Places

Date: ca1889-1890s

By: Main, William, 1934-2023; Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936

Reference: PAColl-1871

Description: Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Arrowsmith, Arthur, active 1900; Hyslop, Sydney, active 1900

Reference: PA1-o-1370

Description: Photograph album compiled by Arthur Arrowsmith ca 1900 for Sydney Hislop. Contains views of scenery between Picton and Nelson, including Picton from the wharf, Brownlee's sawmill, Pelorus River and Pelorus Sound, the road and surrounding bush, men waiting for the mail on a stony beach, and an accommodation house halfway between Picton and Nelson. Source of title - Transcribed from item Inscriptions: Album page - centre - [inside front cover] For Dear Sydney Hyslop with Arthur Arrowsmith's wishes. A few Snap Shot Photos of N.Z Scenery between Picton & Nelson. 5th March 1900.; Album page - top centre - [inside front cover] J R Simonsen, Box 186 Blenheim; Album page - top right - [inside front cover] Bx 407 Hastings 28.6.45 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth bound album 13.5 x 16.3 cm Provenance: The album was compiled by Arthur Arrowsmith for Sydney Hyslop. Appears to have belonged to J R Simonsen of Blenheim in 1945.

Date: 1898

By: Mowat, Alexander Gard, 1888-1975

Reference: PA1-o-353

Description: Album of photographs of Picton, Wairau River, Opawa River, Spring Creek, Blenheim, Pelorus River, Kaiteriteri, Motueka and Collingwood, taken in 1898 by A J Litchfield. Inscriptions: Album page - top left - To Mr and Mrs J T Mowat, in slight acknowledgement of many kindnesses, by A J Litchfield, 1898. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cloth cover, entitled `Photographic views'; 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Date: 1872 - 1972

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: C-085-006-b

Description: A small house by the water's edge on the left, a couple close to the shore, a view of the buildings and wharves of Picton in the right background Reproduced from the original watercolour in the Auckland City Art Gallery Same as C-085-006 & a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 348 x 533 mm on sheet 516 x 628 mm

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-067/068

Description: View of Picton from the sea Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-037

Description: Preliminary sketch from the Picton foreshore, with horses drawing a cart, a house amongst bush and the harbour and hills beyond. Includes colour notes: Purple distance, green foreground, yellow cliffs Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title. Also title on opposite page in the album Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1848 - 1983

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-112-029

Description: A reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection Other Titles - Waitohi Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph ; image 351 x 549 mm on sheet 440 x 610 mm

Date: 1864

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Smith, Russell Wordsworth, 1913-1983

Reference: E-125

Description: Scenes of East Coast area, Hauraki Gulf, Waikato, Northland and Picton Attribution on stylistic grounds Supplied title. Quantity: 40 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink or ink and wash on paper 135 x 180 mm in album ([68]p.), ¼ dark blue morocco, purple buckram Provenance: Previously owned by Mr Russell Smith of Masterton

Date: ca1895

Reference: PAColl-6690

Description: View of Picton gaol, formerly the Marlborough Provincial gaol, taken ca 1895 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: 1/2-004201-F

Description: The Presbyterian church at Picton ca 1890s. Photographer unidentified. Now used as a rugby club dressing room. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1900s]

Reference: PA1-o-1258

Description: Photograph album comprising views of Marlborough, chiefly Picton, taken ca 1900. Includes an image of the Edwin Fox. Possibly compiled by Charles Chilton and his family, and given to Dr William Redman. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - to Dr & Mrs Redman with best Christmas wishes from Dr, Mrs & Frank Chilton. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey card covered album 15.6 x 20.3 cm containing 24 photographs Provenance: Album presented to Dr and Mrs Redman by Dr, Mrs and Frank Chilton. Possibly compiled by Dr Charles Chilton and family.

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-034

Description: Waterfront view looking south east towards the township, with wharves, wharf sheds in the foreground, a few houses amongst bush at the foot of steep hills in the background The drawing is mostly pencil, with a few of the nearby buildings coloured in watercolours Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: [Between 1899 and 1902]

From: Morice, Charles George Frederick, 1868-1966 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-162

Description: Views of South African war, showing activities of New Zealand and Canadian troops; many photographs of Afrikaners (including a portrait of Paul Kruger) and Zulu people; photographs of Richard and Louisa Seddon in South Africa, and on board ship en route to coronation of Edward VII in 1901. The album also includes views of Maori officers who travelled to the coronation as part of the New Zealand Army contingent. There are signed photographs of J R Taylor, and H Rees (p 69) Inscriptions: Album page - Charles G. Morice (Ex libris, signature inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, black leather corners and spine; 28.5 x 37.5

Date: [1880s]

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

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

Reference: PA7-37-24

Description: View of houses viewed from a hillside to the west of Picton. In the middle foreground is a large two storey house with verandah. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3941 - Picton - From W. Burton Bros, Duned[in] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: ca1855-ca1940

From: Nisbet, Eleanor M, fl 1980s-1990s :Photographs taken by Charles William Clift

By: Clift, Charles William, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-4889-1

Description: Clift and Jones family photographs. New Zealand towns and landscapes, in particular Wellington and Brooklyn. A record of the British aircraft carrier Indefatigable when it visited Wellington in November 1945. New Zealand houses and a very good wedding breakfast laid out in a private interior of the 1890s. There is a photograph of the Clift house in Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, and of a Christmas gathering at a house in Patanga Crescent associated with the Holm family of the Holm shipping line. Brooklyn and Makara churches and the interior of the Anglican cathedral in Dunedin Quantity: 1 container(s) photographic prints.

Date: 1848

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-112-029-a

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour in the Library's collections Other Titles - Waitohi Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph ; image 351 x 549 mm on sheet 440 x 610 mm

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-051

Description: An unfinished sketch of Picton from the sea. showing a wharf, trees and houses, looking south Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Picton Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: 1862

By: Wyvill, Edward Christopher (Rev), -1889; Chaytor, Beatrice Emma Clervaux, 1871-1950

Reference: A-108-002

Description: Two large rocks drawn in detail. In the upper right are sprigs of a flowering plant, possibly a branch of a native tree such as hoheria Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - date; Verso - 'By Rev. E. C. Wyvill, Picton' [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey paper, 170 x 230 mm

Date: 1884 - 1886

By: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922; Harper, Laura, 1833-1887; Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: E-377

Description: Contains sketches from a visit to Rotorua 1884 to 1886. Also includes sketches of Lake Tarawera, Ohinemutu, Green Lake, Blue Lake, Wairoa, Picton, Auckland, Mount Egmont. Also contains some sketches possibly by Laura Harper. Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886. Inscriptions: Pages are numbered at top left, and title is given below image. See shelf list for details of works attributed to Laura Harper.(Nos. 10,19,20,27,36,37,39-43,45,50.) Laura (Taylor) Harper was a sister of Mary Catherine (Taylor) Medley, and died in 1887. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 29 pencil, and 20 pencil & watercolour works, in sketchbook 135 x 220 mm.

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-053-1

Description: Looking out into Queen Charlotte Sound from Picton Other Titles - Charlotte Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Queen Charlottes Sound from Picton. 23/10/82. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 55 x 144 mm