Places

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-281-q-010

Description: Looking south-west along the coastline towards the hills north of Moeraki, past the mouth of the Kakanui River. In the foreground are a tent, and a raupo shelter, a man standing and a group of three men seated Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and wash, 58 x 200 mm.

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-074-1

Description: View looking down into Lyttelton Harbour from the Sumner Road area, taking in Lyttelton, with its few houses marked, as well as Rapaki and Cass Bays and looking towards Governor's Bay. The drawing forms a panoramic view with C-103-075-1, which includes Quail Island. Caption points out sites of other bays and early buildings in Lyttelton, including the (Canterbury Association) Agent's house (Godley's house), the house occupied by Torlesse, Cridland and Mantell, also 'Godley & Ballard's', 'Fraser and heads of departments', 'Men's hut and smithy'. The drawing is on two separate pieces of paper and forms thecentre and right sections of a panorama with C-103-075-1 'Quail Island' Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 132 x 65 mm and 143 x 186 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-281-q-023

Description: A single-storey house surrounded by a fence, with a shed or further house beyond it, a conical hill and other foothills of the Southern Alps in the near background. A figure with a pole over one shoulder walks along a path to the right towards the house. The house is surrounded by cultivated fields. Another building and possibly a haystack are to the right. Arowhenua is close to modern Temuka, South Canterbury, on the Opihi River. Tarahaoa is the Maori name for Mount Peel, possibly the conical hill behind the house. Mount Peel is some 40 km distant from Arowhenua and appears closer in this view than the location of modern Arowhenua would suggest. The name Arowhenua was applied to a larger area in 1848 than in modern times Other Titles - Arowhenua Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil works, 57 x 103 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-2

Description: View from above the Sumner Road, Lyttelton, looking south towards Quail Island. The drawing appears to be a preliminary sketch for Mantell's ink drawing at C-103-075-1 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 85 x 201 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-4

Description: Rough outline of the summit of Mt Bossu in Akaroa Harbour Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 109 x 122 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-3

Description: View across Akaroa Harbour towards Mount Bossu, with a saddle hill nearby and rocky islets in the water in the foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 109 x 122 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-082

Description: A panoramic view of the plains north of Christchurch (with a small section missing). From left to right is a large stand of native bush (possibly Papanui Bush), 'Hills at Waipara' in the distance, 'Wood ... near Kaiapoi' also at some distance, sandhills, a Maori kainga with a rough palisade and two raupo whares titled Waiti... (word cropped), three further small stands of bush, the hills of Banks Peninsula, a further small stand of bush and the foothills of the Southern Alps. In the section showing the hills of Bank's Peninsula, a European man is standing, holding a flag or something similar on a tall pole. Despite the title assigned to this panorama, Waipara is in the distance and the view is more likely to be taken from south of the Waimakariri River Inscriptions: Recto - Features given their Maori names across the bottom of each page with some names in English also included Quantity: 4 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash on 4 sheets, 104 x 693 mm + 342 mm + 342 mm + 343 mm, total 1720 mm

Date: 1847 - 1852

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-114-1

Description: A bend in a swiftly-flowing river, with islets of vegetation, the water extending to distant banks. In the background is a range of hills or mountains, possibly the Southern Alps Probably one of the east coast South Island rivers Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink, 91 x 211 mm (irregular)

Date: 1949

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: A-163-003

Description: The cottages and sheds of John and William Deans at Riccarton in 1848 Copied from E-334-011, W B D Mantell's drawing, `Deans. Sept 1848' Extended Title - Original of plate 8, p. 15, in: Andersen, J C Old Christchurch. 1949 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil, 4.1 x 6.4 in

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-071-3

Description: Three small sketches, the largest looking up to Mount Bossu, behind Akaroa township, past a tree and the roof of another house. On the left is a detail of the peak. Lower right is an outline of hilltops with peaks, marked in French, Piton comete (comet peak) The reference to Bruce, is to Captain James Bruce, whose house Mantell stayed in at Akaroa Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 115 x 186 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-074-2

