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Date: 1882 - 1888

From: [Artist unknown] :[Views in New Zealand by Wanganui artists. 1870s or 1880s]

Reference: A-036-027/029

Description: A-036-028: A view from the north bank of the Whanganui River of the railway bridge at Aramoho, leading into Wanganui township, with a steam train on the bridge. A-036-028: Mangawhero waterfall amidst bush and rocks. A-036-029. A twig of rata in flower. Painted on celluloid mounted by corners on paper backing Some images were mounted out of order when the Library acquired them, hence the numbering 3, 4 and 14 for this group. Possibly produced by Wanganui firm A D Willis and Co. The firm began producing cards, including paintings on celluloid, from 1882. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours on celluloid, 77 x 109 mm, 88 x 58 mm and 85 x 55 mm, mounted on paper. Provenance: Sherriff family.

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1910s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-299

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1890s-1900s. Most of the scenes are taken on a river boat trip up the Whanganui River, and include two of groups of Maori; one showing two nuns in full habit, walking behind three young Maori girls who are wearing ankle-length dresses. Some of the river scenes show stretches of the river, including several `on the rapids', and one of a group of men in a waka. Others are of the various villages passed on the trip, including one of the river boat tied up at Jerusalem, with a cart drawn by two horses alongside. One view shows the mouth of the Whanganui River at Patea, and from there the images are of the New Plymouth area, including Mount Taranaki (then Mount Egmont), the Sugar Loaves, the monument to Wiremu Tamati on the hill at Corbett Park (Oakura), and Opunake. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, impressed title `Photographs'; McIntosh XV, 15 765-814; 16 x 22 cm

Date: [1890s]

Reference: PA1-q-222

Description: Photographs relating to Herbert Spackman and his family and relatives, chiefly taken by him. Places include views of Wellington and bays, Eketahuna and the Wanganui district. Very few of the people shown are fully identified but are likely to be Harry Spackman’s: mother (Eliza Spackman, nee Hawkings), father (Henry Spackman), brother, mother-in-law (Mrs Coxall, mother of Harry’s first wife Amy), and father-in-law (Mr Parnell, father of Fanny Parnell, Harry's second wife). Several houses are shown, including: ‘Rangiuru’, located at 63 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington; House of Eketahuna farmer David S Lowe; House of David S Lowe’s brother Henry (‘Harry’) Goold Spackman in Wanganui, both interior and exterior, ‘Ben Venuto’ situated at 59 Rintoul Street and house of Henry (‘Harry’) Goold Spackman in Wellington, both interior and exterior views. Herbert Spackman's nephew Roy Spackman (Clement Roy) attended Wanganui Collegiate School, and there are several views of the chapel (interior and exterior) and the music room. There is one group portrait of Wanganui Collegiate School boys (p 41). Source of descriptive information - Information sourced from various places including the internet, and a family member. Two articles on Henry and Herbert Spackman both before they left England, and in New Zealand can be found at www.bris.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/chombec-news-1.pdf and www.bris.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/chombec-news-4.pdf Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark red cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 29 x 24 cm

Date: 1897 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-061

Description: Shows a red two-storied house surrounded by trees and with a backdrop of mountains, Sedgebrook, the home of the Nixon family near Whanganui Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H. Nixon Esq. Sedgebrooke Jan 1897 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 (page size)

Date: [1850s-1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Hodgkins, William John Parker, 1866-1945

Reference: PA1-q-089

Description: Photographs of the Field and Hodgkins families, taken by William Hughes Field; and of New Zealand scenes. A number of views are of Dunedin taken between 1850 and 1868. Professional photographers include W J P Hodgkins, the Burton Brothers, F Finch and F A Coxhead. Individual views show scenes including a match played between the English cricket team vs Wellington, at the Basin Reserve, March 23-24, 1888; fire that destroyed the offices of Buckley & Co, a legal firm in Wellington, circa 1890s; views of a yachting party in Pelorus Sound; a house built of punga logs, circa 1858; various houses belonging to the Field and Hodgkins families, including Cranmore Lodge (Dunedin), and the Field house in Everton Terrace (Wellington). Also includes photographs of the Hodgkins' rented house in Ravensbourne. Inside the back cover is a black and white photographic copy of an illuminated address to Bishop Selwyn in farewell on his departure from New Zealand, with vignettes painted by Charles Decimus Barraud. Album signed `W Hughes Field, Terrace, Wellington, 1890-' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black covers, 30.0 x 25.5 cm

Date: [ca 1870s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008423-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-014

Description: Shows `Matara', the homestead of H Harper at Wai Ora, Aramoho, Wanganui, in the 1890s. The Whanganui River runs alongside on the left, the farmhouse and outbuildings are on cleared flat land with a slight indication of a garden, fences and rows of trees. Two horses (or cows) are grazing near the river. Flax in the foreground In 1859, Mary Medley's sister, Laura, married Thomas Henry Harper of Wai Ora, Aramoho, Whanganui. Thomas Henry Harper died in 1873. This view is likely to show the Wai Ora property of his son, Henry Harper, nephew of the artist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wanganui H Harper; Recto - beneath image - Matara H Harper Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: [1870-1871]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000089-G

Description: Shows Alfred Walker sitting on a Shetland pony called Tom Thumb in front of a wooden building. He is surrounded by older men; including his brother John Walker (possibly in riding clothes), Chang Woo Gow (Zhan Shichai; also known as Chang the Giant) and other unidentified circus performers. The pony was bought from a circus or sideshow by Alfred's father John Walker, proprietor of first Aramoho hotel, Roberts Avenue. Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Persons identified by Library client. A portrait of Chang Woo Gow the Chinese giant with his wife Kin Foo, taken circa 1870 by London Portrait Rooms, Dunedin, is held at theToitū Otago Settlers Museum (see A115). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: Record updated on 26 October 2022 with name of Chang Woo Gow.

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000233-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca. 1860]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000207-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008419-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca. 1860]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000210-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [between 1856-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000277-G

Description: Copy negative taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1894

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: B-116-014

Description: Shows a stretch of the Whanganui River at Aramoho, with a large two-storeyed house amongst trees and lawn on the far side. The house is probably Sedgebrook (or Sedge Brook) Grange. Two girls walk along a riverside path in the foreground, and on the river six adults and one or two children pass by in a rowboat, near a flight of wooden steps leading down to the river. Probably shows Sedgebrook Grange, the house of Major John Nixon. The original Sedgebrook Grange burned down and was rebuilt in 1882 Other Titles - Aramoho, Whanganui Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C Aubrey / 1894 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 270 x 440 mm. Provenance: Previously purchased by the vendor in New Zealand in the 1970s or early 1980s (information from International Art Centre)

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008427-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008420-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1877

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000098-G

Description: The railway bridge over the Whanganui River at Aramoho, photographed from the south west by William James Harding in 1877. The boat by the riverbank is the "Pioneer". Publication note - published in the Wanganui Herald 26 May 1877 Source of descriptive information - boat identified by library client from caption in newspaper Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches Transfers: This image is a wet collodion copy negative, made by William James Harding from his own mounted, two part panoramic photograph. The left part of the panorama is held in the collection as negative 1/1-000099-G.

Date: [ca. 1872]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000212-G

Description: Copy negative taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1877

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000099-G

Description: The railway bridge over the Whanganui River at Aramoho, photographed from the south west by William James Harding in 1877. This image is the left part of a two part panorama. The complete panorama is at 1/1-000098-G. This bridge was completed in 1877. W J Harding left Wanganui in 1889. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches