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Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Pitts-Brown, Brian, active 1997; Brown, Mary Pitts, -1905; Pitts-Brown, Charles Walter, 1868-1961

Reference: C-013-008

Description: Shows a long view down Lake Rotoroa (probably looking south), with Heaphy, Fox, Brunner and Kehu in a rowboat with their baggage, near the start of their exploratory journey of 1846. They are shown in the left foreground of the picture. In the far distance is a range of rocky mountains, and to the right of the lake are stands of tall trees and smaller bush. One of the hillsides facing the lake has experienced a landslide which has cleared it. The watercolour has been made on two pages now stuck together, and have been taken from the artist's sketchbook of the exploratory trip. Unlike the other views, it was not sent to England for use by Fox's employers, the New Zealand Company. Fox "discovered" and named Lake Howick, which later reverted to its Maori name, Rotoroa. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Lake Rotoroa Inscribed with title lower right, and with partially trimmed additional information lower right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] / [Looking S to ?] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 517 mm. Provenance: The artist originally gave the work to Mary Pitts Tucker, the wife of his secretary William Robert Edward Brown, and it has descended through their son Charles Walter Pitts-Brown through the family to Mr Brian Pitts-Brown of Waikato. The Peter McLeavey Gallery sold it on behalf of Mr Pitts-Brown.

Date: 2002-2004

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000328

Description: Photographs relating to history in the West Coast Region. Includes the re-opening of the Brunner bridge, various memorials, and the opening of the Groom Bros Butchery replica store at Shantytown (the Open-air village museum). Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Historic" Quantity: 179 digital photograph(s).

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903; Godfrey, J (Miss), active 1972

Reference: A-226-017

Description: A man wading through a flat stream amongst hills and native forest, close to the coast Other Titles - near Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 133 x 165 mm

Date: ca 1910

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/2-031145-G

Description: Robert Scott (second from right), his wife Kathleen Scott, and Lawrence Oates (4th from right), with Mongolian ponies, on Quail Island, circa 1910, prior to the British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition of 1910-1913. Other persons unidentified. Photograph taken by Steffano Francis Webb. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1845 - 1859

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Trapp, H H, active 1983

Reference: B-062-021

Description: Shows three figures tramping across a plain, with flax bushes and cabbage trees. In the background, the landscape is probably Waiohine Gorge with Mounts Isabelle and Holdsworth (Identified by A G Bagnall, 4/7/1983) The background landscape was identified by A G Bagnall, at the time of donation, personal communication to Curator, 4 July 1983 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour ; visible image 195 x 312 mm on sheet 310 x 430 mm

Date: 1880 - 1886

Reference: PA2-2534

Description: Portrait of a man with beard and straight dark hair, possibly an associate of Sir James Hector. Previously identified as Sir James Hector because of the caption on the back of the photograph. Inscriptions: Verso - Dr Hector Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1880]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-072084-F

Description: Donald Sutherland standing on a tree stump, circa 1880, from a postcard published by Muir and Moodie between 1898-1916. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: On original postcard, below image: "Sutherland Fall" Milford Sound, N.Z., 1904 feet. The highest waterfall in the world. Discovered by D. Sutherland. 1880. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: Christmas 1907

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955

Reference: PAColl-5926-17

Description: Arthur Paul Harper, his son Tristram, and Charles Douglas, Christmas 1907, at Lake Kaniere. Photograph taken by Arthur Paul Harper. Published in the book `Mr Explorer Douglas' edited by John Pascoe, 1957, plate facing page 204, with the caption `At Lake Kaniere. A P Harper with his son Tristram and Douglas, Christmas 1907. This is the last photograph taken of Douglas. Farewell Mr Explorer."` Other Titles - At Lake Kaniere Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1909

By: Hemus Sarony (Firm)

Reference: PA7-58-12

Description: Portrait of Shackleton taken in the Christchurch studio of Hemus Sarony in 1909 Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Hemus Sarony. Copyright Photo. ChCh; Mount recto - bottom right - Signed - Ernest H Shackleton 1909 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 24 x 18.5 cm (oval) on mount 38.4 x 31 cm

Date: 1865

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: PUBL-0033-1865-352-2

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 According to the accompanying article, the image shows a Maori method of river crossing, using a tree trunk. The method was adopted by miners going to the West Coast Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 230 mm

Date: 1892

From: [Ephemera and fliers advertising or concerning lectures and public talks given in or about New Zealand. 1800s].

Reference: Eph-B-LECTURE-1892-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text with the word STANLEY backed with red. The titles of the four talks on sequential nights are: Through the dark continent, How I found Livingstone, Rescue of Emin Pasha, The cannibals and the pygmies. Other Titles - Through the Dark Continent Other Titles - How I found Livingstone Other Titles - Rescue of Emin Pasha Other Titles - The cannibals and the Pygmies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 297 x 130 mm.

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Kinnear, James Hutchings, 1877-1946 :Negatives of Auckland shipping, boating and scenery

Reference: 1/2-016452-G

Description: Robert Falcon Scott and his wife Kathleen, on Quail Island, circa 1910. The 2 men on the left are unidentified. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1848

From: Fox, William 1812-1893 :Wairau Plain. Jan. 1848

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-013-004-2

Description: An extensive view of the Wairau Plains, with the river meandering across it, hills in the distance (looking north). Four figures are visible on the hill to the left, gazing out across the plain. On the face of the painting, at the top, is No. 273 (added at a later date), with the N Z Company stamp which is dated 14 July 1848. The title which is prefixed by "No 6" is taken from the verso of the painting. This work is in two parts, 1 and 2, and is stored in two separate folders Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 209 x 1048 mm Provenance: Alexander Turnbull's collection, purchased London, 1915, from Francis Edwards, as part of the New Zealand Company collection

Date: 1844

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-108-012

Description: Looking into the narrow end of Kaituna, a Marlborough valley, with two European travellers (William Bishop and Charles F. W. Watts) in the foreground, both carrying sticks One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for further information. Inscriptions: At head of drawing: "No. 6" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026320

Description: Cartoon depicts a jungle scene. An explorer wearing a pith helmet and kakhis (and followed by an African porter), greets a suburban man with a lawnmower "Aaah - Doctor Livingstone I presume?", to which the man replies "No Harry Waterhouse - Auckland, mowing my berm" Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0030491

Description: Shows a first contact with Maori by a European ship captain. The captain's mate tells him "I think he's aksing if you fancy a game of table tennis Cap'n". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [9 Feb 1917 ?]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/167/03-G

Description: Copy of a photograph showing the statue of Captain Robert Falcon Scott (created by Scott's wife Kathleen), on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace, Christchurch. Original photograph taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly on 9 February 1917 when the statue was unveiled. Copy taken 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres