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Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :L[ake] Taupo. [Painting on shell. 1870-1889].
Date: 1870 - 1889
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs
Reference: Curios-013-005-2
Description: Painting on a shell, showing a section of Lake Taupo with a whare in the right foreground, a waka on the water near the shore, and the Central Plateau peaks behind, with Mt Ngauruhoe steaming. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - JB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 155 x 150 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.
Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :Rotoaira Tongariro. [Painting on shell. 1870-1889].
Date: 1870 - 1889
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs
Reference: Curios-013-005-4
Description: Painting on a shell, showing a section of Lake Rotoaira where a boat with a triangular sail oating. There are several Maori figures on the shore in the foreground. Beyond is the Central Plateau, with Mount Tongariro. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - JB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 150 x 170 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.
Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :Lake Taupo, Hatepe [ca 1870]
Date: 1870 - 1879
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908
Reference: G-004
Description: A large Maori pa in the foreground, with wharenui, other houses and a pataka. People seated by a cooking fire on the left and in the entrance to the wharenui. Flax, toetoe, cabbage trees and other bush in an around the pa. In the background is part of Lake Taupo and Mounts Ruapehu and Tongariro, the latter in eruption Inscriptions: Verso - on stretcher in felt-tip pen: Lake Taupo, Hatepe. Also auctioneers' marks and numbers; Recto - bottom right - JPB in pale green brushpoint Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 251 x 305 mm Provenance: Previously acquired by Dunbar Sloane from London, Christie's, 27 Sept 2006, as one of a pair, with lot N184, a view of Maori in a canoe. The latter oil was purchased by the Library in 2009, Maori war canoe, Waikato River, G-112-1. The pair was privately owned in England by descendants of Backhouse's
Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Maori camp at the foot of Mt Taupiri, shewing the b...
Date: 1880
From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :New Zealand scenery; original oil paintings [ca 1880]
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908
Reference: E-053-010
Description: Mount Taupiri in the background, covered with bush. A smaller mound below it, has a building on top. At its foot is a church, tents and low buildings. A stream is on the left, with a number of Maori walking along the riverbank path Other Titles - Showing Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on page, 183 x 203 mm.
Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Old blockhouse at the Whau, Manukau Harbour, Auckla...
Date: 1871
From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Sketchbook [of New Zealand views. 1871-1876].
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; Hamblett, Irene Beatrix, 1915-1995
Reference: E-400-f-010
Description: Shows blockhouse in distance atop a small hill. In the foreground, in front of small cliffs on the shoreline, is a stretch of water, a canoe, and three figures, possibly spear fishing. The title includes "Manukau Hrbour". The Whau River arises north of the Manukau Harbour, and flows into the Waitemata Harbour at Avondale. Nevertheless this view could have been taken from Manukau Harbour looking north to a blockhouse built near the source of the Whau, rather than at its mouth on the Waitemata. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J.P.B. / 16.5.71; Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and monochrome wash, 261 x 370 mm.
Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :[Wairoa River. ca 1880]
Date: 1880
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908
Reference: G-006
Description: Shows a view of the Wairoa River from just above the river bank. A young boy can be seen on the bank, wearing a hat, possibly line fishing or throwing stones into the river. Willow trees and bush feature on either side of the foreground. A number of huts or whare can be seen on the opposite bank. A yacht can be seen in the distance, and in the middle distance is a canoe or waka with a single occupant. The clouds have a distinctive pink glow to them, which is reflected on the water. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wairoa R [in brushpoint]; Recto - bottom right - JPB [in brushpoint]; Verso - top centre - Backhouse oil $30 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 230 x 300 mm (sight)