Places

Date: 1893

From: Various artists :[Selection of newspaper supplements; illustrations by Kennett Watkins, Thomas Ryan, L W Wilson and Charles Goldie. Published by Brett for the 'Weekly news' and the 'New Zealand graphic'. ca 1900-1936]

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works

Reference: A-385-020

Description: Shows a view of the source of the Waikato River as it leaves Lake Taupo. There is a pataka at the right, two figures in a waka at left, and a harakeke (flax) bush in the centre foreground. Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu are in the distance. Other Titles - Lithographed Extended Title - From the New Zealand Graphic Christmas number 1893, page 11. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 212 x 330 mm.

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: G-004

Description: A large Maori pa in the foreground, with wharenui, other houses and a pataka. People seated by a cooking fire on the left and in the entrance to the wharenui. Flax, toetoe, cabbage trees and other bush in an around the pa. In the background is part of Lake Taupo and Mounts Ruapehu and Tongariro, the latter in eruption Inscriptions: Verso - on stretcher in felt-tip pen: Lake Taupo, Hatepe. Also auctioneers' marks and numbers; Recto - bottom right - JPB in pale green brushpoint Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 251 x 305 mm Provenance: Previously acquired by Dunbar Sloane from London, Christie's, 27 Sept 2006, as one of a pair, with lot N184, a view of Maori in a canoe. The latter oil was purchased by the Library in 2009, Maori war canoe, Waikato River, G-112-1. The pair was privately owned in England by descendants of Backhouse's

Date: 1885

From: [Doubleday, William and John], fl 1880s :[Twenty-three watercolours of New Zealand and the Pacific. 1884-1885]

Reference: C-150-023

Description: Shows a view of Lake Taupo with Maori houses and huts, and a raised storehouse on the foreshore in the foreground. Some houses are surrounded by fences of thin branches. Two pigs graze in the left foregorund, and the foreground vegetation includes two cabbage trees. In the distance, Mount Ngauruhoe smokes, and Ruapehu is snow-covered. This watercolour was painted by either William or and John Doubleday in 1885, while they were travelling around the world - on doctor's orders to cure lung infections. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 123 x 370 mm.

Date: [1864?]

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-043

Description: Shows a tall carved gateway on the left, with a group of Maori centre and a pataka (storehouse) on the right; Ruapehu and Tongariro beyond lake in distance. The two children in the foreground are holding kete (flax kits) and there is a dog beneath the carved gateway. There is a flagpole in front of the pataka. There is a watercolour from a similar view, also by Fox, in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia (Ref. no. NK 564). A European traveller is shown in the Australian watercolour, the groups of Maori are different, there is a cooking fire in the centre foreground, flax baskets in front of the pataka, and the pataka is facing the viewer. A photograph of the Australian watercolour is in Drawings & Prints, under the same title as the Alexander Turnbull Library's watercolour. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 234 x 340 mm

Date: 1924

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, John Sydney, 1879-1941

Reference: A-446-008

Description: Shows a view of the head of the Waikato River, looking south across Lake Taupo to Mounts Tongaririo, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in the distance. On the right bank, in the foreground, is a Maori pa, with a pataka or food store shown most prominently. Both banks of the river are densely covered in trees, including pine and cabbage trees, and bush. A canoe or waka with six occupants glides away from the pa across the river. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J S Alington 20.1.24; Verso - top left - Copied from a black and white picture. Copied by J S Alington 1924 [in pencil, probably Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand]; Verso - top right - Colours are as fresh as they were when first painted [in pencil, probably in Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 144 x 244 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.