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Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-021-4

Description: Study of geological layers in a cliff Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 'Kanga maiterangi'; also bottom right 'Cliff at Howick, 1 sept'. Both inscriptions in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 65 x 125 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-021-3

Description: From the top of Mount Eden looking down into the crater with part of the town and harbour beyond On the reverse is 'Cascade Petone Road' C-103-021-7 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 170 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-016-1

Description: View from near the mouth of the Otaki River, looking inland towards the hills. A Maori man wrapped in a cloak stands on the bank to the left. On the verso is a set of small drawings including untitled trees in landscapes; a house with gables ('A gabley house') and two drawings of young Maori women, one titled 'N. Z. awful [?] girl with her eyes out.' This woman is shown with moko on her chin, a scarf over her head and the outlining of her eyes gone over in pencil several times The reverse is photographed as negative 1/2-069628 and file print dfp-012880 under title N. Z. girl ... Other Titles - From the Akewood [Oak wood?, Akeake wood?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 215 mm

Date: 1844 - 1850

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

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

Reference: C-103-122-2

Description: Drawings of three shells. One, a paua, is from Port Nicholson (Wellington Harbour), one a pipi, is from Waikanae, the other, unnamed, possibly an oyster, is from Lyall Bay Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 230 x 180 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-021-8

Description: Rough sketches, some annotated. There are several profiles of men's faces. A tall tree with a man standing below is annotated 'Old manuka, Kaiwarra Hill' (i. e. Kaiwharawhara, Wellington). An outline of a fish is annotated 'Kae [or Rae?] Taratoa's Fish at Ohau' A drawing of a rock is annotated 'Road to Wairarapa'. The word 'Otaki' also appears. On the reverse of C-103-021-1 'Auckland 24 May [1844?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 165 mm

Date: 1844 - 1850

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

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

Reference: C-103-122-3

Description: Drawings of three shells, with an incomplete landscape, possibly of a lighthouse, on the verso. The shell top left is a scallop, from Wanganui Estuary; top right is a smaller shell from Port Nicholson (Wellington Harbour); below is a large shell, also from Port Nicholson Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 230 x 180 mm

Date: 1844 - 1850

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

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

Reference: C-103-118-2

Description: Drawings of several pieces of bone, and one piece of coral, some found in limestone at Kakanui, North Otago Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 85 x 165 mm (irregular)

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-023-1

Description: A 360 degree view of Auckland Harbour with features annotated. Mount Eden is on the left, inscribed "Ext. volcano' Rangitoto is on the far right. The view appears to be from Freeman's Bay Quantity: 4 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on four sheets of paper, each between 31 and 34 x 168 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-020

Description: Looking east along the waterfront towards Parnell, with houses, nearby and further away, the Britomart Barracks and St Paul's Church outlined on the hilltop. In the sky is a drawing of a man with a top hat pulled down over his eyes, titled Rex Redi; also two small watercolours of plants, one labelled Waiheke. On the reverse is a drawing of the foliage of a tree Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 126 x 214 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-023-2

Description: A 180 degree view of Auckland Harbour from Mount Eden with Rangitoto on the left Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sheets of paper, 62 x 168 mm & 52 x 168 mm (irreg)

Date: 1844 - 1849

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

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

Reference: C-103-016-3

Description: Random sketches showing studies of trees near water, one possibly alongside the Waitaki River (in 1848?) one titled Totaranui (possibly meaning large totara tree, rather than a place name) showing a large tree alongside a pa by a river On the verso, further unconnected sketches, showing a coastal headland, a man's head in profile and a drawing of fuchsia in flower Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 252 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-021-1

Description: Looking towards the North Shore, with North Head across the water, the cliff below Parnell to the right, with houses along the skyline, and Fort Britomart visible. A beach in the foreground, with a yacht aground First and last words of the title are illegible. The first word may be 'Near' The reverse of the drawing has [Sketches of faces and trees] (C-103-021-8) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 165 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-023-3

Description: A view at sea of Pakihi Island seen in profile Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 42 x 98 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-023-4

Description: A 360 degree view of the Hauraki Gulf, with Waiheke Island on the left, the mainland in the distance on the right and 'Ronui' on the far right. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on three sheets of paper, each from 28 to 53 mm x 168 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-001-2

Description: Looking east towards the Tararua range, with the river to the right and a small European-style house on a low rise to the left, close to the river On the reverse is a futher drawing of a small house on a rise, possibly the same house, drawings of Maori carvings and of the head of a taiaha. Drawing C-103-001-1, on the same sized paper and originally mounted alongside C-103-001-2 refers also to Muhunoa, Ohau and is dated 1844 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 169 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-002-5

Description: View from the Otaki area looking inland towards the Tararua Range. A row of palisades, some in water, are in the foreground and a Maori figure is seated to the left. Mantell was at Otaki on 3 July 1844. On the reverse of the left section of C-103-002-4 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink & wash, 126 x 216 mm

Date: 1844 - 1845

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

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

Reference: C-103-021-5

Description: A small Gothic-style chapel with three lancet windows in its east wall, and a slender steeple at the west end. It is on the cliffs around Auckland Harbour. The church is St Stephen's Chapel at Judge's Bay. H. M. S. Hazard can be seen in the distance in the harbour Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 90 x 125 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-002-6

Description: The back view of a Maori man walking up steps cut in a bank from a small moored canoe towards a hut in the bush On the reverse of the right section of C-103-002-4. The other drawings on the associated sheets are dated 1844. Mantell is not known to have visited Totaranui in Golden Bay. The view is more likely to be in the Otaki area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 126 x 216 mm

Date: 1844

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

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

Reference: C-103-002-4

Description: A composite landscape view, partially from the sea, showing Kapiti Island viewed from the west and looking towards the Tararua Range; also Mount Taranaki and Mounts Ruapehu and Tongariro seen from the sea, as well as a view from Otaki Beach looking north along the beach towards Ohau. On the bottom half of the two pages are drawings of people, both European and Maori, including one woman identified as Mata (Martha) and a man identified as Rangiataina. Another figure is a missionary, another a man in a top hat Quantity: 2 drawing(s) comprising one spread. Physical Description: Ink & wash, 126 x 216 and 126 x 216 mm

Date: 1844 - 1845

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

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

Reference: C-103-021-6

Description: View from above Judge's Bay, looking towards the harbour, with Rangitoto and the signal on North Head marked, the roof of Attorney-General William Swainson's house in the left foreground, below bush, St Stephen's Church to the right, on a rise and another house on the far right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 80 x 125 mm