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Date: 1863

From: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906 :[Four works - Off Napier, New Zealand, 2 April 1862; Taranaki roads, New Zealand, Mount Egmont and the Sugar Loaf Mountains, 19 March 1863; Taranaki or New Plymouth, New Zealand, visited 27 June 1863; and, The Manukau Heads, New Zealand, 10 April 1863.]

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-064-038

Description: Shows view of town of New Plymouth, with Sugar Loaves and harbour in background, and St Mary's Church at left. There is a ship's mast used as a flagstaff on raised plateau at right. Top corners of page rounded off. Mounted on same sheet: The Manukau Heads, New Zealand...1863 (B-064-039). On verso: Off Napier, New Zealand... 1862 (B-064-036); and, Taranaki roads...1863 (B-064-037). Inscriptions: Recto - (In ink, on backing sheet at right): Taranaki / or New Plymouth / New Zealand / Visited / 27 June 1863. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 119 x 270 mm, on sheet 305 x 386 mm. Provenance: Purchased at auction at Sotheby's, London, in 1988.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-028

Description: Looking north along the coastline towards Maunganui, with ships in the harbour, infantry and cavalry on the beach to the left, a Maori canoe and a rowboat in the foreground, the rowboat being hauled out to sea off the mudflats by sailors. Boxes and barrels are on the shore and military tents can be seen in the distance, with a redoubt on a foreland further off Copied by Hamley from a drawing of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, 'The beach at Tauranga, 26 April 1864' in the Hocken Library, p. 31 of Williams' sketchbook (now dismantled and separately mounted). Williams also used his sketch as the basis for a larger watercolour 'Tauranga, New Zealand, 23 April 1864' in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on buff paper, 172 x 249 mm

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-020

Description: Looking south along the coastline towards Paritutu Rock, with the houses of New Plymouth along the foreshore, a flag flying above one building on the skyline and a rowboat being hauled ashore onto the beach. Copied by Hamley from a drawing of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, 'Beach and Sugar Loaves New Plymouth. [1864]' in the Hocken Library, in Williams' sketchbook (now dismantled and separately mounted). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 134 x 207 mm

Date: 1860

By: Harris, Edwin, 1810?-1895; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: C-030-010

Description: Shows the township seen from Marsland Hill with the harbour and Sugar Loaf Rocks in the background and St Mary's Church with the beginnings of the new additions, started in 1860, in the foreground. Also various regiments (including 40th?) and encampments near church, military hospitals, Marsland Hotel, and various other churches. cf. Taranaki Museum's watercolour and pencil drawings of the same scene, and Hocken's col. lithographs, all signed by Edwin Harris, Harris may have copied Gold, and this painting has been attributed to Gold in the past. See Otago Daily Times, 9 Jan 1982, p. 30 for further confirmation of attribution The lithographic copy of this image in St Mary's Church, New Plymouth includes a key to various features. The title is New Plymouth from Marsland Hill. To the left of St Mary's, the two-storied building is Marsland Hotel and military Hospital. To the right, across the road, past the troops, the high-gabled single-storey building with a small porch by its door is the Maori Chapel. The two-storied building opposite the chapel is the Military Hospital. Further off to the right, the tallest building is the Wesleyan Chapel. The flagstaff on the hill between St Mary's and the sea marks the "sailors camp on Mt Elliott". Inscriptions: Mount verso - 40th Regiment, Taranaki, New Plymouth, N.Z. about 1840? Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 270 x 560 mm Provenance: George Page Cooper, Melbourne; purchased Joel's Auction, Melbourne, Nov. 1967.

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-019

Description: Looking south along the coastline towards Marsland hill redoubt, New Plymouth, and Paritutu Rock. The houses of New Plymouth are to the right. Copied by Hamley from a drawing of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, 'Marsland Hill, N. P. 22 June [1864]' in the Hocken Library, p. 17 of Williams' sketchbook (now dismantled and separately mounted). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 135 x 207 mm

Date: 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-006

Description: View of New Plymouth from the shoreline, looking south-east towards several houses and their gardens, the fenced redoubt with buildings and flags on Marsland Hill and the cone of Mount Taranaki in the centre distance. A large building on the right may be the New Zealand Company Store. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title. Also, lower right: 'William Strutt del.t 1856' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 200 x 290 mm