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Date: 1876 - 1866 - 1963 - 1965

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: D-001-021-a

Description: The artist and his wife Caroline with a companion crossing the Taramakau River during their travels in 1866 from Canterbury to the West Coast "Plates by Lithographic Laboratories Ltd." "Printed by C M Banks Ltd" From an original oil in the National Art Gallery (Te Papa) Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 372 x 564 mm on sheet 587 x 917 mm

Date: 1875 - 1880

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1875, 1880]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-015-010

Description: A view past framing bush and trees towards the Teremakau River Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash 205 x 132 mm

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-033

Description: Shows tents and horses beside the river. The artist's wife Caroline can be seen amongst the travellers seated around their camp fire to the left Other Titles - Taramakau River Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 177 x 254 mm Provenance: Mrs E Laing, England, 18 July 1940

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-088

Description: Dense bush in mist, with a tree fern in the right foreground, tall rimus beyond Other Titles - Taramakau Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rimu trees West Coast Road W H 1875; also in ink, beneath image: Bush in the Teremakau Valley, Westland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 135 mm

Date: 1876 - 1963 - 1866 - 1965

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: D-001-021

Description: The artist, his wife Caroline and a travelling companion crossing the Taramakau River in a bush setting on their travels from Canterbury to the West Coast in 1866 "Plates by Lithographic Laboratories Ltd." "Printed by C M Banks Ltd" Copy of an original oil painting held by the National Art Gallery (Te Papa) Wellington Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 372 x 564 mm on sheet 587 x 917 mm Provenance: Copy received under Legal Depositl, 1970s

Date: 1865

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

Reference: E-106-f-029-2

Description: Shows a tent beside a river, smoke rising from a fire and two men on the river bank. In the distance is a snow-covered mountain. Other Titles - Taramakau Valley Other Titles - An exploring party on the West Coast of New Zealand Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, 1865, p353 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 240 mm

Date: 1959 - 1960

From: Frieboe, Conrad, d 1989 :[Original drawings for "Explorers of New Zealand", by A H Reed, 1960. ca 1959-1960]

Reference: A-406-015

Description: Shows explorer Jacob Louper grieving over the body of his drowned friend Henry Whitcombe, at a beach near the mouth of the Taramakau River. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 381 x 240 mm.

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-088

Description: A panoramic view looking east up the Taramakau Valley, a road and trees to the right, a house in the middle distance on the right bank of the river, mountains in the background Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two pages of sketchbook, image size 105 x 360 mm.

Date: 1946

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: E-720-032

Description: View across the Taramakau River towards the Hohonu Range, with the peak of Mount French noted. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on page of sketchbook, 253 x 202 mm

Date: 1885

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Sounds & Mt Cook [Sketchbook] No 5. 1885.

Reference: E-788-062

Description: A high mountain peak, with the Taramakau River below Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on album page, 113 x 190 mm.

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-081

Description: A creek amidst dense native bush, with tall tree-ferns on both sides of the water Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, image size 105 x 180 mm.

Date: 1984 - 1995

From: Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :[Red beech writing. Illustrations. 1970-1984].

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-013

Description: Illustration to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Shows tramper at top right, climbing track through bush beside small stream. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Greg Ross Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, 280 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

Date: 1885

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Mostly Westland. No 3 Folder. [1885]

Reference: E-178-f-030

Description: View of mountain peaks as seen from the Taramakau River valley. River and shingle beds in the foreground. Includes artist's notes Other Titles - Taramakau Valley Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 195 x 329 mm

Date: 1865

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-074

Description: Topographical map indicating places north to south on the West Coast between Potikohua and Te Oma Matu (in the north) and Grey River (Mawera) (in the south). Also Lake Brunner, Lake Ponerua (Poerua), Taramakau River, and the source of the Tutaikuri (Tutaekuri). In two sections numbered 17 & 18. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on sheet, 170 x 250 mm.

Date: 1865

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

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-014-2

Description: Four European men crossing a swift-flowing river at thigh height. The four are holding a long pole in front of them. All have small packs on their shoulders. Artist and engraver unknown Other Titles - Taramakau Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 47, 1865, p. 352, lower half Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 165 x 240 mm

Date: 1970 - 1995 - 1984

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-013/023

Description: Illustrations to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Includes views of the Crow Valley, Hokitika Valley, Mount Cook, Wanganui Valley, Paparoa Mountains, Whitcombe Valley, Collier Gorge, Taramakau Valley. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - [Title] Quantity: 9 drawing(s). 3 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 9 ink, and 3 photocopied, sizes within 280 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

Date: 1880 - 1846 - 1890

From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Templer, Cherie, 1856?-1915

Reference: E-943-q-030

Description: Coastline of Arahura district, Westland, looking south with Mount Cook in the distance and a sailing ship offshore, near the mouth of the Taramakau River. Similar images are held by the British Library, in a private collection in Basel and reproduced in Hochstetter's New Zealand (Stuttgart, 1867). As this version has the initials 'C.C.' (Cherie Connell), it is possible that she painted this copy herself. Originally dates from Heaphy's five-month long exploration from Nelson to the West Coast near Hokitika, in company with William Fox, Thomas Brunner and Kehu, March-August 1846. They were the first Pakeha to visit the Poutini Ngai Tahu settlements in Westland and to establish Mount Cook as New Zealand's highest mountain. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.C. [owner's initials] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on tinted paper, 223 mm (diameter), pasted to page of album 265 x 220 mm

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-031

Description: Shows the artist and his wife with two drovers eating lunch, seated on large stones beside the river Other Titles - River Taramakau Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-048

Description: Shows a broad braided river bed, wooded slopes and snowy mountains in the distance. Stuck to same page as E-501-f-046, and E-501-f-047. Jointly titled with E-501-f-047. Other Titles - Taramakau Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monotone wash, 82 x 137 mm.

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-046

Description: Shows a low bridge over a narrow river on a valley floor in the foreground, wooded slopes to left and right behind, and an imposing snowy peak in background. Stuck to same page as E-501-f-047, and E-501-f-048. May show the narrower Otira River, which drains into the Taramakau. For most of its course, the Taramakau is a broader, braided river Other Titles - Taramakau River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monotone wash, 100 x 125 mm.