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Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :The head of Tasman's Gulf; from the sea. no. 3 [1841]
Date: 1841 - 1842
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881
Reference: B-043-012
Description: Shows one of the ships of the New Zealand Company's preliminary expedition (Tory or Cuba), a rowboat (or canoe) with two lateen sails in the right foreground, and a Maori canoe in the right middle distance. Shows coastline, partly wooded in background, with the Arthur Range to the right. The view is of the Waimea Plains and Moutere area. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - No. 35 [then: New Zealand Company stamp 1842].; Recto - bottom left - Portfolio D. / No. 3; Recto - bottom right - Chas. Heaphy; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing 260 x 484 on sheet 333 x 495 mm Provenance: Bought by Alexander Turnbull.
Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Astrolabe Roads, Tasman's Gulf [1841]
Date: 1841
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881
Reference: B-043-018
Description: Shows the three ships of the NZ Company's preliminary expedition at anchor, at centre left, and a cutter from one of them beaching on the mainland at right foreground. Fisherman Island in the background. "Astrolabe Roads" is short for Astrolabe Roadstead or harbour Letter from Pat W Win on 14 October 2010 identifies the foreground boat as a deal boat; an open boats also called a lugger, which carried a dipping lug mainsail on the mainmast and a standing lug (sail) on the mizzen. The mainsail was hoisted on a gaff and hooked to the stern at the lower end; it had no boom, so changing tack involved unhooking the stern end and rehooking it when the sail was in the required position. See his article in Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2000, page 59. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Portfolio D / No. 2; Recto - bottom right - Chas Heaphy; Recto - top centre - [NZ Company stamp with date: Mar 23 1842]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 287 x 425 mm on sheet 366 x 481 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull as part of the New Zealand Company collection from Francis Edwards, London, 1915
Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Kaiteriteri Harbour from the entrance. Tasman's Gulf. No. 3 ...
Date: 1841 - 1842
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: B-043-011
Description: Shows a Maori canoe with European sails in the foreground near two bush-topped rocks. In the middle distance on shore, is a large tent, the camp of Arthur Wakefield's preliminary expedition's shore-party, with the brig "Arrow" at anchor to the right. The snow-capped Arthur Range is in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - No. 3 / Portfolio D; Recto - bottom right - Chas. Heaphy; Date-stamped: 23.3.1842 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 305 x 480 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company Collection. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, from Francis Edwards, London, 1915.