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Date: 1872

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

Reference: A-029-005

Description: Shows a view looking along the Manawatu River towards open land in the distance. There are cliffs descending from the road to the water in the left foreground. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Stamp]: CDB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: watercolour 190 x 250 mm

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-005-005

Description: Shows a view looking across the river plain from a slight elevation. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 254 x 356 mm

Date: 1874

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

Reference: C-007-005

Description: Shows a view looking southwest over Lake Taupo, with Ruapehu shown to the left of Ngauruhoe which has a plume of smoke coming from it. The right foreground shows bush and a small plateau on which cattle are grazing. There are cliffs on the lakeside in the left distance. Shows Motutaiko Island in the central distance. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 330 x 520 mm

Date: 1862 - 1864

From: [Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :[Lake Papaitonga; Maori woman carrying child; man with bird. ca 1863].

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

Reference: B-004-030-1

Description: Shows two huts beside and end of the lake, one with a group of six Maori (probably three men and three women) five of them seated, in front of it. At the entrance way to the other a hut man is about to enter carrying a flat bowl with steam rising from it. In the centre foreground is a three?-legged cauldron. In the lake water at right a figure stands at the back of a canoe. There is a grassy island in the lake and beyond is flat-rolling land partly covered with bush. Reader in 2005 suggests that this picture may show the Mahoenui kainga, burnt down in 1873, by Muaupoko tribe. Verso shows pencil sketch of Maori woman carrying child beneath cape, and unfinished sketch of man with bird. Original watercolour for photolithographic prints at C-028-012/012-b. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Horowhenua / Papaitonga; Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on recto of sheet 270 x 415 mm.

Date: [ca 1860]

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Trafford, Benjamin William Rawson, 1824?-1891

Reference: D-040-003

Description: Shows a scene on the Whanganui River. Shakespeare Cliff is prominent on the right, and Mount Ruapehu is visible in the distance. The Wanganui settlement is nestled into the hills in the middle ground, and the Rutland and York stockades are visible on the hill above the town. In the foreground is a group of Māori, comprising six adults or young adults, and one child, who would appear to be Pākehā. They are grouped as half standing, half being seated. There is much evidence of European clothing being worn by almost all the figures, with a woman on the right in full European dress complete with hat. The child in the group stands close to her and is possibly her own child, though his complexion is pale. The Māori man on the left has full facial tā moko, and holds the reins of a horse, which stands grazing. The horse would appear to belong to the woman in European dress, as it carries a side-saddle. The other man in the scene is dressed wearing a blanket and bare feet, and holds a kete, staff and eeling pot. Beyond the group can be seen the pallisades of Putiki Pā, beside which graze a half a dozen cattle. A number of vessels can be seen on the river, including a schooner and a double-sailed waka. The artist of this work is uncertain, after close comparison against works by other artists including John Alexander Gilfillan, Richard Aldworth Oliver, and Charles Decimus Barraud was undertaken. Benjamin Rawson Trafford has also been suggested as the artist, but no other work in watercolours by him is known for stylistic comparison. He was in Wanganui between ca 1847 and 1863 and had a Māori wife and child, possibly the subjects of this watercolour. He may also have been the earliest owner of the work and was the step-ancestor of the English vendor Other Titles - Whanganui. Benjamin William Rawson Trafford Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and Chinese white on paper, 482 x 713 mm Provenance: Prior to auction, in a private collection, England by descent from a step-ancestor, Benjamin Rawson Trafford, an early settler in Whanganui, to Lady Rosalind Bodington Processing information: Description updated 26 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member, as part of reparative description work.

Date: 1884

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-084-009

Description: View along the Manawatu River, taking in both banks, with scattered tall trees and hills in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil in the artist's hand; stamp in upper left corner (smudged) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 175 x 250 mm