174-027, by the same artist, an ink and wash sketch Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 155 x 192 mm

Date: Between 1873 and 1880

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-36

Description: Original inscription reads "Opepe is about 10 miles from Taupo, and is the he4ad-quarters of the Constabulary for the district. It was here that the rebel Maoris surprised and massacred detachment of our men, 8th June 1869" Photograph taken in the 1870s by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Another print of this image is at PA7-45-35. It is unclear from which print the copy negative was taken. Inscriptions: Mount verso - centre - Opepe... Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 211 x 324 mm mounted on paper same size

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-084

Description: Looking down into a well-fortified pa, with earth ramparts constructed inside the palisade, futher ramparts inside the pa and whare showing. Identified as Maungatautari Pa by military historian Chris Pugsley, February 1998. The outlines of the upper pa are still visible and this view looks down towards the river. Inscriptions: Album page - below and above image: title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 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: 1856

By: Davy, Edwin, 1826-1869

Reference: MapColl-832.14gmbd/[1856]/Acc.227

Description: Shows some sections owners and dwellings Rough tracing by J E Aubin of Govt. survey plan no. 943 of Raglan. Original in Survey Office, Auckland Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: Part coloured, 85 x 120 cm. Scale not given

Date: 1844

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

Reference: A-020-023

Description: Shows part of a pa in the foreground, with a large pataka on the left, a wharenui on the right, palisades and rolling hills leading down to the lake in the middle distance. A faintly-drawn in hill in the distance is marked as Motutaiko Mountain, possibly Motutaiko Island Other Titles - Motutaiko. Te Hiwiherri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 222 x 333 mm

Date: 1893 - 1896

By: Macdonald, Elise Margaret, active 1970-2008; Caudwell, Janet, active 1960s-1990s

Reference: A-036-008

Description: A view from the northern bank, showing Motutawa Island; shows flying fox or ferry, with yacht and huts. Also shows bare surrounding hills, from burning off by Europeans in the 1880s Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 194 x 373 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E M McDonald, per her daughter, Mrs Janet Caudwell, Waikanae, 20 August 1980