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Date: 1839 - 1841 - 1846 - 1848

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Page, George Hyde, 1823-1908; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-003-029-a/040-a

Description: Set of looseleaf offprints originally published as a set of 12 prints in "New Zealand calendar 1974". Contents: Goldmining at the Thames [i.e. Goldmining at Thames] / J.B.C. Hoyte. - Nelson Haven, 1841 / Charles Heaphy. - The Pink Terraces, 1874 [i.e. The White Terraces, 1888 (detail)] / C.D. Barraud. - St Mark's Church, Remuera [i.e. S. Mark's, Remuera & Mt Eden, 1859] / Rev. John Kinder. - The Barracks, Napier / C.D. Barraud. - Auckland, 1848 [i.e. Auckland, New Zealand, 1848] / Lt. Gen. G.H. Page. - The Aglionby or Matukituki Valley [i.e. In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa, 20th Feb. [1846]] / Sir William Fox. - In Otira Gorge, 1864 [i.e. Otira Gorge, 1864?] / Sir William Fox. - Dunedin, Otago, 1861 [i.e. Part of the town and harbour of Dunedin, Otago, N.Z. [1861?]] / W.S. Hatton. - Kahu Kahu, Hokianga River [i.e. View of the Kahu-Kahu Hokianga River [December] 1839] / Charles Heaphy. - Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860 [i.e. Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860] / Lt. Gen. C.E. Gold. - Bream Head, Whangarei / Charles Heaphy. Title from cover of calendar. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and artist]; Recto - bottom left - Alexander Turnbull Library, / Wellington, N.Z.; Recto - bottom right - A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, / Wellington, N.Z., 1973. Quantity: 24 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 24 photolithographs, (2 sets of 12), variously sized from 157 x 238 mm, to 240 x 304 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright in the 1970s.

Date: 1856

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-084-010

Description: Shows a group of farm buildings to the right of a river which is spanned by a suspension bridge. There are hills in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 244 x 344 mm.

Date: 1839 - 1841 - 1846 - 1848

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Page, George Hyde, 1823-1908; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-003-029/040

Description: Set of looseleaf offprints originally published as a set of 12 prints in "New Zealand calendar 1974". Contents: Goldmining at the Thames [i.e. Goldmining at Thames] / J.B.C. Hoyte. - Nelson Haven, 1841 / Charles Heaphy. - The Pink Terraces, 1874 [i.e. The White Terraces, 1888 (detail)] / C.D. Barraud. - St Mark's Church, Remuera [i.e. S. Mark's, Remuera & Mt Eden, 1859] / Rev. John Kinder. - The Barracks, Napier / C.D. Barraud. - Auckland, 1848 [i.e. Auckland, New Zealand, 1848] / Lt. Gen. G.H. Page. - The Aglionby or Matukituki Valley [i.e. In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa, 20th Feb. [1846]] / Sir William Fox. - In Otira Gorge, 1864 [i.e. Otira Gorge, 1864?] / Sir William Fox. - Dunedin, Otago, 1861 [i.e. Part of the town and harbour of Dunedin, Otago, N.Z. [1861?]] / W.S. Hatton. - Kahu Kahu, Hokianga River [i.e. View of the Kahu-Kahu Hokianga River [December] 1839] / Charles Heaphy. - Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860 [i.e. Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860] / Lt. Gen. C.E. Gold. - Bream Head, Whangarei / Charles Heaphy. Title from cover of calendar. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and artist]; Recto - bottom left - Alexander Turnbull Library, / Wellington, N.Z.; Recto - bottom right - A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, / Wellington, N.Z., 1973. Quantity: 24 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 24 photolithographs, (2 sets of 12), variously sized from 157 x 238 mm, to 240 x 304 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright in the 1970s.

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-007-015

Description: Shows rocky outcrop Pohaturoa near Atiamuri with the Waikato River between steep cliffs. In the foreground are three houses and carriage drawn by four horses on a road leading from a bridge across the river on the right. Probably the original for the engraving published in New Zealand: graphic and descriptive... London: Sampson Low,... 1877 pg 19. Inscribed with the title "Pohaturoa". The accompanying text reads "Pohaturoa, or the Great Rock...which rises 650 feet abruptly from the plain in the banks of the Waikato near Niho-o-te Keore, is a celebrated pa of the Ngatiraukawa tribe." A very similar watercolour of the same scene with minor foreground differences with the title "Pohuturoa near Atiamuri, 1875" was sold at McArthur's Auction, 10 May 1985, Lot 28. The Library has a copy in its photo files. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - signature in brush point Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: watercolour on paper, 300 x 506 mm

Date: 1878

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: G-009

Description: Shows a view of two Maori greeting each other in a landscape setting that features a pathway between two walls of rock, spanned by a bridge. One of the Maori stands on the bridge, waving down to greet the other, who walks along the path below, and who waves back up to him. The bridge appears flat and solid and has railings supported by forked branches. Native trees and bush also feature in the scene Adhered to the back of the frame is a typewritten label, identifying the place depicted; although the words 'New Zealand' are legible, the actual location is not. Possibly shows a scene near Te Wairoa (the 'buried village'), near the site of the Pink and White Terraces Related works: G-010 was painted as a pair along with this painting; it is fair to suggest that it was also painted in the proximity of its companion, which was painted at Rotomahana Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D B / 78 [in red brushpoint]; Verso - centre - Prepared by / Brodie & Middleton / 79 Long Acre, London [stamped on back of canvas] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil paint on canvas, 360 x 207 mm

Date: 1869

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-172-002

Description: Shows the Rimutaka Road with a bridge and a ford over the stream, bush-clad hills and the hills of the Rimutaka Range in the background. In the left foreground are two men on horseback, with dogs, herding cows Sale catalogue gives title as 'Abbotts [sic] Creek crossing'. The name Torohonga Creek is no longer used, but may be Abbots Stream (or Creek) on the South Wairarapa side of the hill, near Featherston Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud / NZ 1869 [in brushpoint] See also A-029-064 and E-297-007 for similar views from almost the same aspect Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 385 x 523 mm

Date: 1869

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-029-044

Description: Shows a pond or stream in the foreground, with a weir and / or a bridge across it, and a road leading away to the left distance. Cattle graze on the wide paddock in the middle distance, and there are ranges of hills in the background. This is probably Mt Hutt Station. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 356 mm.

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-029-064

Description: The Rimutaka Road with a bridge and a ford over the stream, bush-clad hills and the hills of the Rimutaka Range in the background The name Torohonga Creek is no longer used, but may be Abbot's Stream on the South Wairarapa side of the hill. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and date Compare an almost identical view in E-297-007, with the additional information in the title "at foot of Rimutaka Hill". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 315 mm

Date: 1875 - 1880

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-029-063

Description: Shows several whare in centre foreground, a bridge at right, and the impressive Pohaturoa Rock in centre background. Possibly the original for the wood engraving 'Pohaturoa' by C. D. Barraud published in his New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive (London, 1877) p. 19. The accompanying text reads "Pohatura, or the Great Rock ... which rises 650 feet abruptly from the plain on the banks of the Waikato near Niho-o-te Kiore, is a celebrated pa of the Ngatiraukawa tribe". Date uncertain; may be earlier or later than indicated. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 240 x 340 mm.