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Date: 1833 - 1840

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Laderer, active 1830s

Reference: A-327-003

Description: Shows head and shoulders portraits of two women, one man and an infant. These are selected from Plate 70 in Dumont DUrville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe ... (Paris, 1833), portraits 3,5 and 6, and therefore show Ekara, young girl of the Bay of Islands, and Tawiti and his wife. Tawiti's wife holds a baby wrapped in her cloak by her shoulder. Plate 176 from an unknown publication in German or Dutch, derived at least partly from Dumont D'Urville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe". Other Titles - New Zealand. Portraits of inhabitants Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 100 x 154 mm.

Date: 1880 - 1865 - 1890

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-011-3

Description: Shows a Maori warrior performing a haka. He is holding a tewhatewha. There is detailed tattooing known as `puhoro' on his left thigh. Tutu ngarahu is the name of the type of haka See also "Moko", p. 32, fig. 27. Almost identical drawing of Tutu Ngarahu on E-280-011-5 has the inscription on verso `carved gate at Maketu 1865'. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of a drawing on postcard 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1855 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 1st series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-452-f-011-2

Description: A seated Maori man, holding a taiaha (spear). He is wearing a flax rain cape over European clothes, has short hair and moko Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 180 x 240 mm

Date: 1844 - 1888 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: B-110-021-1

Description: Shows full-length figure of Hongi Hongi (a.k.a. Nga Toki), wearing mats or blankets, a greenstone earring, and holding a greenstone mere in his right hand. He stands before the posts of the pa enclosure at Ngahuruhuru Pa, four miles from Otawhao. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. This is a redrawing of his lithograph Hongi Hongi, plate 11 in his The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847). The copyist is probably H. W. Kirkwood One of four lithographs on one sheet, all copies of work by Angas and probably all copied by Kirkwood. The centre of the sheet is inscribed in blue pencil 'Printed 2500 copies' Other Titles - Hongi Hongi Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 216 x 145 mm

Date: 1827 - 1847

From: [Various artists] :[Costume plates of Oceania] Torino [Turin] ; Fontana, 1844

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Mercier, active 1840s; Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999

Reference: A-119-025-a/026-a

Description: Shows head and shoulders profiles of 2 Maori men, tattooed and with topknots. Wahlen's book is a translation of his "Moeurs, usages et coutumes de tous les peuples du monde..." Bruxelles, 1843-44. Vol. 4. This print is probably a first state. It differs from A-119-025/026 which does not have the signature by MERCIER and which shows damage or wear on the block in the shading above the upper figure's left shoulder Other Titles - Types of natives of New Zealand [translation] Extended Title - From: Wahlen, A. Usi e costumi sociali, politici, et religiosi... Vol. 2 Oceania. Torino, 1844-1847. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MERCIER; Recto - beneath image - Tipi degli indigeni della Nuova Zelanda Sainson visited New Zealand in the Astrolabe in early 1827. Engraved after L. A. de Sainson's \"Nouvelle Zelande: chef de Houa-Houa...\" (image reversed), and \"Nouvelle Zelande. Naturel de Teraouiti\" (image reversed). See Dumont dUrville, J. S. C. \"Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe...Atlas\". Paris: J. Tastu, 1833. Plate 53. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, handcoloured, on sheet 265 x 165 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr J. M. Thomson, of Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1865 - 1900

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Tutu Ngarahu. Maori war dance. [ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-052-08

Description: Shows a leaping Maori sentry with tewhatewha, wearing a feathered loin cloth, full tattoo on face, and thigh (puhoro) performing a haka in front of a carved entranceway gate. The haka's name is tutu ngarahu Similar image at E-280-011-5 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: watercolour 140 x 90 mm on postcard

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-016-1

Description: View from near the mouth of the Otaki River, looking inland towards the hills. A Maori man wrapped in a cloak stands on the bank to the left. On the verso is a set of small drawings including untitled trees in landscapes; a house with gables ('A gabley house') and two drawings of young Maori women, one titled 'N. Z. awful [?] girl with her eyes out.' This woman is shown with moko on her chin, a scarf over her head and the outlining of her eyes gone over in pencil several times The reverse is photographed as negative 1/2-069628 and file print dfp-012880 under title N. Z. girl ... Other Titles - From the Akewood [Oak wood?, Akeake wood?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 215 mm

Date: 1829 - 1830

By: Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Company; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-092-009