Description: A distinctive rock formation above Rapaki, Lyttelton Harbour, marking the land set aside for Maori. A boundary marker, either European or Maori, leans against one of the rocks Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 65 x 59 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-071-1

Description: A panoramic view of Akaroa Harbour with the houses of German Bay (Takamatua Bay on the east side of the Harbour, north of Akaroa township) on the right, with the name Breitmeier (i.e. Breitmeyer) written below the nearest house. A small blockhouse can be seen on the beach. Onawe Peninsula is seen from the side across the centre of the view and the western hills are in the distance Mantell was in Akaroa from 1848 to 1849. This view is dated 1849 because the style and paper match the panoramic view on the same page of the sketchbook from Port Cooper (Lyttelton) dated August 1849. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title; also 'German Bay' in ink, bottom right, and 'Breitmeier' in pencil below the foreground house on the right Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on 3 sheets, 111 x 183 mm + 182 mm + 120 mm, total 485 mm

Date: 1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: A-049-023

Description: Shows the Akaroa foreshore with Bruce's Hotel and jetty, a flagpole, a settler's cottage, Maori drawing a canoe up onto the beach, and a larger house in trees behind Other Titles - January Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on grey paper 140 x 240 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-281-q-001

Description: Looking south along the beach with a large rock formation and a single figure (possibly Alfred Wills, Mantell's travelling companion). The lagoon (now Washdyke Lagoon) is in the foreground to the right. The headland with Timaru is in the distance See also: A-228-001, an almost identical view by Mantell's travelling companion, Alfred Wills Inscriptions: Recto - top left - No. 1. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 46 x 103 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-071-2

Description: A panoramic view of the hills around Lyttelton Harbour, with various features named, including the bush in a valley possibly above Rapaki reserve, and Pohue Peak and Obelisk Rock, either of which may be the modern Castle Rock. In the foreground is a tripod with a plane table on top, and lower right is a small pencil drawing of the blockhouse at Akaroa. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title; also 'Te Hera o Kahukura' running up the lower left side of the page and other words along the base of the page. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on 3 sheets, 115 x 184 mm + 186 mm + 121 mm, total 491 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-074-3

Description: A distinctive conical rock formation near Rapaki, Lyttelton Harbour, marking the centre of the land set aside for Maori. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 64 x 114 mm

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-1

Description: View from above the Sumner Road, Lyttelton, looking south towards Quail Island. The drawing forms the left side of a panoramic view with C-103-074-1, which includes Lyttelton. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 144 x 228 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-072

Description: An extensive coastal view not far from Waitaki, looking south. A distinctive hill with 3 peaks is marked as '3 points', another resembling an elephant's back as Mt Elephant Other Titles - Waitaki Thurs 8 1/2 am 26 Oct [1848] Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Oct 26 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-048

Description: Two drawings and dairy notes on one page. On the left, is a coastal scene looking south, with the survey camp tents on the beach, and a caricature of Alfred Wills in a dunce's cap in the foreground, inscribed Rakaia, Sun 1 Oct and 'By caricaturing only himself a man man render himself ridiculous but not odious.' Top right, diary notes for 1 October. Bottom right, another beach scene with a tent, looking north towards a cliff, with the name Kauwaukakao, corrected to Tauwaukakao 2 Oct. Inscriptions: Recto - Bottom sketch: note beside caricature reads: By caricaturing only himself a man may render himself ridiculous but not odious Quantity: 2 drawing(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-068

Description: In the upper sketch, four European men alongside a small tent, with two Maori, gathering sticks (possibly flax stalks) to make a small reed boat or mokihi. They are close to the mouth of the Waihao River, with the sea and coastline visible beyond them. In the lower view, low hills and coastling. The text 'Ye historie of ye moki by W. M. Right merrily ...' has been crossed out, lower right. Wainono Lagoon is on the coastal plain between the Hook and Waihao Rivers, Waimate District, South Canterbury Other Titles - Waihao mokihi Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)