Places

Date: ca 1898-1905

By: Parker, Daniel, active 1890-1911; Main, William, 1934-2023

Reference: PAColl-7431

Description: Photographs of Kamo (Whangarei), Rodney County and Coromandel, taken, probably in the 1900s, by Daniel P Parker of Coromandel. Includes views of the construction on a timber dam (probably in Coromandel), Coromandel Public Hospital, Kennedy Bay (Coromandel), a stream crossing between Opitonui and Coromandel, bush camps in the Coromadel district and a traffic bridge in Rodney County. Daniel P Parker is recorded in the Wise's Post Office directories as an engineer in Coromandel from 1902 to 1930. Between 1906 and 1911 he is also recorded as a photographer. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1863 - 1876

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-359

Description: Shows animals, scenes in France, islands seen from on board ship, S.S. Cyclone, copies of sculpture, and N.Z. scenes, the latter separately catalogued. Bookplate (linocut or woodblock) glued inside front cover: Ph. Walsh below a shield with a lion rampant surmounted by a crown with another lion. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 50 pencil, 1 ink and 2 watercolour in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm, ¼ black morocco, green boards.

Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Keesing, G S (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: D-001-009-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. This copy lacks a printed inscription on the recto of copy D-001-009 "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm Provenance: Donation: G S Keesing

Date: 1855 - 1863

From: [Duppa, George 1817-1888] :[Sketchbook ca 1852-1860]

Reference: E-080-q-3-011

Description: A series of quick sketches. A two-storied house with another at right-angles (or the same house seen from a different angle) is the most finished. It may show the artist's house at Amuri. There are fifteen drawings of men's faces, including one of a moustached man with upper body including, possibly in a military uniform. There are several cows drawn from several angles and one horse's head. There is also a small drawing of two stick-figure men lining up to fight one another with seated figures behind them. The drawing is undated but the details are likely to have been observed at Duppa's Amuri run in the 1860s. The inside back cover of the sketchbook includes the name and English address of Duppa's nephew, Bryan, who visited Amuri in 1863 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 185 x 270 mm

Date: ca 1860s-1890s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Spencer, Harriet Dyke, 1866-1948; London Stereoscopic Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-4721

Description: Photographs on album pages: photograph of Mount Peel Station, its interior and grounds including Mr Acland in his study, his daughters and their friends identified by inititals, including one of L D Acland and B B Acland, the latter knitting a sock, and the Church of the Holy Innocence viewed across a field of hay stacks with the forest planted by Acland behind it; more of the same women boating and picnicking, including a view of a gorge taken by Harriet Acland, a church interior and Bishop Harper playing cricket with a young boy; Ilam homestead covered in clematis with balconies and verandahs and extensive grounds next to the Avon River, and the Watts Russell family group at Pareora August 1894 with their dog and saddled horses in the background; the West Coast Times printing office with the men outside it, C G Tripp and family and a Centerbury view; and two views of Tripp's homestead at Orari. Photographs mounted on card: a studio portrait of Dr Shortland; John Charles Watts Russell taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Rev R H Codrington's garden in Norfolk Island while a missionary in the South Pacific with eight local men, either Solomon Islanders and New Hebrideans; five interior views of a well-furnished house (possibly Wildwood, Christchurch) with heavy wooden furniture and fireplaces, gas lamps, drapery, paintings (including a copy of The Order of Release by Millais) etc.; the officers of HMS Invincible on the deck of their ship next to the lifeboats; a view looking down a street of two boats in "the bay of Taranaki" (probably near New Plymouth) one named SS Taupo ca 1860s; and a view over buildings near the shore in New Plymouth ca 1860s. Loose prints of: a brick-built house with a verandah, and a duplicate of the officers of the Invincible. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 28 b&w original photographic print(s) on loose pages from an album. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1867

From: Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :Illustrations of New Zealand 1865?-1867

Reference: E-370-008-2

Description: The artist on the back of a horse hired at Masterton to visit Whareama (near Castlepoint) on the bank of the Whareama River, in conversation with two men on the opposite bank. The other men are telling Hawkins that he will need to make a lengthy detour in order to cross the river safely. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 98 x 205 mm

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: D-001-023

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 142 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 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: 1856

By: Florance, Augustus (Dr), 1812-1879

Reference: C-031-005

Description: A horse and male rider standing at Petone where the Hutt road begins along the cliff-face, with sea and bush clad hills beyond Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour 305 x 381 mm

