Places

Date: 1836

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Domeny de Rienzi, Gregoire Louis, 1789-1843

Reference: A-015-011

Description: A pa atop an arched rock at Mercury Bay Originally derived from engraving after Sporing on Cook's 1st voyage in Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages. London. 1773. Vol. 2, pl. 18 The arched rock has been wrongly identified as Cook's 'Tegadou' (Tolaga Bay) or Anaura Bay. It was located at Mercury Bay Other Titles - Fortified pa on the arch at Tegadou, (Tolaga Bay) Anaura Bay, Mercury Bay Extended Title - Published in: Domeny de Rienzi, G. L. Oceanie. Pl. 127. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 118 x 207 mm

Date: 1769 - 1773

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Strahan & Company

Reference: B-085-010

Description: Engraving from the official account of Cook's first voyage, based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (not Tolaga Bay as claimed in the title). The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a boat from the Endeavour being rowed in the left foreground; a small canoe with five Maori engaged in fishing in the right foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boats with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Other Titles - Mercury Bay Extended Title - From: Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages for making discoveries ... Vol. 2 Plate 18. The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.132 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 238 x 270 mm

Date: 1769 - 1773

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Wilson, Irene, active 1923-1974

Reference: A-111-012

Description: Engraving from Cook's first voyage, based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (not Tolaga Bay as claimed in the title). The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a small canoe with five Maori engaged in fishing in the right foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boats with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. In the distance on the left is a canoe with a lateen sail. Derived from the engraving in John Hawkesworth, Voyages, Vol. 2, pl. 18 (London, 1773). The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.132 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Other Titles - Mercury Bay, Pa Extended Title - From: Pinkerton, John. A general collection of voyages and travels in all parts of the world... Vol. 11, p. 529. London, Longman Hurst Rees, Orme & Browne, 1812. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 132 x 198 mm (image) on sheet 204 x 267 mm

Date: 1800 - 1840

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771

Reference: A-111-097

Description: Shows te Puta o Paretauhinau Pa, Mercury Bay (not Tolaga Bay), on top of a large arched rock at the water's edge Extended Title - Derived from engraving of drawing by H D Sporing on Cook's 1st voyage in: Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages. London, 1773. Vol. 2, pl. 18. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 109 x 158 mm on sheet 115 x 166 mm

Date: 1769 - 1810 - 1830

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Castellini, G, active 1780-1800; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: A-054-011

Description: Aquatint based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula. The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a long war canoe in the left foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boat with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. From an unknown Italian publication. One of the engravers of this publication was Biasioli (1790-1830). The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.142 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G Castellini inc Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured aquatint, plate 190 x 230 mm on loose page, 240 x 340 mm. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from a dealer in Washington DC.

Date: 1769 - 1773

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Strahan & Company

Reference: B-098-012

Description: Engraving from the official account of Cook's first voyage, based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (not Tolaga Bay as claimed in the title). The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a boat from the Endeavour being rowed in the left foreground; a small canoe with five Maori engaged in fishing in the right foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boats with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.132 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Other Titles - Mercury Bay Extended Title - From: Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages for making discoveries ... Vol. 2 Plate 18. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 238 x 270 mm

Date: 1784 - 1769

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Sibelius, Gerard, 1734-1785

Reference: B-098-024

Description: Shows a Maori man in a cloak, holding a long spear in the centre foreground, and two Europeans with another cloaked Maori at the left. The view is from Cook's Cove looking through to Tolaga Bay. Through the arched hole in the rock, a stretch of water (Tolaga Bay), with a two-sailed waka is visible. From: Anderson, G W ed. A new, authentic and complete collection of voyages... London : Alexander Hogg, [1874] p. 44. After an earlier version published in Hawkesworth, J. Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere... (London, ) Same as A-111-002, -a, -b, -c & -d Compare Sydney Parkinson's pen and wash drawing of the same scene, the original in the collection of the British Library. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 200 x 328 mm.