Places

Date: 1926

By: Harding, William Guy, 1883-1978

Reference: A-108-019

Description: A cabbage tree left foreground, the remains of a patuka (food-storage platform) lacking its thatching, on the right, flat land and Lake Rotoaira, with Ngaurhoe and Tongariro, the later erupting, in the background A-108-016 to -020 appear to be originals for book illustrations Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 76 x 139 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1847 - 1849

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-070-021

Description: Small European settlement, viewed from the opposite bank of the river, with bush, including a cabbage tree in the foreground. Brees' text in "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand" suggests that the buildings shown are a survey station. First published in: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847) Plate 12, No 32. text p.21 See A-109-029 Other Titles - Karikari Extended Title - From: Brees, S C Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 72 x 127 mm

Date: 1892

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

Reference: E-373-015

Description: A fenced road with native bush on both sides, including flax and cabbage trees. A stream (or another road?) passes underneath it (or joins it?) from the right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1897

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

Reference: E-380-019

Description: Shows a pathway between native trees trees in Gordon Park, Upokongaro, Wanganui East. Cabbage trees and toetoe feature Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Gordon Park Wanganui Jny 1897 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: [1872]

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: PA9-022

Description: Photographic copy of a watercolour of Westoe by William Fox, made ca 1970s by an unidentified photographer for the Alexander Turnbull Library Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler print 23.7 x 39 cm [visible image], in frame 41.6 x 56.7 cm

Date: 1899

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

Reference: E-380-024/025

Description: A scene on Papaitonga Lake, showing Sir Walter Buller's house to the right, bush surrounding the lake, a wooded island and hills in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Papaitonga Lake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) (double page). Physical Description: Pencil, over two pages, 165 x 460 mm

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-035

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, and a telegraph pole, several houses and gardens on the opposite bank and, in the background, Mt Ruapehu with dark ash rising from its summit and from several other points Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1931 - 1932, 1939 - 1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Moore & Thompson (Firm); Male, John Gifford, 1913-2003; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Crago, Eric William, 1904-1992; Robson, Edward Thomas, 1875-1953

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-037

Description: Photographs of yachting and scenic views, 1931, 1932, 1939 and 1940, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of yachting, fishing, sheep droving, birdlife, lakes and rivers. Photographers include George Weigel, Thelma Kent, T W Collins, H Banfield, V C Browne, J G Male, L P Crago and A W Powell. Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1899

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

Reference: E-380-027

Description: Sketch of two cabbage trees growing beside lake Papaitonga, with a wooded island in the centre of the lake. An unfinished drawing Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 (page size)

Date: 1870 - 1872

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: D-040-007

Description: Shows a distant view of William Fox's homestead, Westoe, on the Rangitikei River flat. A snow-covered Mount Ruapehu is seen in the distance. In the bottom-left foreground is a white-bearded man on a horse, with a small dog; this is possibly Fox himself, though he is not identified. He later built a second home, also called Westoe, on a higher terrace (about where the horseman is seen), away from the flood plains Other Titles - Lower Westoe Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud / 1870[?] [in brushpoint] See also Fox's own painting of the original homestead, at WC-054 (digitised) Fox was born in the village of Westoe in Durham, England. His second homestead, called Westoe, was completed in 1874 The backing board from the painting reveals that it was at one time owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (date unspecified), and was later de-accessioned (also unspecified). The accession number was recorded as -/1/921 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on artist's paper, 485 x 785 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane Fine and Applied Art auction, Wellington, 1 July 2015; lot 45. Prior to purchase, belonging to a private collection, purchased at Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd., 12 June 1990; lot 6 (from catalogue)

Date: 1880 - 1939

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926; McCormack, Thomas Arthur, 1883-1973

Reference: E-960-f

Description: Features scenes of New Zealand and Australia, including: [Foundations for Parliament Buildings, Wellington, 1912?] (see also A-071-019); [Mission mill, Otaki, ca 1900] (see also A-071-016); [HMS Nelson, Sydney, 1916] (see also A-071-023); Old mill, Ngahauranga [ca 1900] (see also A-071-015); Whaler's whare, Kaikoura [ca 1890] (see also A-071-014); Fishermen's jetty, Rotorua [1880s] (see also A-071-003); [Mount Cook, ca 1910] (see also A-071-013); Stockade, Upper Hutt, [ca 1900] (see also A-072-022-a); [Taradale, ca 1900] (see also A-071-002); [Australian camp, 1890s] (see also A-071-012); [G.P.O. Wellington, ca 1910] (see also A-071-020); Sundown Ohinemutu [ca 1910] (see also A-071-010); Sundown, Wanganui River [ca 1902] (see also A-071-004); A corner of Rotorua [ca 1890s]; Foveaux Strait [ca 1900]; Canoes, Pipiriki [ca 1910] (see also A-070-014); [Maori by steaming pool, Rotorua, ca 1890]; Pencarrow [ca 1910]; [Deserted cottage, Riverton, ca 1910] (see also A-071-022); [Cabbage trees, 1880s] (similar to A-071-018); [Princes' Bridge, Melbourne, ca 1900] The album also includes two drypoint etchings by T.A. McCormack: Terrace steps [1930s] (see also B-096-008); and Station yards, Thorndon [1930s] (see also A-320-002) Also includes etchings depicting Italy, Switzerland, Holland and England, as well as seven engravings from an 18th century French publication Spine title reads 'Prints / Barraud'; spine embossed with gold lettering and decorative detail Parliamentary Library location at B269 (withdrawn) Accompanied by the artist's hand-written list of 43 works sent to Edwin Murray Fuller's gallery, some of which are included in the album Other Titles - Ngauranga Other Titles - Kelburn Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album (50p. populated), brown laid paper, buckram binding with leather spine, 380 x 290 mm (cover)

Date: 1931

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-140

Description: Shows what is possibly Tararua Range with golden light on the mountains and pink clouds above. In the foreground there is grass and trees including cabbage trees. A track or road is visible cutting through the grass towards what is probably Lake Horowhenua. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 90 x 150 mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Oliver, Arthur Alexander, 1886?-1924

Reference: Pan-1403-F

Description: Panoramic view of a single-storeyed wooden house on a flat section in Milford Road, Awapuni. Iron roof, corner verandah on left. Low flowers around the house, lawn in foreground. Several people are seated in a car parked on the drive to the right of the house. Trees, shrubs, hedges all around. Tree fern visible behind the house on the left. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - (On brown adhesive tape) Arthur Oliver. Awapuni. Palmerston Nth. 3 Col. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 116.8 cm

Date: 1926

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Best, Annie, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1759-F

Description: Panoramic view of a two-storeyed wooden farmhouse in the centre, behind a circular drive, lawn in front. Balconies on both floors, finials over gables. Cabbage trees on right of drive, pampas grass on left. Trees around the house, including tree ferns, and a stand of bush to the right. Water tank on left of house, and another on the left of outbuildings on the right. Paddocks on the right. Cleared hills behind with tree stumps still visible. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Logie" 10.11. 1926; Marginal notes on negative - Mrs L H Best. Title "Logie" 10.11.1926. Kingston Rd. Shannon. 2 B&W. 1 oils. 8 [pounds] 10 [shillings] 0 [pence]. Red roof & facings to cream house. Pink carnations in front of house. Pink flowering rose on left of house just in front of tank. Dark red buildings on right of house. White building & dark red door & roof on extreme right Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 122.5 cm

Date: 1878

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903

Reference: A-226-007-a

Description: View across an extensive cleared area, with dense native forest in the background. Cabbage trees to the left, and a train is about to round a corner on the tracks to the right. Several houses in the distance. Lithograph from The Feilding settlement, Manchester Block, Manawatu, New Zealand, by A. W. F. Halcombe (1878) Quantity: 2 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Two-tone lithograph 109 x 195 mm

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-188-020

Description: In the foreground, a pond, a fence and a cabbage tree, with fenced farmland and scattered cabbage trees, hills and Mount Tongariro in thedistance on the left, Mount Ruapehu on the right Likely to have been painted after 1863, when Edith Swainson married Arthur Halcombe and moved to the Manawatu area Warrengate, the property of H S Harrison, was in the Fordell area Inscriptions: Verso - Title in pencil in Edith Halcombe's hand; also annotations in another hand 'Henry Shafto' [Harrison] and 'Warrengate' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 139 x 230 mm

Date: 1900-1910

From: Main, William :Photographs of the Nelson properties at Pori, north eastern Wairarapa.

Reference: PA1-o-1207

Description: Views of the Pori area, north eastern Wairarapa, and three farms in that area, "Ruatea", "Taumata", and "Nga Mahanga". Images of snow covered countryside, the ford across the Makuri River at Makuri, native forest with pongas, partly cleared land with the standing trunks of burnt trees, the houses of the three farms, horses, cattle, hens, cats, Jack Nelson with Nan, Dorothea, and Miss Wyatt having a picnic, Maori, cabbage trees, and Hugh Nelson's whare and woolshed. Arrangement: This collection is made up of loose prints from album PA1-o-1206 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

By: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922

Reference: A-247-021

Description: View past flat land with cabbage trees and other bush on the north shore of the Whanganui River towards its mouth and the sea. The cabbage trees are in flower. There are a few cows to the left in the middle distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 158 x 246 mm Transfers: Purchased with Harper/Taylor Ms Papers-0254, 1970.

Date: 1897

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

Reference: E-380-022

Description: Shows a bend on a road, a small bridge, and native trees on either side of the road at Awahuri. The trees include cabbage trees, flax in flower, and taller trees Other Titles - January Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Awahuri Jany 1897 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)