Places

Date: 1861

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-174-004

Description: Shows an identified house on the lower Terrace above Lambton Quay, being the house belonging to the Chief Postmaster in Wellington at the time, John Farr Hoggard (1815-1871). The house was built in 1856. There are other, single-story buildings along Lambton Quay, and rowboats pulled up to the water's edge. Two Maori are on foot to the left of the foreground. The boundary of Mr Hoggard's house is fenced. The surrounding bush and hill areas are untypically brown, for Wellington. In the foreground, riding along Lambton Quay, is a carriage pulled by two horses, carrying four people; the carriage is known to have belonged to William Barnard ('Barney') Rhodes, 1807-1878, and the carriage was distinctive for its yellow wheels. Rhodes was also known for his house 'The Grange', situated in Wadestown A copied example of this painting at G-644 by Edith Richardson, the sister-in-law of John Farr Hoggard. Another copy by John (Jack) Hoggard, son of John Farr Hoggard, is privately owned. The copy titled 'Lambton Quay 1854' is incorrect; it also suggests the location is the vicinity of R Hannah and Co's boot shop Other Titles - Lambton Quay, 1860 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D Barraud / NZ 1861 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 325 x 430 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, 'inherited from the vendor a direct descendant of the Hoggard family. Private collection, Kapiti Coast' (catalogue)

Date: 1866

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: D-040-002

Description: A view from Bluff Hill, Napier, looking north down to Westshore and Port Ahuriri. There are houses on a spit of land surrounded by water and further low-lying islands without houses. A steam ship and a number of sailing ships can be seen in the harbour Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud / N.Z. 1866 See also NON-ATL-P-0124, which describes a photograph taken of this painting. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 515 x 735 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase: privately owned, Hawke's Bay. Previously purchased from McArthur's auction, Auckland, 1980s? Prior to that from Sotheby's, London.

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: 1868 - 1878

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-007-001

Description: Shows a two-storied gabled house among trees (including a young nikau in the left foreground), with a driveway in the left foreground. There are tall trees behind the house and hills in the background, with a smaller cottage to the right of the main house Possibly Henry Redwood's house, in the Appleby-Waimea district, Nelson. Identified by current the owners of Henry Redwood's home (built 1866) during a visit to the Library in July 2005. The owners state that is either the house of Henry Redwood senior, or 'Headensford' about 1 km distant, built by Henry Redwood for his son, Henry Redwood junior, 'The father of New Zealand turf'. The large trees behind the house are likely to be the original bluegums planted there. The smaller cottage to the right was made of mud brick and was destroyed in the 1929 earthquake The nikau in the foreground was possibly planted by the Redwood family. The garden appears to have been established for some years, dating the view to at least 1870 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 253 x 350 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: 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: 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.

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-007-011

Description: View from the lower slopes between Brooklyn and Mount Cook, with cows, a herdsman and his dog on the road in the foreground. On the right lie the swamps of Te Aro, with Te Aro Pa visible along the foreshore, along with scattered houses. To the left of the pa area, the road passing diagonally across the plain is probably Cuba Street. The most prominent building on the foreshore is either the Maori or the Wesleyan Chapel in Manners St. The cliff at the water's edge to the left is Clay Point with Plimmer's Ark visible moored in the water at its base. On the far left in the plain area, the large church building is St Peter's, Willis St. Thorndon is in the background to the left, with Pipitea Point (now Thorndon Quay) and Kumutoto Spit (now Midland Park) both visible. The preliminary watercolour for this work is located at C-007-007 with title 'Te Aro and Thorndon, 1852'. It is dated 1852 and lacks the cows, herdsman and dog of C-007-0011, but shows more of the swamps of Te Aro, with Waitangi Creek meandering through them. The building details are less clear in the preliminary work. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, 1975 as part of the Colonial Wellington Series. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 349 x 508 mm

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Chapman, Frederick Revans (Sir), 1849-1936

Reference: C-007-007

Description: The preliminary watercolour for Barraud's more finished version ("Wellington from Brooklyn" C-007-011) showing Te Aro flat with Waitangi Creek meandering through it on the right, a low hill in the foreground (the lower slopes between Mount Cook and Brooklyn) with Te Aro Pa visible on the shore to the right and houses, businesses and churches, more densely settled closer to Clay Point, the cliff face by the sea on the left, with Plimmer's Ark visible at its foot at the water's edge. The larger building near the waterfront may be the Maori Chapel. The road passing diagonally across Te Aro flat slightly right of centre is most likely to be Cuba Street. Thorndon is visible in the distance on the left. The large church on the left is St Peter's in Willis Street. Reproduced in Louis E. Ward's 'Early Wellington' (Wellington, 1928), opp. p. 302 ('in the possession of Sir F. R. Chapman'), labelled 'Te Aro 1850' (it is actually dated 1852), with the caption 'From Mount Cook. St Peter's Church, Boulcott St, and Clay Point are on the left of the Maori Chapel, Te Aro Pa, Swamp and Waitangi Creek are to the right' Other Titles - Wellington from Mount Cook Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil on grey paper, 355 x 601 mm Provenance: Formerly the property of Sir Frederick Revans Chapman.

Date: 1860

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-005-015

Description: Shows the interior of a whare, with a white-bearded Maori man sitting on the ground beside a fire, a small dog asleep on the ground beside him. A taiaha leans on the wall at the left, and on the far wall hangs a kete and a musket. The man wears a dogskin cloak and an earring. Through the open doorway can be seen a canoe drawn up on the shore of Wellington Harbour, and a group of three figures (two kneeling, apparently blowing on a fire below a cauldron) close to a gap in the fence of wooden spiked poles. A hill, probably the Western Hills near Petone, is visible in the background The title of this work on acquisition, assigned by the seller, was Maori in whare at Pipitea Pa. However the man depicted bears a strong resemblance to Honiana Te Puni (compare Barraud's lithograph 'Te Puni' published 1877 as plate II in New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive) and the oil paintings held by the Wellington City Council and National Library of Australia. The dogskin cloak being worn, with a lighter patch on the left front opening, is also very like the cloak shown in Barraud's other portraits of Te Puni. If the subject is Te Puni, the whare in which he is seated is more likely to be at Petone Pa than at Pipitea Pa. The sea and hills behind are also positioned as if from a view from of Petone Pa, not those near Pipitea Pa. Other Titles - [Maori in whare at Pipitea Pa. Original title] Epuni Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C. D. Barraud N.Z. 1860 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 235 x 343 mm (mounted)

Date: 1875

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

Reference: A-029-067

Description: Shows view from the road to Mount Eden looking across Parnell to Rangitoto Island. Of the two spires, St Mary's Church, Parnell, is the one at left on the headland, and Bishopscourt, St Stephen's Avenue, is at the right. In the left foreground a man with wheelbarrow and dog, leans on his shovel and talks to skirted Maori carrying bundle of wood on his back. There is a lighthouse in the harbour at the right of the headland, and there is a steamship on the harbour. Several houses dot the land closer than the headland. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C.D.B. / 1875 Original for chromolithograph "Auckland harbour" in his "New Zealand: graphic and descriptive (London, 1877). Held at ATL Art Rm f919.31 BAR. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 254 x 355 mm.

Date: 1874

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-006-006

Description: View looking south along the bay towards the cliffs dividing Gore Bay from Port Robinson, taking in Mrs Robinson's cottage (the two-storied cottage built for the wife of William "Ready-Money" Robinson), in 1868). Another building, possibly two, can be seen beyond Mrs Robinson's cottage. A cabbage tree is in the right foreground Inscriptions: Verso - title, date & artist's initials in pencil, lower left; also title in centre with a crossed-out question-mark in front of it. Mrs Robinson's cottage is still standing at Gore Bay. It belonged to the Tweedie family in the 1940s to 1970s Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on cream wove paper, 252 x 354 mm

Date: 1849 - 1855

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

Reference: B-004-006

Description: Shows Judge Henry Samuel Chapman's home Homewood, a two-storeyed house with verandah, at the right, behind a tall tree trunk with epiphytes growing on it. There is a tree stump in the centre foreground. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 352 mm.

Date: 1877 - 1880

By: Lyndon, Edward, active 1860s-1890s; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Beauchamp, Heather Elizabeth, active 1970s

Reference: A-113-026

Description: View from the foot of the Rimutaka Road, visible amongst bush on the right, across a stream to a large house with several outbuildings, to the lake and hills in the distance. Copied from a chromolithograph by C D Barraud, first published in 1877 A copy of a chromolithograph 'Wairarapa Lake' by C D Barraud published in New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive (London, Sampson Low, 1877), opp. p. 2. Lyndon has removed a man on horseback and four cows from the left foreground, and a cabbage tree from the right foreground, but otherwise the details are very similar Other Titles - Barraud, Charles Decimus Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [in ink, in italic capitals] E. LYNDON.; Backing board recto - beneath image - Wairarapa Lake [in pencil, in cursive script] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 230 x 352 mm

Date: 1860

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-006-018

Description: View close to the township with several houses on the left near the water's edge, looking out into the Sound Date suggested from another dated watercolour sketch of Picton by the artist (B-006-005). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 255 x 365 mm

Date: 1860

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

Reference: B-004-009

Description: View from the Bluff at Napier, looking north down into part of the Port area, the spit with its buildings and the water in between (later raised by the 1930 Napier Earthquake and reclaimed) to the hills beyond. There are piles of cut timber piled up on the flat land in the foreground, with a low stone wall around the timber Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, watercolour & Chinese white, 237 x 361 mm

Date: 1861

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

Reference: G-670

Description: Shows ships in harbour, houses, and a man driving cows on a hillside path at right. From Brooklyn looking across Te Aro and the harbour to the Hutt Valley. At left is a Maori wood-gatherer. Tree in left foreground has the creeper kie kie growing on it. A tree has been felled in centre foreground, and there is a cabbage tree at right. Upper Willis Street runs down to Clay Point, at the junction of the present Willis Street and Lambton Quay. Thorndon Flat lies beyond ending at Pipitea Point. Colour photolithograph of this original was reproduced for "The Barraud prints" published by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board in 1967. The photolithograph was entitled: "Wellington from Brooklyn - across Te Aro and Thorndon, 1861". Other Titles - Wellington from Brooklyn - across Te Aro and Thorndon, 1861 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D. Barraud / NZ. 1861. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 443 x 1370 mm Processing information: Reframed in 1986. The original frame has been retained.

Date: 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-152-001

Description: A road in the foreground leading towards Lake Wakatipu in the background. Several houses close to the left side of the road Unfinished Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 288 x 458 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-004-008

Description: The Rimutaka Incline railway curving through bush-clad hills, with the train visible, two small buildings further down the track, a telegraph pole to the right and plains (or Lake Wairarapa) in the distance. Possibly the approach to Cross Creek Dated as 1880s because of the presence of the telegraph pole Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash on buff paper, 248 x 352 mm

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-006-003

Description: Shows Nelson Cathedral church on a rise in the left foreground, and a double-storeyed gabled house in the centre, at an intersection of two roads. There are other houses dotted on the rolling landscape further away, and hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm