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Spratt, Henry Thomas, b 1827 :[Sketchbook. 1860s?]

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Spratt, Henry Thomas, 1827-1908; Smith, Barry, active 1990s

Reference: E-572

Description: Includes sketches of scenes in Taranaki, Auckland, Tauranga, Rotorua, and Wairoa. Artist attributed by inscription inside front cover. Artist assumed to be Dr Henry Thomas Spratt, rather than his son Henry Howell Spratt. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 1, Wellington, page 884. Boxed with two sketchbooks by Jock McEwen. There is no connection with this sketchbook and the Jock McEwen sketchbooks Inscriptions: Album page - [Inside front cover]: Dr Spratt / Greytown W. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook of 10 leaves, interleaved with tissue, size 184 x 246 mm. Provenance: Donated by Barry Smith in 1999. Donor is descendant of William Mein Smith.

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Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of early Auckland, Lyttelton, and Dunedin

Date: ca 1870s

Reference: PAColl-4511

Description: Photographs of Queen Street, Auckland; sailing ships moored in Auckland harbour; Government House, Auckland; the Auckland Supreme Court; Lyttelton, with a church in the middle distance and commercial buildings in the foreground; Dunedin Hospital (built in 1864); view looking down Princes Street towards the Exchange Building (built as the Post Office but never used as such) with business premises on either side of the street and a sign for a dentist's on the right; the Exchange Building with a horse and cart to the left; and the town reservoir, Dunedin. Photographer unidentified but they have similar captions below the image. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-002193, 002206, 002207, 002215, 002367, 002368, 002370, 002379, and 002838 Quantity: 9 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

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Illustrated London news :The New Zealand Insurance Office, Queen Street, Auckland. [Lon...

Date: 1873

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-054-1

Description: View of the building with pedestrians and horse and carriage on the street outside. Artist/engraver unknown Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 62, 1873, p 201 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 110 mm

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Queen's Wharf, Auckland - Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

From: Scott, Mrs :Original and mounted photographic prints

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-03

Description: Elevated view looking north towards Queen's Wharf and down over houses and buildings near and on the Auckland waterfront. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril ca 1870s-1880s from the Northern Club, Princes Street. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Princess Wharf, Auck. Donated by Mrs Scott 1977 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.3 x 35.4 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs Scott, 1977

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Petermann, Augustus Herman, 1822-1898 :Neu-Seeland (New Zealand), West-Australien, Tasm...

Date: 1877

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978 :McIntosh Collections of antique maps

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978; Petermann, August Heinrich, 1822-1878; Justus Perthes Verlag

Reference: MapColl-830a/1877/Acc.33636

Description: Shows provinces, place names, topographical features of New Zealand, West Australia and Tasmania. Has inset of Auckland and Manukau Harbour. McIntosh Collection, item 7 Quantity: 3 map(s) on 1 sheet. Physical Description: Engraving, coloured, scale 1:5 000 000, 32 x 39cm

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[Martin, Albin] 1813-1888 :Kawau. [1860s]

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888

Reference: A-160-003

Description: A view from a low hill looking down into a bay on Kawau Island, possibly behind Mansion House. Part of the back of a large house can be seen in the centre near the beach and there is a long low building to the left Inscriptions: Title in ink in the hand of the artist, on label below work Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 120 x 222 mm

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Sharpe, Alfred, 1836-1908 :(Devonport and the Waitemata Harbour from the Domain), 1877....

Date: 1877 - 1983

By: Sharpe, Alfred, 1836-1908; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-112-030

Description: The Domain in the foreground, buildings and the harbour in the background Same as C-112-030-a Original watercolour in the Library, measures 420 x 620 mm Publisher's title, not on original Edition of 3000 One of 4 prints issued as `the twenty-eight set of the `Turnbull Prints', with single information sheet ([4] p. ; 30 cm) but without portfolio. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 450 x 630 mm on sheet 450 x 630 mm

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Sarney album 1

Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-065

Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm

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N.Z. Shipping Co. album 2

Date: [Between 1870s and 1880s]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.

