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Date: 1859

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Martin G. Heywood (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-051-007

Description: View of Lyttelton, possibly from Quail Island, looking at the township from the south east, with Holy Trinity Church, John Robert Godley's house, other houses, businesses and wharves, against a backdrop of the Port Hills. In the foreground, cabbage trees and flaxes. Three schooners are close to the foreground. Ellis, E.M & D.G Early prints of New Zealand 1642-1875 Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints, no. 549. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 print pasted on card; tinted lithograph 248 x 388 mm, on sheet 342 x 498 mm, on card 370 x 525 mm Provenance: K.A. Webster collection, London (collection stamp on backing board).

Date: 1870 - 1878

From: Illustrated Australian news [1860s-1870s]

Reference: PUBL-0119-1878-13

Description: A busy dock scene at Lyttelton, with steam and sailing ships, wharf buildings, and families awaiting their luggage, collecting their luggage and greeting friends and relations. Some are still being helped off the ship onto the wharf. Extended Title - From Illustrated Australian News, 16 January 1878, p. 13 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, folio sized

Date: 1901 - 1915

By: Worsley, Charles Nathaniel, 1862-1923

Reference: B-139-023

Description: View of Lyttelton Harbour from hill at north end of harbour. Steamships in centre to right mid ground. Sailing ships in the left mid ground. Houses, wharf buildings, and railway servicing the wharves in the right foreground. Worsley was resident in Christchurch from 1901 to 1915 and again from 1921 to 1922. Evidence from photographs suggests this watercolour was from the early 1900s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C. N. Worsley R. B. A.; Mount verso - top right - Lyttelton Harbour, C N Worsley R. B. A., 40 [pounds] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour with areas of scraping back, 239 x 374 mm

Date: 1868 - 1869

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: C-110-014

Description: View from Akaroa looking across to Wainui, with two ships, a small boat and a rowboat in the harbour. On the left is a rocky outcrop with a seated man Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 134 x 357 mm

Date: between 1876 and 1906

Reference: 1/2-014577-F

Description: The ship `Hermione' in dry dock at Lyttelton. Taken by an unidentified photographer between 1876 and 1906. Hermione was built in 1876 for Shaw Savill & Co. She was sold to Italian owners in 1906 and broken up at Genoa at 1913. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1882

From: Tensfeld, John, fl 1869-1882: Panoramas of Lyttelton harbour

Reference: PA1-o-494-1

Description: Part 1 of a 2 part panorama of Lyttelton Harbour, taken in 1882 by an unidentified photographer. Same image in the Cox Album PA1-o-110, page 28 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1880s]

Reference: 1/2-029174-F

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama depicting the Lyttelton harbour and wharves photographed by an unknown photographer circa 1880s. Copy negative from Cox album (PA1-o-110) A similar image is available in album PA1-o-110, page 29. Part 1 of this panorama is at 1/2-029175 Formerly attributed to the Burton Brothers Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1907

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040929-G

Description: The ship `Nimrod' sailing for the Antarctic from Lyttelton Harbour in 1907. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046007-G

Description: Lyttelton wharf, circa 1910. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lyttelton N Z S C Smith Photo L3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1850

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: PUBL-0033-1850-001

Description: A view from Mount Evans looking north across Lyttelton Harbour towards Godley Head and Pegasus Bay with the Southern Alps in the distance. Several ships are in the harbour and at sea Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: 1877 - 1878

By: Brunton, Fanny Wright, 1824-

Reference: C-014-009

Description: View looking north along the waterfront, with sailing ships, men beaching a boat, and a large building, probably Belford Steam Flour Mill near the waterfront, alongside other wharf or factory buildings Attribution based on comparison with Brunton sketchbook held by Hocken Library. On adjoining leaves of partial sketchbook (same sheets as A172/31 and 30) Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 163 x 528 mm

Date: ca late 1890s

From: Meachen, A J :Shipping photographs

By: Ferrier, William, 1855-1922

Reference: PAColl-0684-07

Description: The Arrino in Timaru harbour. Photograph taken by William Ferrier between circa 1896 and circa 1899. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1909

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-141098-G

Description: Steam ship Mararoa in Akaroa Harbour, photographed in April 1909 by William Williams. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 4.09 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereoscopic dry plate negative 3.25 x 6.75 inches

Date: 1888 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-033

Description: View looking north, with a dinghy with two occupants in the left foreground, jetties and wharf sheds, houses along Sumner Road and the Timeball Station [?] and a signalling flag-pole in the middle distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1889

From: Wakefield, Edward 1845-1924 :New Zealand illustrated. The story of New Zealand and descriptions of its cities and towns by Edward Wakefield; also (by various writers) the natural wonders of New Zealand (past and present). Wanganui. A. D. Willis, 1889.

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PUBL-0019-08

Description: An extensive view of Lyttelton Harbour looking north towards the Sumner Road, and taking in a steam train in the left foreground, the wharves, shipping and wharf buildings and houses on the hills. Gladstone Pier is shown with many small ships moored at it. Based on a photograph by E. Wheeler & Sons, lithographed by W. Potts and published by A. D. Willis Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 166 x 374 mm

Date: 1825

By: Fullwood, Albert Henry, 1863-1930; Schwarzburger, Carl, 1850-; Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd.

Reference: A-109-003

Description: View from the hills behind Lyttelton, looking over the lower houses and the wharf areas towards the harbour entrance. A couple with a dog, and a second seated man are in the foreground Clipped from a copy of the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. Text on verso of image Extended Title - Published in: Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, 1886. v. 3, p. 631 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 151 x 243 mm on sheet 174 x 309 mm

Date: [ca 1880s]

Reference: 1/2-029175-F

Description: Part 1 of a 2 part panorama depicting the Lyttelton harbour, wharves and surrounding settlement, photographed by an unknown photographer circa 1880s. A dredge is visible in the centre. Copy negative from Cox album (PA1-o-110) Another copy of this image (with more visible on the left hand side) is available in album PA1-o-110, page 28. Part 2 of this panorama is at 1/2-029174 Formerly attributed to the Burton Brothers Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]

By: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918

Reference: A-120-037

Description: View from the water, outside the harbour entrance, looking towards the entrance and the surrounding hills. A small steamer and some seagulls are in the foreground In: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 243 x 389 mm

Date: Nov 1923

From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects

Reference: 1/2-112289-F

Description: Captain John Peter Bollons, and an unidentified woman, on board the ship Tutanekai at Akaroa, November, 1923. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1901

Reference: 1/2-032269-F

Description: The royal research ship Discovery leaving Lyttelton Harbour on the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904), led by Scott. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative