Places

Date: 1848

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-247-029

Description: Shows Taylor's two-storeyed mission house seen across a field. See Richard Taylor Sketchbook, E-296-q-055-3 for a similar view Other Titles - New Zealand Inscriptions: In K. A. Webster's hand: "by Rev. Richd Taylor" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 177 x 110 mm Provenance: Purchased: Geo. Legges Esq.

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-039

Description: Looking across the river towards a small settlement, possibly at Pipiriki, with two canoes drawn up at the water's edge, tree ferns, two buildings and taller trees with high hills behind Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-070

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, military tents on the town side, churches including Christ Church, houses, Rutland Stockade not yet complete and a fenced area around what was later York Stockade on the left. Jetties can also be seen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1863

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

Reference: E-171-050

Description: A view towards hills across a broad river. A small house or whare is visible on the opposite bank Other Titles - Gorge of Waiohine Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 215 mm

Date: 1870 - 1984 - 1880

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013-a/018-a

Description: Contains 6 images: Wanganui family and possessions, 1870s; Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s; Mrs Morgan and child, Wanganui, 1870s; Staff and premises of the Wanganui Evening Herald, 1868; Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, 1870s; Mother and child, Wanganui, 1870s. Title from illustrated container, also bearing descriptive notes. Container has not been assigned its own location number and is therefore not recorded separately. However, the individual photolithographs have separate entries. Other Titles - Imagers of a new land. Other Titles - Portraits by W. J. Harding. Inscriptions: (On verso of container/ envelope): Portraits by W.J. Harding,/ chosen by Brian Brake and John Sullivan / and published with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited.; Recto - beneath image - (On each photograph): Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs, 259 x 213 mm, and 213 x 259 mm, on sheets 415 x 350 mm, in container 510 x 390 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-084-009

Description: Shows a distant view of the town from the far bank of the Whanganui River. York and Rutland Stockades can be seen on the hills at the left, with the spire of Christ Church beyond the houses below. Shakespeare Bluff is across the river to the right. The peak of Mt Ruapehu rises in the distance Title appears to have been added at a later date. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil in the hand of C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 1871

By: Allen, George Frederic, 1837-1929

Reference: Plans-80-1269

Description: Shows plan for library and dining room Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - This drawing to be returned to G F Allen Architect St Hill Street Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing

Date: 1871

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903

Reference: A-226-001

Description: A view from a low hill across the town of Feilding, with a scatter of houses, several sterets, stands of trees and hills in the background Original pencil sketch for lithograph, A-226-002 from, The Feilding Settlement, Manchester block, Manawatu, New Zealand. By A W F Halcombe This sketch has previously been attributed to John Buchanan Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 228 x 279 mm

Date: 1851 - 1859

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-011

Description: The right side of a 2-part panorama, showing the Whanganui River, at Atene, looking across to a house and hills on the opposite bank. The artist's father (Richard Taylor) was a missionary at Wanganui Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1897

By: Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-1661

Description: Shows details of chimneys Stamped: Clere Fitzgerald & Richmond. May 1897 Inscriptions: Recto - centre - John S Swan, 14.5.97 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on cream wove paper

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1874 - 1990 - 1999

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-1231/1233

Description: Includes floor plans and a part elevation of the front elevation, including the arched entrance. Some figures of dimensions and measurements are shown. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying

Date: 1847 - 1849

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-070-021

Description: Small European settlement, viewed from the opposite bank of the river, with bush, including a cabbage tree in the foreground. Brees' text in "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand" suggests that the buildings shown are a survey station. First published in: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847) Plate 12, No 32. text p.21 See A-109-029 Other Titles - Karikari Extended Title - From: Brees, S C Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 72 x 127 mm

Date: 1895

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.

Reference: E-379-012

Description: A rural scene in Feilding showing three houses, a shelterbelt in the background and hills in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 225 mm (page size)

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: B-113-021

Description: Unfinished, with the homestead, pencil outlines of two croquet players on the lawn, and, on verso, unfinished pencil sketch of a croquet player Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 272 x 382 mm

Date: 1871

By: Allen, George Frederic, 1837-1929

Reference: Plans-80-1266

Description: Plan view of the ground floor Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing

Date: 1878

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903

Reference: A-226-012

Description: View from a low hill looking down to a plain with a train passing and streets along several roads, a stand of bush and hills Lithograph from: The Feilding Settlement, Manchester block, Manawatu, New Zealand. By A W F Halcombe Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (two-tone) 109 x 195 mm

Date: 1852

From: Wynyard, Robert Henry 1802-1864 :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / R.H.W. - 1852.

Reference: A-081-035

Description: A small single-storied house with shingled roof and a verandah, in a garden setting, with round beds set into lawns, trees behind Other Titles - Mrs Darcy's house Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 200 x 247 mm

Date: 1896

By: Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0551

Description: Shows details of: back and side elevation; chimneys; bedrooms and school room; screen in hall; verandah posts and brackets and barge & covering boards and brackets. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Stamped: Clere, Fitzgerald & Richmond, no. 1090 August '96 F de J C; Recto - bottom right - handwritten in ink: Clere Fitzgerald & Richmond Architect, Wellington. 4.8.96 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour

Date: 1847 - 1849

From: [Park, Robert] 1812-1870. Attributed works. :[Wanganui district sketchbook. 1847?]

Reference: E-078-q-006

Description: Four separate drawings of houses, one of bush, one of Maori poling a canoe along a river, another of a group of Maori, plus calculations. One corner of the page has been cut out and there are dabs of watercolour at the edge, suggesting that the sketchbook once contained watercolours Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 177 x 253 mm (irregular)