Reference: Pa1-o-389

Description: Early photographs of New Zealand, mostly taken by unidentified photographers. One collage of Union Steam Ship Company ships, ship captains and the head office building in Dunedin was photographed and issued by David Alexander De Maus. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album cover pink and white pattern with gold tracery, red spine; 24.0 x 32.5 cm

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Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :View from Mount Eden, Auckland looking south

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-11

Description: View from Mount Eden looking south over Epsom towards Mount Hobson and beyond. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril in 1870s-1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 23.5 x 35 cm

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Saxby album 2

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

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"Views in New Zealand" vol 2 - Photographs taken by Herbert Deveril

Date: 1873-1876

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-f-174

Description: Photographs, mainly of Auckland, but including some good views of Tauranga and one of Oamaru, taken between 1873 and 1876 by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Also includes major bridges in Canturbury and Otago, government buildings and one native school. Deveril came to New Zealand in 1873. These photographs were displayed at the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition in 1876. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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[Martin, Albin] 1813-1888 :Manakau from Lygars Bush. [1860s]

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888

Reference: A-160-006

Description: Bush and a crossroads in the foreground, with Manukau Harbour in the background Other Titles - Manukau Ligar Inscriptions: Title in ink in the hand of the artist on label beneath the work Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 115 x 205 mm

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Artist unknown :Supreme Court-house, Auckland [London ; Hodder and Stoughton, 1878]

Date: 1878

By: Hodder and Stoughton (Great Britain)

Reference: A-019-011

Description: A front view of the courthouse Probably a proof as engravings lack binder's directions Other Titles - Courthouse Extended Title - Published in: Buller, J. Forty years in New Zealand. London: 1878 op p.433 where in the preface the author acknowledges `For the use of many of the engravings, I am indebted to... Sir Julius Vogel...' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 95 x 152 mm

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Auckland wharves ca 1870s

Date: ca 1870s

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: 1/2-002194-F

Description: Demolition of Britomart Point in the background and the wharves in the foreground with associated businesses such as C Leahy and Odlum & Smith. Photograph taken by the Burton Bros. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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[Horse racing programmes and ephemera from the period 1840-1879].

Date: 1849 - 1858 - 1872 - 1875

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Auckland Racing Club

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1840/1870s

Description: Includes programmes for: 1849: Auckland races. First day, Tuesday December 11, 1848 (silk flier / programme). 1858: Auckland races. First day, January 1, 1858. Silk flier / programme. 1872: Waikato annual races, 28 and 29 February 1872. First day. 1874: Kowai Park races, May 29 1874. (Colour photocopy only; original is in Enys, John D. (John Davies), 1837-1912. [Natural history, agriculture and other topics. 1869-1874], page 8 - Ref P f591.9931 ENY 1869-1874). Horse owners include Messrs Markey, Lunn and D W S O'Brien 1875: Wellington Jockey Club Races to be held at the Hutt Racecourse on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8, 1875. First day, Tuesday December 7. Blundell Bros, Printers, Wellington. [Programme card]. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (racing programmes). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on fliers, some silk, sizes varying up to 210 mm. Provenance: Some purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2005. 1875 programme from the papers of Marjorie Connell, 2006.

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Bunyard, L C :Photographs of early ships

Date: [ca 1854-1885]

By: Richardson, James Douglas, 1878-1942

Reference: PAColl-0308

Description: Photographs of various sailing ships including the flying squadron under Rear Admiral Hornby in Wellington Harbour on January 25th 1870. Also included are a view of Marsdon Hill Fort in New Plymouth with Mount Taranaki in the background and two views up and down Grafton Road, Auckland. Some of the images are very faint and two of them have been printed by Richardson. Photographer(s) unidentified. 1/2-141337 to 141346 Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-141337 to 141346 Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints mounted on card or paper Provenance: Donated by Mrs L C Bunyard in 1983.

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St Mark's Church (Remuera, Auckland) : Letters and documents

Date: 1863-1877 (1964)

By: St. Mark's (Church : Remuera, Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: qMS-1740

Description: Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (13 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (33cm; blue pam case)

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Supreme Court building, Auckland

Date: ca 1860s

From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of early Auckland, Lyttelton, and Dunedin

Reference: 1/2-002193

Description: View of the side facade of the Supreme Court building in Auckland. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :Mechanics Bay, Auckland

Date: Between 1873 and 1880

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-13

Description: Photograph of Mechanics Bay looking seaward probably taken in the 1870s by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Another print of this image is at PA7-45-12. It is unclear from which print the copy negative is taken. Inscriptions: Mount verso - centre - Akld Mech. bay Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 260 x 341 mm

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