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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: 1828 - 1830

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

Reference: A-092-009-b

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. Published as a pair with 'Feedee' (A-092-019) There is another copy of this rare print in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia. The Hocken Library also holds at least one copy of each. "Nar-te-mar-lu Tribe"is Ngati Maru. "Howdruckee" is Hauraki. One of the Turnbull's copies of "Adic Hator" (A-092-009) bears an ink inscription: "Adic Hator age 23 1829 New Zealand October 1st". This 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 - Hauraki. Ngati Maru Other Titles - Adic Hator age 23 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (hand-coloured) ; 211 x 154 mm Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Don G. Ellis of Sydney and of Christchurch, author of Early Prints of New Zealand (1978)

Date: 1877 - 1878 - 1879

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Sands & McDougall Ltd; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: D-018-013

Description: View from below Mount Aspiring looking up at its snow-clad peaks, with flax and cabbage trees and other bush in the foreground Identification: the valley depicted is correctly Matukituki, not Matakitaki Source of title: Title on printed label on back Other Titles - Matukituki Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - printed label with title and date of production glued to backing board Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 480 x 734 mm

Date: 1927

By: Pring, Bessie, active 1920s; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: C-053-006

Description: Shows the wooden church at Russell from a field in the foreground. The church has a small belfry, end-porch, and five Gothic-arched windows along the side. There is a small graveyard at the right, and a road curves up the rise to the right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated]; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 395 x 610 mm.

Date: 1891

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: A-219-003

Description: Looking east towards Mount Blackburn (also known as Rotten Tommy, the main peak on the left), with another peak on the right, the Tasman River bisecting the view, and a cottage in the left foreground on flat land among scrub. The cottage is likely to be part of either Birch Hill Station or Glentanner Station Other Titles - Mount Blackburn. Rotten Tommy on the right [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 254 x 355 mm

Date: 1892

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: A-219-002

Description: Shows an ice cave underneath a glacier, with mountains in the background. Other Titles - January 1892 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Date] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 254 x 353 mm

Date: 1850 - 1855

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Martin G. Heywood (Firm); Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor (Firm); Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010; Ellis, Enid Margaret, 1941-

Reference: D-001-032

Description: Shows Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, the Estuary, and Pegasus Bay from a point on the Port Hills, probably the top of the Bridle Path. View dates from about 1850-54. ATL has Avon Fine Prints facsimiles of this work, at C-061-024/024-b. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Mat recto - beneath image - (In pencil by later hand): 1850 Norman was in New Zealand in the 1840s, and then appears to have returned in 1850. He was appointed to a surveying post in Kaikoura in 1852; but before and after that he travelled around as an artist. The original drawing for this work may have been done in 1850 or at any time in the early 1850s. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted & hand-coloured, 262 x 847 mm, on sheet 325 x 890 mm. Provenance: Had previously belonged to Don and Enid Ellis of Christchurch and was the original on which the Avon Fine Prints reproduction (published 1968) was based.

Date: 1890

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: A-219-001

Description: Shows a view of Lake Wakatipu with Walter Peak in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 234 x 343 mm

Date: 1886

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: A-219-005

Description: Shows the original Hermitage built in 1884. White Horse Hill [?] is behind it at the right, and Mount Cook is in the left background. The view is painted from approximately the position of the present Hermitage Hotel. Other Titles - 24 June 1886 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 24/6/86 F.F.C.H. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 297 x 431 mm

Date: [ca. 1848]

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Longueville, H N, active 19th century?; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010; Groshinski, Brian Peter, 1944-

Reference: A-465-015

Description: A view of Nelson Harbour from the hills above, and possibly from where William Fox was living. The Boulder Bank and Haulashore Island are visible, with snow-capped mountains in the distance. A two-masted ship and two waka can be seen in Nelson Haven, as well as two other vessels out in Tasman Bay. There are figures unloading barrels on the shore, and two houses in the foreground on the left Accompanied by a photocopied letter, originally adhered to the back of the painting, from Dawn Smith of the Nelson Provincial Library, dated 1982. It suggests the (unsigned) work is by William Fox, and that the handwriting on the recto is that of a Miss Longueville, some of whose works the Nelson Museum holds Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - View of the harbour, Nelson NZ [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 253 x 340 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, from collection of Don Ellis, art collector, until about 1983; may have come from the album of a Miss Longueville