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Date: 1864 - 1900

From: [Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Waka Taua. Maori war canoes, Tauranga Harbour. Christmas Day, 1864. ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: E-280-059-4

Description: Shows one waka near the shore with another in pursuit close behind. Possibly in Tauranga Harbour and the man in the centre is possibly Hikaturia Te Mea Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 65 x 140 mm Provenance: Donne/Fuller

Date: 1869

By: Fraser, I T B, active 1863-1890s; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-014

Description: Looking across a river towards mountains. A small Maori canoe is on the river, with flax, cabbage trees and other bush on both sides Originally catalogued by the Library as being painted by J B Fraser, a possible interpretation of the artist's monogram. The annotations on the back were believed to be signed by surveyor Malcolm Fraser, from a reading of the illegible first name. However the writing, and style of drawing and painting match those of Captain I T B Fraser, artist of a group of sketches of the war in Waikato about 1864, Library reference number E-571-q. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - signed with initials in a monogram and date in red brushpoint, on a rock, lower left. Also verso, in pencil: Title: Between Cashels Station and Shortland, Thames Goldfields, about 23 miles up the Ohinemuri River by water: after you leave the bend by a place called Purri Purri you will see the same on the right. Hard going up the Ohinemuri River. New Zealand. [signed, first word illegibly] Fraser Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 154 x 243 mm

Date: 1844

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-027

Description: Shows a mission station on the Waikato River, a cottage with a thatched roof, the residence of Mr Benjamin Ashwell. Two groups of Maori are seated outside the picket fence and gate. A small structure, possibly a bell-house is to the right of the house The original for a lithograph illustrating G F Angas' Savage life and scenes (London, 1847) vol 2, facing page 37. A similar watercolour is held by the National Library of Australia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 370 x 546 mm Provenance: Provenance; Capt. A W F Fuller

Date: 1844

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-022

Description: A series of palisades of the pa on the hill to the left, with storehouses visible behind the highest level of fencing. Four Maori seated or leaning on a carved post in the foreground, along with a piglet; two others seated at the lake edge and three in or beside a small waka laden with stores at the water's edge. Related copies: Original for a lithograph by J W Giles in The New Zealanders Illustrated (London, 1847), Plate 32. Motupoi Pah was described by Angas as a heavily fortified pa on a neck of land jutting into lake Roto-Aire. The chief at the time of this painting was Munga-Kahu, a Roman Catholic convert. Purchased with assistance from the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 573 x 820 mm Provenance: Previously from the collection of Captain A W F Fuller, London.

Date: 1843

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961; Grahame, Anne, -1869

Reference: B-043-005

Description: Shows several sailing ships in the bay (Tata Beach) seen from high up, with two outlying islands (Tata Islands) in the middle distance. Several Maori craft are shown, including two canoes pulled up beside huts on the beach at bottom left corner. On a promontory at centre foreground, a group of three Maori rest, with a European who has set up a theodolite on tripod. Other Titles - Golden Bay Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - C. Heaphy; Undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and wash 207 x 282 mm Provenance: According to note on back, by Alfred Walter Francis Fuller, 12 February 1926, this "came out of an old scrap album made up by Anne Grahame and dated 12 February 1869".

Date: 1844

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-021

Description: A flat area alongside the river with tall trees (including cabbage trees) in the background, flax to the right. Two or three thatched houses with groups seated and standing outside and a larger group in or alongside canoes drawn up at the river's edge to the left. Another group seated around a fire. Related copies: Original for the lithograph by J W Giles in Angas, 'Savage Life and Scenes in Aust. and N.Z.' (London, 1847), Vol. II p.28. The lithograph has the title On the Waikato at Kapou. Kopou (or Kapou) are no longer names in use, but Angas is known to have been travelling along the Waikato from near modern Mercer on 28 September and to have reached the area near Lake Waikare and the small Lake Kopuera at Rangiriri by 2 October. The area shown is likely to be close to Lake Kopuera and Rangiriri. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 153 x 220 mm Provenance: Previously in the collection of Captain A W F Fuller, London.

Date: 1865

By: Chesney, Francis Rawdon, 1824-; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-025

Description: A rocky foreshore and cliff in the foreground, possibly Kaiwharawhara, or further along the Hutt Road at Rocky Point looking towards Khandallah and Ngaio. Only two houses are shown amidst bushy hills. In the foreground a European man is on horseback, accompanied by a Maori man and woman. Another European is standing near a Maori man while the latter pushes a small canoe out from the rocks. A single yacht is in the water. Date of 1865 is suggested because an F. R. Chesney wrote to James Coutts Crawford from Tasmania on geological matters in December 1864 and may have come later to Wellington as a visitor. Wellington became the capital in 1865. The view appears to be quite early with only two houses showing and Maori shown in partial European dress. The signature on the letter from Tasmania matches that on the watercolour. Chesney's letter makes it clear that he is a resident in Tasmania and that English is probably his first language, suggesting that the French title may have been added by a later owner Other Titles - Nouvelle Zelande, Port de Nicholson. New Zealand Port Nicholson, Wellington, near the capital [translation and correction] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - monogram FC in ink; also F. R. Chesney in brushpoint.; Verso - title in pencil in French; also inscriptions in pencil transcribing the title and repeating it in English along with a signature and date (17 Jany 1934) in the hand of A. W. F. Fuller. Further very faint illegible inscriptions in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on light card, 195 x 284 mm. Provenance: Collection of A. W. F. Fuller.