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a Maori man, with feathers in his topknot and curls at the side of his head, a red semi-circle below the hairline on his forehead, and a pattern of dots around his eyes. He is wearing a greenstone earring in his right ear and a kiwi-feather cloak. Other Titles - Ngati Maru Hauraki Stamp on verso: Webster Collection 1444. Inscriptions: Recto - between the image and the printed title: Adic Hator age 23 1829 New Zealand Oct 1st. [pen & ink] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on sheet 300 x 243 mm

Date: 1880 - 1864 - 1900 - 1865

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-011-2

Description: Shows a Maori warrior performing a haka. He is holding a tewhatewha. There is detailed tattooing known as `puhoro' on his left thigh. The haka is named as tutu ngarahu A similar drawing of the Maori figure at E-280-011-5 has the inscription on verso `Maori sentry warning off artist. Carved gate at Maketu 1865'. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of a drawing on postcard 140 x 90 mm Transfers: Transferred from MS-Papers-0016.

Date: 1828 - 1830

By: Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Company; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: A-092-019-a

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a Maori man, with feathers in his topknot, moko, a small beard, greenstone earrings and tiki and a shoulder cape with a taniko border. Published as a pair with 'Adic Hator' (A-092-009) The attribution to Ngati Maru as "Feedee's" iwi is derived both from the area he is described as inhabiting - "Howdrucke" or Hauraki - and by comparison with the matching lithograph "Adic Hator" (A-092-009), described as being of the "Nar-te-mar-lu Tribe". "Feedee" may more correctly be "Whiti" or "Te Whiti". The copy of this print in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection bears the inscription in pencil: "J.B. April 28 1828", while one of the Turnbull's copies of "Adic Hator" bears an ink inscription: "Adic Hator age 23 1829 New Zealand October 1st". The Turnbull's third copy of "Adic Hator" (A-092-009-b) was purchased with information from London Booksellers Francis Edwards Ltd: "feedee and Hator came to England with Mr J Johnson, a trader, after their district had been ravaged by Shungi [Hongi], a powerful chief. They travelled all over the country, and gave exhibitions of Maori manners and customs. This information was obtained from two hand bills advertising their intended visits to Carmathen and Evesham in 1829. These hand bills with copies of the portraits are now in the possession of the Hocken Library. An example of the work of pioneer lithographer Godefroy Engelmann, who established the firm Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. in London in 1826, closing it in 1830. See Ellis, E.M. & D.G. Early Prints of New Zealand (1978), p.73-74 for further details. Other Titles - Whiti Hauraki Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (hand-coloured) ; 298 x 241 mm Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Don G. Ellis of Sydney and of Christchurch, author of Early Prints of New Zealand (1978)

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-029-2

Description: A half-length profile view of a Maori man smoking a pipe in a train carriage. He wears a wide-brimmed European hat, a long piece of greenstone in his left ear, and has a long scarf knotted around his neck. He sports moko on his chin. There appear to be no other passengers in the carriage, and he seems to be unaware of being sketched Other Titles - Wanganui Other Titles - Whanganui Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and pencil on paper, 94 x 116 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1860-1897

Reference: PAColl-4538

Description: 15 views of New Plymouth: 3 of Brougham Street, one from Devon Street looking north, one looking south from the position of the railway yard, and one from Devon Street looking south; view of Pukerua Park; 2 views of Devon Street during the royal visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1869; 2 views of unidentified streets; Tui Te Huirangi; Pukearuhe Redoubt, Whitecliffs; 2 of the Taranaki Mounted Rifle Troop on parade; the kiln of the Iron Sand Company; Parihaka Pa with Te Whiti's house in the centre; and Takaroto Matutaera Potatu Te Wherowhero Tawhiao. Photographer(s) unknown. On the print of the one of Te Huirangi his name is given as Tui Taurangi. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-012526 to 012532 and 012535 Quantity: 15 prints and negatives.

Date: May 1832

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838

Reference: A-274-010

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a Northland tattooer. He has short hair, moko, and a woven cloak fastened on his right shoulder Page removed from Narrative of a nine months residence in New Zealand by Augustus Earle (London, Longman, 1832). Frontispiece. Sepia aquatint Ellis number 242 Other Titles - Rangi Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - in pencil: Rangi of the Bay of Islands Earle was in New Zealand for six months, 1827-1828 and met 'Aranghie' or Rangi in the Bay of Islands Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, on sheet 219 x 139 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.