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-38

Description: Loading wool into a boat from a bullock drawn cart in the surf, Chatham Island. On the right, nearer the shore there is a man on a horse. Beyond, a ship waits to take on the wool. A note with this image suggests that the location might be Taupeka on the north coast of Chatham Island. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: 1883

By: Rutherfurd, Janet, 1854-1933; Grant, G (Miss), active 1950s

Reference: A-176-014

Description: A farmhouse in the foreground, with farmland and a view towards Titahi Bay (in the background to the left) and Mount Cooper, the prominent hill in the background to the right. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title and attribution added in another hand on accompanying label. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 119 x 168 mm

Date: [Between 1872 and 1899]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-287

Description: An album probably created, and chiefly photographed by George William Barltrop, between 1872 (one image of the laying of the foundation stone of (?) Provincial Buildings in 1872), and the rest being views of New Zealand taken in the late 1890s. One sequence of images shows St Thomas' Church (Newtown, Wellington) under construction, and both exterior and interior views when finished, in 1895. One image shows the wreck of the SS Wairarapa in 1894, and there are views of several lighthouses around New Zealand, two of which were taken by the Burton Brothers. A number of scenes are taken in the Nelson area, including several of the Dun Mountain railway (for the Dun Mountain Copper Mining Company), the Maitai River and valley, Nelson City, and Washington Valley. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in black morocco, with black leather spine, entitled `Photographs' in gold, and McIntosh III lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.0 cm

Date: 1888 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-102

Description: A hotel called Star of the South beside a road, the Rangitata River in the foreground, a horse and cart on the road and hills in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: ca 1870s

Reference: 1/4-019109

Description: A main street in Wanganui with some passers-by, a laden carriage in the middle of the street and a horse tethered at the side. The Bank of New Zealand is on the right with the Munro Store further down the street. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1880s

From: Main, William :Two photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-638

Description: Views of farmland, homesteads, mountains, forest, and people associated with Merrivale, Blackmount, and other stations in Southland. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1876

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[European, shipboard and New Zealand sketchbook] 1863-1876.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-359-022

Description: Shows two horses yoked to cart on foreshore, steamship and dinghy in background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 130 x 180 mm

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-27

Description: Shipping wool at Te Raki on the north-west coast of Chatham Island. Mrs Thomas Hay is in the foreground beside the horse in centre of view. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Te Raki was owned by the Hay family. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: [1894-1900?]

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-132

Description: Photographs, chiefly of the Wellington area, probably taken by Frank J Denton. A number show the house `Fernhill' in Woolcombe Street (now part of The Terrace), Wellington, views from the house and its gardens. Portraits in clude Laurie Denton, Tom Tolley (locksmith), Alfred Bennett and his family, Mrs Denton Snr, Mrs Waters (had a grocery shop in Dixon Street), G L Adkin (as a boy), Miss Dixon (of the aerated water family, the Dixons of Dixon Street), George Butler (artist), and Beaglehole (David Ernest Beaglehole, father of Professor Ernest Beaglehole, and Professor John Cawte Beaglehole). Also includes photograph of a portrait painted by George Edmund Butler of his father Joseph Cawte Butler (maternal grandfather of John Cawte Beaglehole). Other Titles - Wellington I Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover decorated with painted leaves, 22 x 26 cm

Date: 1860 - 1900

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-081-001/006

Description: Sketches depicting incidents arising out of a taua or raiding party visiting Parawera settlement to exact revenge after a case of adultery. The marae, various groupings of iwi, dances, fights, haka, horseriding, and competitions are depicted, along with a visit from the police. The Parawera group were Ngati Apakura, Te Wherowhero's iwi, and the visitors in search of payment were Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Hourua and Ngati Koroki. Ngati Haua are also mentioned in one sketch. Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper ca 230 x 320 mm Provenance: Given to Alexander Turnbull in 1913 by Gilbert Mair. See covering letter of 17 November 1913 in MS 57, Folder 64. A typescript copy is held with the drawings in Box A-081. Mair ironically compares the artist to the French portraitist of Napoleon, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

Date: [1880s]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-42-06

Description: A posed photograph taken at Atiamuri on the banks of the Waikato River. A group of men have alighted from a horse-drawn carriage. The horses are unharnessed and feeding from a wooden trough. Two groups of men are shaking hands while children and adults look on. A man and a woman are standing nearby. To their right is a wooden cottage with smoke coming from a chimney and another thatch-roofed building. Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead in 1880s. A similar image at PA7-41-26 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ateamuri, Waikato; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 19.3 cm on mount