Places

Date: 1866

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: A-429-043

Description: Shows a view of Lake Waikare in the Waikato District near Te Kauwhata, looking east towards the Waikare Hills and Hapuakohe Range. There is a small group of tree ferns on the near shore. Attributed to Warre on stylistic grounds. Other Titles - Waikare; North Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 116 x 188 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1863

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: PUBL-0033-1863-573

Description: A view from across the river towards a steep hill, crowned with the Alexandra Redoubt. Six Maori canoes are on the river and a raupo hut is in the right foreground. A tree frames the view on the left. A small hut and figures can be seen on the opposite bank. The fort itself has several buildings within low walls, and a flagpole with flag flying Based on an ink and wash drawing by H. J. Warre [Encampment by a river, 1863] in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, NK2179. (photograph held in Photo File, Drawings and Prints Collection) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: 1864 - 1865

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Mayne, Barbara, active 1996; Lennard, Leslie Maurice Wyn, 1903-1988

Reference: C-126-009

Description: Shows camp in a flat basin, with horse exercise yard and flagpole in left foreground, and other square fenced yards further off. In the middle distance are the main barracks, and scattered buildings of a small town behind. The Waipa River may be visible at left before it flows behind central rise separating the foreground from the background. Pirongia Mountain may be the hill at right, although Pirongia Mountain is twin-coned. Artist attributed on grounds of style. The work was attributed to Williams prior to its acquisition. It is also stylistically similar to the work of Henry James Warre; however Warre is not known to have been in Pirongia. He was based in Taranaki. Alexandra is the old name for Pirongia. Members of the 2nd Waikato Regiment built a strong redoubt on a hill at the west side of the town, in about 1864. The long low building in the left background is the Alexandra West Redoubt, while the set of buildings on a low hill in the centre background is the Alexandra East Redoubt. Other Titles - Alexandra and Waikato military camp. Redoubt. Warre Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Verso - centre - [Title] The Library has a black and white copy of the painting at A-113-002, showing it before it was as faded as it now is and while it was in the possession of Mr Lennard. The copy may have been made in the 1960s. The title at the time was given as Alexandra (now Pirongia) ca 1870. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 480 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Webb's auction, Auckland, March 1981. The Library has coloured photographs from this period showing the watercolour as quite faded. An earlier owner was Mr L. M. Lennard of Auckland.