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Webster album 5
Date: [1870s-1880s]
From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection
By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926; Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA1-q-261
Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1870s to 1880s, many by unidentified photographers, with several being taken by James Bragge. One that is clearly by Bragge shows his named carriage "J. Bragge. Photographer. Lambton Quay, Wellington" in a photograph taken on the road on the Featherston side of the Rimutaka Hill (on page 18). The first fourteen pages show views of the Pink and White Terraces, each from varying angles. These are followed by views of Ohinemutu. Many of the photographs are unidentified, including one of a meeting house with a group of Maori men, women and children in front. Painted on the maihi are the words "Mauimua Mauiroto Maui", painted fish and Maui in a boat fishing. On page 26 is a photograph of a painting, possibly by Charles Blomfield, showing Lake Rotomahana with the Pink Terraces on the right and the top of the White Terraces in the foreground, beside which there are two men. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, gold border; 38.0 x 28.5 cm
Foxley Norris album
Date: [1870s-1880s]
By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
Reference: PA1-q-094
Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm
Royds, John and Thomas :Innes album
Date: 1877-1883
By: Royds, John Azariah Slater, 1840-; Royds, Thomas Slater, 1838-; Innes, K E (Mrs), active 1966; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911; Hart, Campbell & Company; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903
Reference: PA1-f-032
Description: Album compiled by John and Thomas Royds of Invercargill, in the early 1880s, containing views of Invercargill, Auckland, Wellington, Masterton, Eketahuna (named Ninety Mile Bush), Nelson, Wairau Gorge, Manawatu River Bridge, Lake Guyon, Wakapuaka, Lyttelton, Picton, Maitai Valley, Christchurch, Lake Hawea, Frankton Falls, Lake Wakatipu, Mount Crichton, Arthur's Point, Winton, Mount Larkins, Queenstown, Lake Wanaka, Dunedin, Shag Valley, Palmerston (with a coach in the street), Hamilton's Station near Naseby, Breaksea Sound, Chalky Inlet, the Roaring Meg stream, Cromwell, Te Aroha pa, and the Pink Terrace. Also includes carte de visite Maori portraits. Photographers represented include James Bragge (scenes in Wellington and Wairarapa), W T L Travers (views of Lake Guyon), Hart, Campbell & Co (scenes in Otago), and Herbert Deveril (views of te Aroha Pa). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Large dark green leather-bound album, entitled `New Zealand'; 50 x 33 cm Provenance: The album was compiled by brothers Tom and John Royds, settlers in Invercargill, and sent to their brother, Dr W S Royds, in Reading, England. Mrs Innes is a descendent of Dr Royds.
Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS En...
Date: 1869-1870s
By: Fisher, Alexander, active 1861-1879; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903
Reference: PA1-f-021
Description: Album of views compiled by Alexander Fisher, MD RN, during his service as a surgeon aboard HMS Endymion. The album comprises: Photographs collected during the cruise of the Flying Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral G T Phipps Hornby, during 1869-1870, which carried HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Included are views of Plymouth, Portsea, Madeira, Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janiero), South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, British Columbia, Hawaii and Chile. Photographs collected during a cruise in the Mediterranean during the 1870s, including views of Malta, Syria, Jerusalem, Venice, Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, Pyramids, the Sphinx), Gibraltar and Seville Photographers represented include William Thomas Locke Travers (1819-1903), James Bragge (1833?-1908), Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), was captain of HMS Galatea and commander of the Flying Squadron, which visited New Zealand in 1869 and 1870. Inscriptions: Album page - `Cruize of the Flying Squadron under the command of Rear Admiral G.M. Phipps Hornby. 1869-1870. Photographs of places, natives, costumes and remarkable objects, collected by Alexander Fisher, MDRN, HMS Endymion'; Album page - `A summer cruize in the Mediterranean in HMS Endymion. 21. Capt. Chas Drake' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound photograph album with leather corners, 41.2 x 35.5 cm
"New Zealand Views, 1881"
Date: 1881
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Smith, John Stace, active 1880
Reference: PA1-f-186
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).