Places

Date: 1861 - 1995

From: Various artists :[Set of 9 cards issued for Treasures in Trust exhibition]. National Library of New Zealand, 1995.

By: National Library of New Zealand; Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869

Reference: E-498-009

Description: Shows homestead, cattle, dog and 3 figures. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on card.. Physical Description: Colour photolithograph on card, 105 x 140 mm (folded).

Date: 1861 - 1995

From: Various artists :[Set of 9 cards issued for Treasures in Trust exhibition]. National Library of New Zealand, 1995.

By: National Library of New Zealand; Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869

Reference: E-498-009-a

Description: Shows homestead, cattle, dog and 3 figures. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on card.. Physical Description: Colour photolithograph on card, 105 x 140 mm (folded).

Date: 1861

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-013

Description: A view looking down on a farm and farmhouse in a green valley. Printed as an Alexander Turnbull Library print in 1980. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Other Titles - View taken from top of high cliff seen in No. 2 looking down on the place... No. 3 Inscriptions: Note on mount by Lavin: View taken from top of high cliff seen in No. 2 looking down on the place... No 3 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 144 x 228 mm

Date: 1856

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-006

Description: A flat cleared area with several trees. A large tent on the left with four men outside. A dog and a fifth man close to a fenced shanty with poultry in front in the centre. A further construction on the right and hills behind. Other Titles - Living in a tent before I got a house. No. 4. The middle shanty is a cookplace Inscriptions: Mount verso - [in Lavin's hand] Living in a tent before I got a house. No. 4 - the middle shanty is a cookplace Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 127 x 226 mm

Date: 1856

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-007

Description: A cleared site with several trees. Two tents on the left, a door-frame being held up by a man, some planks stacked up ready for building and an enclosed shed on the right. Note on mount by J Lavin: Same as No 4, taken from a different spot. The hill behind has been cleared and burned. The shed and fence to the right is an enclosure for pigs Other Titles - Same as No. 4 taken from a different spot. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 139 x 226 mm

Date: 1861

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-012

Description: A pioneer cottage nestled amongst trees, with hills behind. Two women hanging washing on fence, a small boy playing with a dog, and two cows. The house is that of farmer John Lavin, and one of the women is likely to be his wife, the child with the dog most probably his oldest son Hawles, aged about 3. The dog pictured is possibly Rover, identified in A-235-009. The Lavin family were all killed by Maori on 10 April 1869. There were three children by that date, Hawles, aged 11, Miles aged 8 and Henry aged 3. Other Titles - Front view of our house. No. 2 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - A J C 4/61; Mount recto - [in Lavin's hand] Front view of our house. The very dark cliff in the background is the opposite side of the river - no. 2. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink & watercolour 145 x 229 mm

Date: 1855 - 1856

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-005

Description: Shows a bearded pipe-smoking man sitting on a wooden case in a house. It has rafters and posts supporting a central ridge pole, and there are baskets hanging off a central beam between two posts. A barrel at the right serves as a surface for bottles and containers. A tin bath(?) hangs on the far wall next to a bunk and wood storage. Printed as an Alexander Turnbull Library print in 1980. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Other Titles - Inside view of No. 1. A friend of mine filling his pipe. Note by J Lavin: Inside view of No. 1. A friend of mine filling his pipe Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 198 mm

Date: 1855

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-002

Description: Shows tent pitched beside a river, with a man sitting outside the tent surrounded by cooking pots, one of them in front of him on a campfire. Three dogs playing near him. They are watching another man chopping up tree trunks. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Title from note on mount by John Lavin Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 74 x 132 mm

Date: 1861

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-014

Description: A view looking down on a house, garden and surrounding farm. Low-lying land, with a river flowing at the left, and a raised plateau behind. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Other Titles - View of Cooper's house and garden, taken from the same place as number 3. Inscriptions: Mount verso - [in Lavin's hand] View of Cooper's house and garden, taken from the same place as no. 3. This one was taken in the evening and the sun being low has made it too dark Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 144 x 228 mm

Date: 1860

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-011

Description: Shows Marion Sim, wife of John Sim, feeding horses. The public house, or hotel was run by brothers John and Andrew Sim. Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. According to N.Z. Historic Places, no. 46, Dec 1993, p. 17 "There has been a public house at Mohaka since 1859 or before. The first was established by John and Marion Sim on the south side of the mouth of the Mohaka river, opposite the large Maori community centred round the Te Huke and Hiruharama Pa. In 1859, when the postal service was established between Napier and Wairoa, the pub was already there. The Sims were running a ferry and operated the post office from the pub. They appear to have been recently married and to have emigrated from Scotland." Other Titles - Waiparuparu Inscriptions: Mount recto - [in Lavin's hand] Mouth of Mohaka. Sims' public house in foreground. Riddle's woolshed and craft in the distance; Recto - bottom right - AJC; Recto - bottom left - Waiparu-paru Mohaka 1860. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 144 x 228 mm

Date: 1855

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-004

Description: Shows cleared fields, the Maori kainga Te Arakanihi in the distance with cleared fields, burned tree-trunks and hills and fences Other Titles - View of native settlement from our front window. No. 1 Inscriptions: Mount verso - [in Lavin's hand] View of native settlement from our front window. No. 1 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 139 x 228 mm

Date: 1860

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-008

Description: Cleared flat land, with stock fencing to the left, a few bushes, including flax and a small hut in the centre, hills behind Other Titles - J. Allen's outstation, hut & sheep yard. About 5 miles above Waipatika Inscriptions: Mount verso - [in Lavin's hand] J. Allan's outstation hut and sheep yard about five miles above Waipatika Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 124 x 198 mm

Date: 1855

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-003

Description: A small raupo house with shingled roof, bush behind it and cleared land around it, with a large clump of cabbage trees in the left foreground. Two men are carrying large sacks on their backs into the house Title by J Lavin Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink, in the hand of John M. P. Lavin (d. 1869), Cooper's neighbour & friend Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink & wash, 157 x 193 mm