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Date: 1841 - 1967

By: Avon Fine Prints; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: B-076-008-b

Description: Shows a view of settlers' houses, the river and the opposite bank. Shows men in the foreground adding thatch to the roof of a house. Accompanied by a flier describing the print, the artist and the historical background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 233 x 380 mm on sheet 413 x 510 mm Provenance: Donated by Dr Jim Johnson, Coronado, California, in 1995.

Date: 1841

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: C-011-004

Description: A small lake, better known as Kaitoke Lake, between low hills, with flax in the foreground and one or two trees around its perimeter. The area is south of Wanganui and close to the coast. The name St Mary's Lake is no longer widely known. The lake is one of the small lakes south of Wanganui and close to the coast, to the left of Highway 3. It is better known as Lake Kaitoke Other Titles - Kaitoke Lake Inscriptions: Recto - Title, date, signature in ink, lower right in the artist's hand; also in ink, lower right, in the artist's hand: "No. 5.". The New Zealand Company has added "Portfolio D" in ink, lower left, No. 47 in ink upper left and its stamp, dated Mar 22 1842, upper centre in the middle of the sky area. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing with some watercolour 180 x 255 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Sold by Francis Edwards Ltd, London, to Alexander Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1841

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-05

Description: A general and close-up view of the new settlement of Petre or Wanganui (also known as Whanganui) just after its establishment. The thatched roofing of a house is being completed by two men in the foreground and men are hauling timber for other buildings along the foreshore and from a small boat at the river's edge. Fences divide off other houses and the nearest house on the far left, middle distance is identified as Dr Peter Wilson's house, the building being thatched is the Police Office and Police Magistrate's house, a larger one is Mr E. J. Wakefield's house (ware Wikitoria), and two other are Mr Henry Churton's houses. The large cliff across the river is Shakespeare's Cliff. The accompanying text reads: This is four miles from the mouth of the river, on the north shore of Cook's Strait, 110 miles from Wellington. The snowy mountain to the extreme left is Tonga Riro [Tongariro], seventy miles distant. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 237 x 369 mm

Date: 10 Jan 1848

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-466-001

Description: Shows a fine detailed view of the town of Wanganui, from across the river. Shows settlers' houses, the Christ Church, and the Rutland and York (incorrectly noted as 'Fort') stockades on the hill mounds above the town. The Gun-boat stockade, on the site of Mouta Gardens, seems to have been demolished, although the fencing is still in place. A two-masted sailing ship is visible on the river, with a dinghy tied to it, along with a fully-manned waka and a smaller canoe. Two figures sit on the bank in the foreground, their backs to the viewer. A tall flagstaff stands on the hill behind the York stockade Attributed by the auction house to Captain William Mein Smith, but this is probably incorrect. By comparison, it could possibly have been drawn by Thomas Bernard Collinson, 1822-1902, who was employed to build the Rutland stockade. The Library holds other views of Wanganui by Collinson from around the same time (at A-292-001/080). Although the handwriting does not match, the drawing styles are very similar Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui New Zealand / Jan 10 1848 / Fort Stockade / Rutland Stockade [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink on paper, 185 x335 mm, on card backing 280 x 430 mm