Date: 1895 - 1865 - 1905

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :[Postcards. ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-077

Description: Shows a Maori warrior performing a haka. He is holding a tewhatewha. There is detailed tattooing known as `puhoro' on his left thigh. The haka's name is tutu ngarahu A similar drawing of the Maori figure at E-280-011-5 has the inscription on verso `Maori sentry warning off artist. Carved gate at Maketu 1865'. Identical image at E-280-011-1 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of a drawing on postcard 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1865

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-114-001

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man with moko on the lower half of his face, wearing a shark's tooth earring. This drawing was initially attributed by Library staff to Richard Laishley. However compare the Library's file print photograph negative F-011025-1/2, in Drawings and Prints files under the artist and title Robley, H. G. Moko in 1866. It is signed by Robley and the artist has added the iwi name Ngaiterangi and corrected the date 1865 to 1866. This same image is reproduced in Robley's book "Moko or Maori Tattooing" (London, 1896) as plate 122 on p. 123. The style of the drawing is that of Robley. Other Titles - [Laishley, Richard] 1815-1897. Attributed works. Waikeria Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title and date in ink in the hand of H. G. Robley] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 115 x 110 mm

Date: 1828 - 1830

By: Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Company

Reference: A-092-019

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a Maori man, with feathers in his topknot, moko, a small beard, greenstone earrings and tiki and a shoulder cape with a taniko border. Published as a pair with 'Adic Hator' (A-092-009) The attribution to Ngati Maru as "Feedee's" iwi is derived both from the area he is described as inhabiting - "Howdrucke" or Hauraki - and by comparison with the matching lithograph "Adic Hator" (A-092-009), described as being of the "Nar-te-mar-lu Tribe". "Feedee" may more correctly be "Whiti" or "Te Whiti". The copy of this print in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection bears the inscription in pencil: "J.B. April 28 1828", while one of the Turnbull's copies of "Adic Hator" bears an ink inscription: "Adic Hator age 23 1829 New Zealand October 1st". The Turnbull's third copy of "Adic Hator" (A-092-009-b) was purchased with information from London Booksellers Francis Edwards Ltd: "Feedee and Hator came to England with Mr J Johnson, a trader, after their district had been ravaged by Shungi [Hongi], a powerful chief. They travelled all over the country, and gave exhibitions of Maori manners and customs. This information was obtained from two hand bills advertising their intended visits to Carmathen and Evesham in 1829. These hand bills with copies of the portraits are now in the possession of the Hocken Library. Other Titles - Whiti Hauraki An example of the work of pioneer lithographer Godefroy Engelmann, who established the firm Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. in London in 1826, closing it in 1830. See Ellis, E.M. & D.G. Early Prints of New Zealand (1978), p.73-74 for further details. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (hand-coloured) ; 244 x 214 mm

Date: 1855 - 1863

From: [Duppa, George 1817-1888] :[Sketchbook ca 1852-1860]

Reference: E-080-q-3-007

Description: In the top right of the page, a frontal drawing of a Maori man with full moko, or possibly a European face with moko. The features, hair-style, side-whiskers, and light-coloured eyes appear to be European. Below and to the left is a pair of bulls fighting, and studies of the side and back view of a bull The drawing is undated but the bulls drawn are likely to be at Duppa's Amuri run in the 1860s. The inside back cover of the sketchbook includes the name and English address of Duppa's nephew, Bryan, who visited Amuri in 1863 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 185 x 270 mm

Date: ca 1861

From: Urquhart album

By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878

Reference: PA1-q-250-46-1

Description: Paratene Te Manu, circa 1861, possibly photographed during a conference of Maori chiefs at the Melanesian Mission in Kohimarama, Auckland. He wears a suit and cape, and holds a taiaha (Maori weapon). He has a moko kanohi (Maori facial tattoo). Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie. Image, and information regarding it, published in "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 11. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Native chief of New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 12.6 x 9.8 cm, on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm

Date: 1861

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

Reference: E-106-f-048

Description: Half-length frontal portrait of a Maori chief. He has moko, is wearing a European suit with a bow tie. The suit lapels and bow-tie are coloured-in red; the face a pinkish-brown. Accompanying text entitled `New Zealand - The Battle of Mahoetahi'. Artist and engraver unknown. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 38, Jan-Jun 1861, p 67 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, with hand-colouring, 150 x 120 mm

Date: 1829 - 1830

By: Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Company

Reference: A-092-009-a

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a Maori man, with feathers in his topknot and curls at the side of his head, a red semi-circle below his hairline on his forehead, and a pattern of dots around his eyes. He is wearing a greenstone earring in his right ear and a kiwi-feather cloak. Other Titles - Ngati Maru Hauraki Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on sheet 244 x 211 mm Transfers: See full details for A-092-009-b.