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Date: 1856

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-139-017

Description: Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There are shops in the distance. A red-coated soldier leans against the door to Barrett's Hotel. A small rowboat is in the sea to the right of the road Title on engraved plate on frame. Artist attributed because of similarity of subject to Holmes' "Wellington Beach 1856" (A-032-040). The work is not as finished as that one however. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 343 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to that in the collection of Mr Charles Levin of Sanson, descendant of W. H. Levin.

Date: [between 1879 and 1929]

From: Browning, H :Photographs by James Ring

Reference: 1/2-050025-F

Description: Cape Foulwind showing the cliffs and rock formations. Two standing figures are silhouetted on a rock in the middleground. Photograph taken by James Ring, between 1879 and 1929. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Brown Terrace, Cape Foulwind, NZ. 809; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ring Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1890s-1920s]

From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district

Reference: 1/1-001799-G

Description: Scene at Waiwera, Auckland, overlooking the beach. Buildings housing hot baths are visible at bottom left. Photograph taken between circa 1890-1920, by H J Schmidt, or another photographer from the studio of Hemus and Hanna. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1880s

From: Creator of collection unknown :Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and Taranaki regions

Reference: PAColl-3722-2-58

Description: Streets in New Plymouth. Looks along the rooftops of houses and other buildings. Shows the beach on the left. Photograph by William Andrews Collis circa 1880s. Photographer's inscription on neg reads: "N P From Convent" Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - N P From Convent Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25.6 x 30.6 cm

Date: 1896

From: Coles, C W :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-016005-G

Description: Beach scene at Whangamata in 1896, with a row boat and waterside buildings. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1860

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-005

Description: Shows Waiheke, Browns Island and Rangitoto. The view is framed by a tree branch on the left Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Howick Beach, N.Z. [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - Howick beach N. Z. 1860; Verso - Caroline Moresby from Mr Seddon [in ink - Caroline Moresby was the artist's third daughter, to whom this collection of sketches was given] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 213 x 285 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1881

By: Green, Samuel Edwy, 1838-1935

Reference: A-250-006

Description: Shows S.S. Tararua on Waipapa Reef. Two figures stand watching, and one figure rides a horse along the beach. There are tussock-covered sand-dunes in the foreground. On back 'Tararua Pt Waihope S. Island' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 215 x 295 mm

Date: ca 1900

From: Brusewitz, Henry Elis Leopold, b ca 1855 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-001020-G

Description: View along the shore at Island Bay, Wellington. The woman and young girls on the beach wear white sun hats and two of the girls wade in the water. Photograph taken by Henry Brusewitz, circa 1900. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 554 Island Bay Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Wilson, Kenneth Adrian, 1924-2012: Photographs relating to Wellington

Reference: 1/2-136056-F

Description: The Blue Platter Tea Rooms at Island Bay in Wellington. Shows women, men and children on the beach and a horse-drawn wagon making its way along The Esplanade. Photograph taken circa 1900, by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative from loaned album

Date: [ca 1885-1891]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020537-G

Description: Amy Elizabeth and Reginald Clarke Wright with two unidentified boys on the beach at Worser Bay, Wellington. Photographed by Henry Charles Clarke Wright, circa 1885-1891. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: [ca 1880-1922]

From: Lennard, Maurice, fl 1983 :Photographs of Piha and Huia taken by Edward Le Grice

Reference: PAColl-0398-08

Description: View of south Piha. Includes Dawson Rock, and fishing rocks. Photographed by Edward Le Grice sometime between 1888 and 1922. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 21.5 x 16.4 cm

Date: 1890 - 1904

By: Nairn, James McLachlan, 1859-1904

Reference: A-253-033

Description: Beach at Paraparaumu or Waikanae with Kapiti in the distance. Bathers in foreground Attribution to Nairn on stylistic grounds Inscriptions: Backing board verso - "(finished pictures) (for sale or for gifts)" [backing board removed. Inscription in an unknown hand] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card 176 x 253 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-281-q-014

Description: View along the hills of the beachline Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 46 x 97 mm

Date: 1865

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-001

Description: Shows the back of a man standing in centre foreground with a knapsack slung over his shoulder; he looks at a scene of a log-strewn West Coast beach, a frisking dog, a man kneeling in the middle distance with two pack horses. There are foothills at left, and snowy alps in the centre distance. At right two yachts sail on a choppy sea. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 210 x 340 mm. (rectangular with rounded corners).

Date: 1846

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

Reference: B-113-009

Description: View from Kaiteriteri beach looking out into Golden Bay, with an arched rock and a hanging rock on the right, another rock formation with a hole through the centre on the left, close to a bush-clad headland and two groups of Maori. 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. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Other Titles - Kaiteriteri Inscriptions: Verso - title, date, signature (W. Fox). Also New Zealand Company stamp, received 19 February 1847, N Z Co number 212 (twice) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 256 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Sold by Francis Edwards & Co., London, to Alexander Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1853

From: Pharazyn, Edward de C 1810-1879? :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-293-q-002

Description: A deserted beach with a log in the foreground, two men seated on the beach, cliff in the distance. The area shown is on the Wairarapa Coast north of Wellington and east from Masterton. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - E. P. 1853.; Recto - beneath image - Waikara Cliffs from Kaiwata.; On opposite page: title and date repeated plus note about the trip to Te Aute. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with ink inscriptions 142 x 231 mm

Date: [between 1885-1910]

By: Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?

Reference: 1/2-080966-F

Description: Little Beach, Charleston, with the Welcome Inn in the foreground. "James Parsons, Licensee" is painted on the side of the Inn. Photograph taken by Henry Thomas Lock, between circa 1885-1910. Dated according to the flourishing dates of the photographer Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Little Beach, Charleston Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1890s

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0679-G

Description: People on Pohara Beach. Some are sitting on rocks and others are standing in the sand. There is a child in a pram on the beach, and there are two carts with horses also standing in the sand. Taken by the Tyree Brothers in the 1890s. This print is also at PA7-23-36 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1841 - 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-004

Description: Petone with the Eastern Hills in the background, flax bushes and two wind-formed bent trees and two cows in the foreground. In the middle distance is a raupo whare with a conical thatched roof Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 4.5 x 6.5 ins

Date: 1850 - 1860

From: [Fox, William] 1812-1893 :[Russell from Paihia. ca 1850]

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-004

Description: A view from a grassy hill looking down on a beach, where six people are standing, gazing across the water in the direction of Russell. The fourth section of a 5-part panorama Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 305 mm