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Date: [1882]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: Curios-005-024

Description: Medal recto shows a female classical figure holding a wreath beside a tree fern or palm, and a box with scales. The verso shows a wreath of New Zealand flowers, and has inscribed the words: Awarded to Prof Dr J von Haast, F.R.S. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver medal, 65 mm diameter, housed in brown leather case, lined in blue velvet, 95 x 100 x 20 mm.

Date: 1872

From: Haast family: Collection

By: G Coates & Company

Reference: Curios-005-030

Description: Medal recto shows heraldic elements: the New Zealand coat of arms, an agricultural coat of arms, and a flax plant at top centre. The verso shows a tree fern, flank by a kiwi and a small moa, with a harbour scene in the background, with a Maori waka, two tree ferns and hills. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze medal, 65 mm diameter, housed in brown leather case, 95 x 95 x 16 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-010

Description: From a valley looking upwards towards the peaks of the central Southern Alps, with rounded hills (roches moutonnes, worn down by glaciers) in the foreground ground. Two men and a horse are in the left foreground Named features: Cragie Burn Range; Sugar Loaf Hill; Goldney Head; Laings Head; Mt Ida. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 19 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Preliminary sketch for this watercolour at C-097-130. Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Craigieburn Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Cragie Burn Range; Sugar Loaf Hill; Goldney Head; Laings Head; Mt Ida [ink]; Mount recto - bottom centre - a little small the figures [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 89 x 148 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-011

Description: Shows Haast Pass with bush vegetation on the foreground slopes. Mt Brewster is at the right. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 20 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 23. Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Haast Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Haast Pass [pencil]; Mt Brewster [ink]; Mount recto - bottom left - Sketched by Dr J Haast [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 89 x 148 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-008

Description: Shows a view looking down on the beginnings of the Mathias River, surrounded by mountains, including Mount Tancred, Mount Carus, and the Neave Glacier. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 17 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Other Titles - Headwaters Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Mount Tancred; Neave Glacier; Mount Carus Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 89 x 148 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-001

Description: Shows the headwaters of the Rakaia River and Ramsay Glacier, surrounded by mountains, which include Mt Kinkel, Mount Goethe, and Mein's Knob. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 11 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. The field sketch for this watercolour is at C-097-042-1, with title "From Griffith's hut, Rakaia, towards sources, 17 March 1866". Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Meins Knob; Mt Goethe; Ramsay Glacier; Mt Kinkel Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 106 x 214 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-006

Description: Shows the valley of the Wilberforce River, with the Gap, and the Twin Peaks and Hall (Hamer) Waterfall in the left distance. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 15 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Original watercolour for A-149-006 is at C-097-033 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Browning Pass Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Twin Peaks [ink]; Hall waterfall [pencil]; Gap [ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 142 x 248 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-005

Description: Shows the Ramsay Glacier surrounded by Mt Ramsay, Mt Whitcombe, and the Butler Range. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 13 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Mt Ramsay; Mt Whitcombe [ink]; Butler range [pencil]; Mount recto - beneath image - the Central chain [pencil - insertion in title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 126 x 275 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-003

Description: Shows Lyell Glacier and the neighbouring mountains. See also a preliminary image at C-097-084-1. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 12 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Mt Goethe; Mt Tyndall [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 141 x 248 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-007

Description: Lake Browning in the centre, the Southern Alps beyond. Named features are Hall Glacier, Twin Peaks, River Arahura, Lake Browning, and Mt Harman. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 16 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Original watercolour at C-097-035 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - View of Browning Pass Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Hall Glacier; Twin Peaks; R. Arahura; Lake Browning; Mt Harman Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 100 x 275 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-013

Description: Two men in the left foreground on the banks of a rocky stream, with Mount Whitcombe on the upper left, Whitcombe Pass in the centre and Mount Martius on the upper left. Low scrub and possibly tussock on the mountains. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 14 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. See also NON-ATL-0188 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Whitcombe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mt Whitcombe; Whitcombe's Pass; Mt Martius; View of Whitcombe's Pass from the banks of the Pass Stream [ink]; Backing board recto - bottom right - Dr J. Haast del [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 143 x 248 mm, on mount with caption, 277 x 380 mm.

Date: [1863]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: C-097-006

Description: A sketch showing the Molineux River (Clutha) and river valley with Wilkin's Wanaka Station on the banks of the river in the middle distance. The peaks in the background have their heights added in pencil. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on paper, 195 x 147 mm.

Date: [April 1861]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-025

Description: A panoramic view of the Clyde Glacier, taken from the ridge between the Agnes Stream Valley and the main Clyde Valley. Clyde Glacier is no longer a current name. The Clyde Glacier is much reduced in size since the 19th century and is now the two separate Frances and Sir Colin Campbell Glaciers. The Frances Glacier is the source of the Frances River, flowing into Clyde Stream and the Rangitata River. Possibly Haast's original for John Gully's watercolour, 'The great Clyde Glacier, real source of the River Clyde (Rangitata) 3762 ft' (Library reference number C-096-003), painted as an illustration for Haast's lecture to the Royal Geographical Society, London in 1864 Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - VI Great Clyde Glacier, real source of Rangitata. - [ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on composite sheet of paper, 130 x 490 mm.

Date: 14 May 1861

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-027

Description: Shows panorama of mountains, with the glacier coming down into a central river valley. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 9. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - VIII Ashburton Glacier 14 Mai 1861 [ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, in two parts, 270 x 870 mm.

Date: 15 March 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-021

Description: Shows a range of mountains including the peaks of Mt Forbes and Snowhorn. Also shows where the Forbes River comes out. The word `D'Archiac' is annotated in the foreground. This was at one time the name of Mt Forbes. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, page 48. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - III Sources of Havelock; Recto - bottom right - JH [Julius Haast, ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 125 x 710 mm.

Date: [ca 1865]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-012

Description: Drawing of a mountain range. There are notes which describe the colouring of the hills, as this appears to be a preparatory drawing for a painting. There is water in the foreground. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, page 63. Title based on information provided by Colin Burrows, 2001. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on brown tracing paper, 135 x 623 mm.

Date: [ca 1860-1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-024

Description: Shows panorama with named peaks: Dumbarton Rock, Cloudy Peak, Mt Tyndall. River labelled as the Lawrence. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - IV View from Fossil Creek / Mt Potts, of the Clyde. Main branch of Rangitata [ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on composite sheet of paper, 133 x 1159 mm.

Date: [ca 1861]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-024-1

Description: Shows panorama with heights of unidentified peaks. Probably McCoy valley (Mt Nicholson) at 172, and Mt Warrior at 137 Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - V View from Separation Rock at Junction of two Sources Branches of the Clyde up the Northern Source Branch. [ink]; Verso - bottom centre - Pencil note added by John Pascoe Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on composite sheet of paper, 130 x 660 mm.

Date: [ca 1862-1866?]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: C-097-005

Description: A sketch showing the view from the Rangitata side, northeast of the Two Thumb Range, with the Rangitata valley and named peaks in the background. Title transcribed as composite of labels on item. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on paper, 250 x 450 mm.

Date: 23 March 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-018

Description: Shows craggy snowy mountain slopes, with the distances to Mt Tancred (3 miles) and Mt Carus (5 miles) marked. Field drawing for C-097-017 and source for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 17 with the title "Head Waters of the Mathias, a branch of the Rakaia" in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 36. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 180 x 265 mm.