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Date: 1833 - 1840

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Laderer, active 1830s

Reference: A-327-003

Description: Shows head and shoulders portraits of two women, one man and an infant. These are selected from Plate 70 in Dumont DUrville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe ... (Paris, 1833), portraits 3,5 and 6, and therefore show Ekara, young girl of the Bay of Islands, and Tawiti and his wife. Tawiti's wife holds a baby wrapped in her cloak by her shoulder. Plate 176 from an unknown publication in German or Dutch, derived at least partly from Dumont D'Urville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe". Other Titles - New Zealand. Portraits of inhabitants Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 100 x 154 mm.

Date: 1827 - 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: B-112-009

Description: A view from the shore of Astrolabe Bay, Nelson Region, with three French sailors on shore, a walking stick, a trunk or barrel and a ?specimen case lying on the sand, two Maori canoes in the water, the Astrolabe moored out at sea, and Adele Island (named after Dumont d'Urville's wife) in the background. Other Titles - Astrolabe Bay New Zealand Extended Title - In: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe ... Paris, J. Tastu, 1833. Atlas, Volume I, Plate 37. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - de Sainson pinx / J Tastu, editeur; Recto - bottom right - A St Aulaire, lith. / Lith A Bes; Recto - top right - Pl 37; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 345 mm

Date: 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Vanderburch, H, active 1833; Adam, Jean Victor, 1801-1867

Reference: B-052-015

Description: Shows Maori whare beside stream, group of sailors and Maori. Published in: Dumont D'Urville, J.S.C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas [historique]. Pl. 45. Other Titles - Uawa Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-col. 208 x 356 mm, on sheet 330 x 510 mm

Date: 1769 - 1833 - 1900 - 1784

By: Owens Group (Firm); Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941; Underwood, Frank, active 1899-1915; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Crawshaw, Lionel Townsend, 1864-1949

Reference: A-244-142/147-a

Description: Contents: A war canoe of New Zealand, 1773 [sic] / Sydney Parkinson. - S.S. Hinemoa (ca. 1900) / Frank Barnes. - The Constance Craig, Auckland (ca 1900) / Frank Underwood. - The Astrolabe striking a reef in the Bay of Plenty [i.e. La corvette l'Astrolabe tombant tout a coup sur des recifs dans la Baie de l'Abondance], 1833 / Louis A de. Sainson; engraved by F.A. de B. Saint Aulaire. - The Astrolabe in French Pass [ i.e. L'Astrolabe dans la passe des Francais...], 1833 / Louis de Sainson; engraved by F.A. de B. Saint Aulaire. - The Endeavour leaving Whitby for the Thames, 1768 (ca 1930) / Lionel Townsend Crawshaw. Accompanied by looseleaf descriptive commentary; filed with A 244-142/142-a. Set of looseleaf offprints also published as Owens Group calendar, 1981. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Reproduced by Courtesy of The Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.; Recto - bottom right - [Artist's name] Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 12 colour photolithographs (2 sets of 6), 203 x 280 mm, on sheets 244 x 313 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.

Date: 1827 - 1833 - 1986

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s; Fruit Distributors Ltd

Reference: B-123-025

Description: Shows the Astrolabe at near right by rocky headland, negotiating line of half-submerged rocks, with small rowboat in tow. The other side of the channel is in left and centre background. Accompanying text sheet. No. 680 of 700, being a reproduction (offprint) separately issued with Fruit Distributors' 1987 calendar, bearing the same illustration. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Reproduced by courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.; Recto - bottom right - No 680 of an edition of 700. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 243 x 379 mm, on sheet 368 x 481 mm. Provenance: Deposited under legal deposit in 1986.

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Deroy, Isidore Laurent, 1797-1886

Reference: B-052-007-a

Description: An extensive view of Jacks Bay (Manawaora Bay, Bay of Islands) looking down from a hill to the south of the bay, along the foreshore and out towards the sea. A ship, probably the Astrolabe, is shown anchored out in the bay and a small schooner is shown at the water's edge. The artist visited the Bay of Islands in 1827, and signs of European habitation are slight. There is washing hanging on a clothes-line, a row of barrels, several Europeans moving around and several raupo dwellings. From: Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl.50 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 200 x 315 mm

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: A-433-013/024

Description: See individual records Quantity: 12 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on pages, sizes varying around 280 x 183 mm.

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-052-017

Description: Shows an abandoned pa, with French sailors in the foreground Lacks printer's name. Possibly a proof state from the first edition of the atlas in which it appeared. Other Titles - View of Kahuwera, fortified village at the Bay of Islands [translation] Extended Title - From Dumont d'Urville, J S C - Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas [historique] Pl. 51. First edition. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured lithograph, 192 x 340 mm

Date: 1889-1836

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2273

Description: Other Titles - Birds of New Zealand Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1826 - 1833 - 1829

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Maurin, Antoine, 1793-1860; Tastu, J, active 1828-1833; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: B-112-013

Description: Shows head and shoulders portraits of five Maori. All but one are in profile. At bottom right, the wife of Tawiti has an infant folded inside her cloak. The two details of the mouths of Ekara and Tawiti's wife, show moko markings. Title taken from the assigned title in Ellis' "Early prints of New Zealand" (Christchurch, 1978). Other Titles - 1,2. Profil et face d'Epae, enfant de Wangari; 3. Ekara, jeune fille de la Baie des Iles; 4. Bouche d'Ekara; 5,6. Tawiti et sa femme; 7. Bouche de la femme de Tawiti Other Titles - Profile and full face of Epae, child of Wangari; Ekara, young girl of the Bay of Islands; Ekara's mouth; Tawiti and his wife; Mouth of Tawiti's wife Extended Title - From, Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute pendant les annees 1826 ... 1829 ... Atlas. (Paris, J Tastu, 1833). Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 517 x 337 mm.

Date: 1827 - 1833

By: Noel, Alexis Nicholas, 1792-1848; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-052-005

Description: Shows Maori and canoes, and a shore-built observatory Other Titles - Observatory of the ship Astrolabe in one of the bays at Houa Houa (Tolaga Bay) Extended Title - From Dumont d'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris. 1833. Atlas 1, Plate 46 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured lithograph, 216 x 317 mm

Date: 1971 - 1833

By: Noel, Alexis Nicholas, 1792-1848; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-118-017

Description: Shows Tolaga Bay with a French observatory, Maori on shore, canoes Off-print from calendar, no. 698 of edition of 1000 Other Titles - Observatory of the ship Astrolabe in one of the bays at Houa Houa (Tolaga Bay) Extended Title - Reproduced from: Dumont d'Urville, J S C Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, (Paris, 1833. Atlas [historique] Pl. 46 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 239 x 355 mm

Date: 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Villain, de, active 1833; Adam, Jean Victor, 1801-1867

Reference: B-052a-001

Description: Two groups of Maori in their clothing, one from Cape Palliser, one from Cook Strait From: Dumont d'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas volume 1, plate 41. Another copy held at C-036-026 Other Titles - New Zealand. Costume of the natives of Cape Palliser. Costume of the natives of Cook Strait Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches

Date: 1833 - 1838

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Benz, J, active 1830s; Brodtmann, Karl Joseph, 1787-1862

Reference: B-193-004

Description: A profile portrait of the Northland chief See also B-052-009 for a copy of the French version of this portrait. The image is reversed Other Titles - Ngatai, a chief from Bream Bay (New Zealand) [translation] Extended Title - In Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842. Entdeckungs-Reise der franzosischen Corvette Astrolabe ... aus dem Franzosischen mit einem lithographirten Atlas. Schaffhausen [Switzerland], in J. Brodtmanns lithographischen Anstalt, [1836?] [Plate] 35 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 320 x 233 mm (sight), in matt 500 x 400 mm Provenance: Purchase: Cordy's, Auckland, antique and art auction 18 February 2014; lot 550

