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Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-533

Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm

Date: 1841 - 1890

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872

Reference: C-026-002-g

Description: View of Te Aro, Wellington, from Clay Point, 1841 Printed by C Hullmandel. 2nd plate, forged issue, ca 1890. No publisher, Black and white. Probably issued for New Zealand's 50th anniversary of settlement from the original lithographic plates. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, b&w, 370 x 540 mm

Date: 1901-1904

By: Watt, George Thomas, 1871-1933

Reference: PA1-o-516

Description: Photographs of family and friends, and scenes in the Wellington area and Hawkes Bay, taken by George Thomas Watt People and places named are listed in the headings above. Two images show the Wellington Post Office in the daytime and night time, when decorated in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. The night view shows the Post Office brightly lit with decoration. In the middle of the album is a group of 6 tourist-style photographs of young Maori women. One image shows the house owned by Thomas and Matilda Watt, at 172 Hastings Street, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, spine brown taped, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 22.5 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1941

From: Various artists :1. Jackson, Richard Edward, b. 1916. [Portrait of Sir Hamilton Mitchell. ca 1962]. 2. [Artist unknown. Four views showing vessels leaving Wellington Harbour. 1940-1941]. 3. Hooper, William John, 1916-1996. [Photolithograph of the New Zealanders who flew from RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940] 1941

Reference: G-109

Description: Shows three transport ships leaving Wellington Harbour on 20 January 1941. One is possibly the HMT 'Nieuw Amsterdam'. The smallest of the three might be the 'Achilles', which escorted troopships on numerous occasions. The scene is painted from above The Terrace, possibly at Kelburn. The row of houses that face onto The Terrace can be seen in the middle distance, and among the city buildings shown are the Chief Post Office (clock tower visible) and the Government Life building; as it is 7.30 in the evening, lights can be seen shining in the tower's clock, and the top storey of the Insurance building windows. The eastern hills and Somes Island complete the background, with a dark, cloudy sky above the city. From the left, brown smoke is shown in the scene, suggesting a fire somewhere out of view Title taken from pencil inscription on verso of painting The artist is unidentified but, unlike the other three paintings in the series, they have not added their monogram and the year in the bottom-right corner Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 380 x 530 mm (sight), in oak frame 470 x 625 mm

Date: 1940

From: Various artists :1. Jackson, Richard Edward, b. 1916. [Portrait of Sir Hamilton Mitchell. ca 1962]. 2. [Artist unknown. Four views showing vessels leaving Wellington Harbour. 1940-1941]. 3. Hooper, William John, 1916-1996. [Photolithograph of the New Zealanders who flew from RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940] 1941

Reference: G-106

Description: Shows the troopships SS 'Empress of Japan' and RMS 'Mauretania', leaving Wellington Harbour in August 1940. The scene is painted from above The Terrace, possibly at Kelburn. The row of houses that face onto The Terrace can be seen in the middle distance, and among the city buildings shown are the Chief Post Office (clock tower visible) and the Government Life building. The eastern hills and Somes Island complete the background, with a dark, cloudy sky above the city Title taken from pencil inscription on verso of painting The artist is unidentified, but they have signed a monogram with the letters 'JMC' (or similar), 1940, in the bottom-right corner Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [monogram reading JMC, or similar, 1940, in brushstroke] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 545 x 450 mm (sight), in oak frame 640 x 535 mm

Date: 1940

From: Various artists :1. Jackson, Richard Edward, b. 1916. [Portrait of Sir Hamilton Mitchell. ca 1962]. 2. [Artist unknown. Four views showing vessels leaving Wellington Harbour. 1940-1941]. 3. Hooper, William John, 1916-1996. [Photolithograph of the New Zealanders who flew from RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940] 1941

Reference: G-107

Description: Shows two troopships leaving Wellington Harbour on 8 November, 1940. One is almost certainly the HMT Batory, carrying 300 Maori Battalion reinforcements. They were transferred to the HMT Orion at Sydney, bound for the Middle East. The scene is painted from above The Terrace, possibly at Kelburn. The row of houses that face onto The Terrace can be seen in the middle distance, and among the city buildings shown are the Chief Post Office (clock tower visible) and the Government Life Insurance building. The eastern hills and Somes Island are only just visible through a driving rain Title taken from pencil inscription on verso of painting The artist is unidentified, but they have signed a monogram with the letters 'JMC' (or similar), 1940, in the bottom-right corner Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [monogram reading JMC, or similar, 1940, in brushstroke] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 340 x 500 mm (sight), in oak frame 430 x 590 mm

Date: 1940 - 1941

From: Various artists :1. Jackson, Richard Edward, b. 1916. [Portrait of Sir Hamilton Mitchell. ca 1962]. 2. [Artist unknown. Four views showing vessels leaving Wellington Harbour. 1940-1941]. 3. Hooper, William John, 1916-1996. [Photolithograph of the New Zealanders who flew from RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940] 1941

Reference: G-108

Description: Shows three ships leaving Wellington Harbour, possibly the troop convoy US.8, which comprised the liners 'Dominion Monarch' and 'Empress of Russia', escorted by the New Zealand light cruiser 'Achilles'. The convoy left Wellington on 19 December, 1940. The scene is painted from above The Terrace, possibly at Kelburn. The row of houses that face onto The Terrace can be seen in the middle distance, and among the city buildings shown are the Chief Post Office (clock tower visible) and the Government Life building. The eastern hills and Somes Island complete the background, with a dark, cloudy sky above the city Title taken from pencil inscription on verso of painting The artist is unidentified, but they have signed a monogram with the letters 'JMC' (or similar), 1941, in the bottom-right corner Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [monogram reading JMC, or similar, 1941, in brushstroke] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 370 x 570 mm (sight), in oak frame 460 x 665 mm