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Date: 1849 - 1855

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Taranaki Museum; New Plymouth Public Library

Reference: A-284-031/035

Description: Show Taranaki scenes: Interior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Exterior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Alpha flourmill, Huatoki Valley and Victoria Road from Marsland Hill, New Plymouth; Henui (Weekstown) from the coastal dunes; Unidentified New Plymouth outskirts (possibly now Tukapa St / Westown). Attribution based on style. George Curtis arrived in New Plymouth in 1849 on the 'Pekin'. "As soon as a raupo house could be erected by the Maoris at Omata, George Curtis and his family went to live on his farm". (NZ Biogs, 1967, vol. 1, p. 53). Supplied titles. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Recto - beneath image - [Titles as supplied by donor]. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, black and white, varying sizes. Provenance: Original drawings in New Plymouth Public Library tipped into a book, until 1992, then transferred to Taranaki Museum.

Date: [1955-1956]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-34

Description: Comprises notes on and possible implications of, a Dolichocephalic human skull, Kaingaroa, including carvings (with maps); notes on Maori lore and sites made on a tour to Hamilton, Tirau, Raglan, Thames and the New Plymouth-Rahotu area, western Taranaki (Dec 1955-Jan 1956) (with map); compilation of old pa and kainga and of remaining occupied kainga, Waitara-Rahotu area, Taranaki (with map); Awakino-Mokau-Mohakatino area, with map showing old pa, kainga, middens etc; former pa of the coastal district, Onaero-Mimi area, north Taranaki; plan of Te Tiki-o-te-Ihingarangi positions; notes on Lake Taupo (with map); plan of part of central Waikato showing Maori sites and data of Maori war; letter, Wally N re Coromandel workshop find Arrangement: Notebook no 33 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1841

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: A-220-005

Description: A panoramic view from the sea, looking towards the site of New Plymouth just prior to settlement. There are Maori canoes in the foreground and in the distance on shore a Maori pa and Richard Barrett's accommodation barracks and hotel. The Sugar Loaves are to the right Islands off shore are named. In 'Information relating to the settlement of New Plymouth (London, Smith Elder, 1841), p. 9-10, under Climate and soil 'Mr G. Duppa states:- 'Amongst other sketches, I have sent you a panoramic view of the Sugar Loaves, Mount Egmont, and the Taranaki district generally, which I made when I went down there in the Brougham, with the Plymouth Company's surveyors. It will give you a better idea of the country than any verbal description that I could give, beyond a few observations. The land for about three miles inland is slightly undulating, but not so steep but that a plough would go over the whole of it ... It is for the most part covered with fern and brushwood (which fire levels with the ground) for several miles inland, when you first meet with groves of timber, presenting a most park-like aspect ...' Other Titles - Taranaki Another copy (right side only) is at B-080-011; both sections, hand-coloured, are also at C-029-005 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 182 x 1450 mm

Date: 1841

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; New Zealand Company; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-080-011

Description: The right-hand section of a two-part panorama looking from the sea towards the site of New Plymouth shortly before settlement by the New Zealand Company. Shows a Maori canoe in the foreground and in the distance a Maori pa and Richard Barrett's accommodation barracks and hotel Right portion only. Copies of the full panorama are held at A-220-005 (black and white, in one section, rolled) and at C-029-005 (hand-coloured, in two sections) Other Titles - Taranaki Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 182 x 725 mm

Date: 1887

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: C-165-005

Description: Two panoramic views of the 1887 Easter encampments held at Auckland and on the Waiwhakaio River in Taranaki. The smaller of the two images, depicting the Auckland camp, shows two officers on a hillside in the foreground, surveying the camp in the distance. Various volunteer militia, grouped either in a mass or in rows, can be seen in the distance. Horses can be seen grazing in the middle ground. The Taranaki encampment shows a national gathering of Volunteer Forces returning from an exercise at Bell Block. Mount Taranaki and ranges are visible behind the encampment. Katere Ki Te Moana kainga (a pa on the top of Mangaone hill, New Plymouth) can be seen on the hill in the distance. Where the encampment is located has become the Rewarewa reserve. Lithograph of Taranaki camp taken from the 1887 oil painting by Edith Stanway Halcombe entitled 'Easter encampment, Waiw[h]akaiho, 1887', held at Puke Ariki in New Plymouth. Note that the lithograph is in reverse. It is not certain if Halcombe was the original artist of the Auckland encampment lithograph, though the styles are similar In addition to this lithograph, another was made slightly later by A D Willis, advertised for sale from 4 May 1887 ('Volunteer encampment, New Plymouth, 1887', held at Puke Ariki), and based on Edith Halcombe's painting. It is reasonable to suggest therefore that she did her own lithographic version for 'The Auckland weekly news' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 295 x 365 mm (horizontal) on sheet 453 x 310 mm (vertical) (sight)

Date: 1865

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-038

Description: View looking north up the beach towards Mount Taranaki and the cliffs of South Taranaki, with foot soldiers marching and cavalry ahead and to the right. The watercolour is a copy of a watercolour by Colonel Edward Arthur Williams held by the Hocken Library and entitled A stroll on the beach - Mt Egmont in the distance, 16 February 65. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white, 173 x 249 mm