Date: 1835 - 1840

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-256-049

Description: A standing Maori man, holding a paddle in one hand. He wears a knee-length feather(?) cloak with a light stripe down the front. He has short bushy hair. Derived from the figure in left-hand group in lithograph by L A de Sainson, 'Costume des guerriers de Shouraki', pl. 58 in: Dumont d'Urville, J S C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe... (Paris, 1833). Atlas I. Image reversed. (cf. A-256-047 and A-256-048) Other Titles - Costume des guerriers de Shouraki. Hauraki Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 167 x 114 mm

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-052-017-a

Description: Shows an abandoned pa atop a hill in the Bay of Islands, with French sailors in foreground Includes printer's name. 2nd state. Other Titles - View of Kahuwera, fortified village at the Bay of Islands [translation] Extended Title - From Dumont d'Urville, J S C - Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas [historique] Pl. 51. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured lithograph, 192 x 340 mm

Date: 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Villain, de, active 1833

Reference: C-036-026-a

Description: Shows in left picture, two feather-cloaked figures in the foreground, with another group of four in the background. The right hand scene shows a group of four male figures, one of whom carries a child on his back.l Their clothing varies from cloaks to short skirt. From: Dumont d'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas volume 1, plate 41. This copy bears no plate number. Other Titles - New Zealand. Clothing of the native inhabitants of Cape Palliser; clothing of the native inhabitants of the Cook Strait area. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (hand-col.), 200 x 380 mm on sheet 288 x 440 mm.

Date: [1985-1994]

By: Ollivier, Isabel, 1949-2020

Reference: MS-Group-0078

Description: Translations and transcripts of manuscripts on French explorers in New Zealand including Adolphe-Pierre Lesson's botanical notes on the voyage of the `Astrolabe', (Astrolabe Harbour, Jan-Mar 1827); Lesson's medical report on the voyage of the `Astrolabe',(Toulon 3 Apr 1829); a report (Mar 1826) and instructions for Dumont D'Urville, Captain of `La Coquille' (re-named `Astrolabe') on his voyage of exploration, with a covering letter signed by Count de Rosily of the French Admiralty; report by Dumont d'Urville (Bay of Islands 14 Mar 1827) on the voyage of the `Astrolabe' and a report by Dumont D'Urville on possible sites for a colony in New Zealand. Also a transcript of pages 389-859 of Lesson's Journal Historique, the original of which is in the Bibliotheque Municipale de Rochefort. Electronic material of these transcripts and translations accompanied this material. Source of title - supplied title Material supplied by Isabel Ollivier for `Early eyewitness acounts of Maori life'; volume five. Quantity: 57 folder(s). 8 microfilm reel(s). 5 megabyte(s) textual material. 0.60 Linear Metres.

Date: 1827 - 1834 - 1835

From: Various artists :[Four handcoloured engravings, some from Dumont d'Urvilles' Voyage pittoreque autour du monde (Paris, 1834)]

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: A-340-037

Description: A view along the beach with several low thatched huts and a canoe pulled up on the beach, bush on the hills behind. Two Maori men are seated in the foreground, and other men and women are also present. A toetoe is in flower to the right of the nearest dwelling. Other Titles - Houses at Astrolabe Bay New Zealand Extended Title - From an edition of Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C. Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, ca 1834. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on engraving, 95 x 120 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Judy Sears, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1827 - 1833 - 1986

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s; Fruit Distributors Ltd

Reference: B-123-025-a

Description: Shows the Astrolabe at near right by rocky headland, negotiating line of half-submerged rocks, with small rowboat in tow. The other side of the channel is in left and centre background. Accompanying text sheet. No. 681 of 700, being a reproduction (offprint) separately issued with Fruit Distributors' 1987 calendar, bearing same the illustration. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Reproduced by courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.; Recto - bottom right - 681 of an edition of 700. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 243 x 379 mm, on sheet 368 x 481 mm. Provenance: Deposited under legal deposit in 1986.