Places

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-038

Description: Shows the first Government House, built 1841, with well-established gardens, including wistaria growing over pillars of verandah, a cannon mounted in the front lawn and other houses and the spire of St Paul's Church in the background to the right On the verso of this view is the left side of Collinson's [Auckland from the head of the town valley] A-292-039. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 142 x 242 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-060

Description: Looking across the houses of Wanganui in an south-eastward direction towards the river and Shakespeare cliffs. Mr King is probably Samuel Popham King, who lived with his sisters, Mary and Martha (the artist) in Wanganui. A two-storied house is prominent in the foreground, probably the King household. Right side of a 2-part panorama, with left side and beginning of title missing. On verso of A-292-059. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink 163 x 228 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-067

Description: A view from across the Whanganui River of the township, with its fortifications, houses and Christ Church on the right, a flag and a flagstaff on the highest hill to the right. A tree fern is in the right foreground. The left-hand section of a panorama with A-292-068 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 261 x 360 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-063

Description: Houses (including Webster's and Robinson's), St Mary's Church and churchyard, Maori cultivation, Marsland Hill, with Maori and European fortifications, and areas of fern and garden marked on a drawing from the New Zealand Company Lands Office looking inland into New Plymouth township. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 161 x 245 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-061

Description: A detailed view of the houses and streets in the town from a high viewpoint, (the hill behind St Mary's Church) looking out to the west towards the sea. St Mary's Church and the churchyard are in the left foreground. The names of several house-owners are given, along with details of other features, including the houses of [William] Lakeman, Dorset, [Richard] Brown, "G. Inn" [Government Inn?] New Zealand Company houses [i.e. the immigration barracks], the gaol, Kawau Pa on the right, near the sea, a store (or stone?) house, the mill [Huatoki] stream, grass, streets, the bridge and gardens. The position of the South Huatoki Reef is also given, just out to sea, in line with the corner of the pa on the right. Brougham Street runs down the centre of the view, diagonally from the right bottom corner, with Vivian Street branching off to the right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 163 x 243 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-070

Description: View from Hill Street area looking down onto the garden of Government House (now the site of the Beehive) with flagpole and sentry-box. Domett's house, which Collinson shared during his stay in Wellington, is in the left foreground. Mount Victoria is in the background and five ships and four smaller vessels are in the harbour, four of the ships identified. A faintly sketched horse is grazing in the foreground. This drawing forms an inexact panorama with A-292-071. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with ink inscriptions Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-055

Description: Map of a winding river close to the sea, with a pa site to its right, a church and "Jenkins" (possibly William Jenkins') house marked on the plan. Sandhills on the right are shown with contour lines and marked as "Bare sand". On verso of A-292-054 North Coast Cook Strait The identification of this pa as Waikanae is based on the presence of the house named "Jenkins". William Jenkins and his wife Pairoke lived at Waikanae, close to the pa. Their cottage survived until 1986, when it was destroyed as beyond repair Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 239 x 153 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-068

Description: A view from across the Whanganui River of the Rutland Stockade, the houses at its base, the gunboat stockade at the river's edge further west, a Maori canoe in the river and in the foreground, three seated Maori men, one in European clothes, the other two in Maori clothes, identified as Horobabera, Eruera and Taiepa no [from] Taupo. Taiepa is holding a taiaha and there are two small whare closer to the river bank. The foreground scene is likely to be in Putiki Pa. The right-hand section of a panorama with A-292-067 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 262 x 346 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: White, Frederick John, active 1837-1848

Reference: A-292-072

Description: A view of Wellington, looking up The Terrace, with gardens, fences and houses, two people walking up the road, the harbour on the left and Mt Cook and part of Mt Victoria in the background, along with a few houses on the Te Aro foreshore, possibly including Te Aro Pa. On the verso is an outline pencil sketch of the contours of the hills with the harbour from the same viewpoint. Attributed to White on stylistic grounds, especially the liberal use of red gouache. The watercolour is titled in the hand of T. B. Collinson, but is not drawn in his style. The next three sketches in this group of loose sketches are signed Fred. J. White. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in ink in the hand of T. B. Collinson Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gouache on paper, 138 x 226 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-071

Description: View from Hill Street area looking south past the garden of Government House (now the site of the Beehive) on the far left, (with what is probably Alfred Domett's garden in the foreground), and towards the original St Paul's Church (Museum Street), along Lambton Quay (the shoreline) and The Terrace (marked as Constitution Hill here), with Te Aro, including the Pa and Mount Cook, with the military barracks in the distance. Stables are also indicated written on the roof of a building beyond the fence of Government House and above Lambton Quay. "The Baron's" (the hotel of Baron von Alzdorf) is indicated too, along Lambton Quay. This drawing forms an inexact panorama with A-292-070. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with ink inscriptions on paper, 231 x 331 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-040

Description: Right side of a panorama with A-292-039, showing St Paul's church, Britomart Barracks, Government House and the entrance to the Harbour. View from the Karangahape Road area of Auckland looking towards the town and harbour, across Parnell. An ink version of the full panorama is held in Manuscripts & Archives as an illustration to a letter dated 30 November 1846. Its title is Auckland from the head of the town valley. The left side of this panorama (A-292-039) shows Queen Street, the Queen Street Gaol, St Patrick's Cathedral under construction and Fort Britomart. Other Titles - Auckland from the head of the town valley, November 1846 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 243 x 167 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-039

Description: Left side of a two-part panorama with A-292-040. View from modern Karangahape Road area looking down the valley that now has Queen Street running down it, with houses and fields, the harbour beyond and Rangitoto in the background to the right. In the distance on the right, the prominent building on the skyline of the hills is Fort Britomart; at the bottom of the valley the nearest large building is the Queen Street Gaol; on the far left at the top of the slope is the St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral under construction. The right-most ship is the Colonial Brig (Victoria). The right side of the panorama (A-292-040) includes St Paul's Church, Britomart Barracks and Government House and is titled Auckland 1846. Other Titles - Auckland 1846 An ink version of the full panorama with title Auckland from the head of the town valley, is held in the Manuscripts and Archives Collection, with annotations, and with several noted Maori in the foreground, including Tamihana te Rauparaha and Te Kawau. The ink version illustrates a letter dated 30 November 1846 in Ms Paper 1038, folder 1. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 243 x 168 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-084/086

Description: An extensive view with the sea and many houses on the left, the Cockatoo Hotel a larger building with several chimneys on the left, Fell's Store a small high building behind the main group and Capmbell's Store the largest building towards the right in the first section. The central section shows the mill and barracks for the New Zealand Company, milled trees and a cross-road. The third view is closer to the hills behind Nelson and shows several houses at the foot of the hills and further fenced roads Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date in ink in the hand of T. B. Collinson in the centre section. Numbered pencil annotations in the left and centre sections. Notes about the bare hills in the 3rd section. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on three sheets of paper, each 161 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: A-292-087/088

Description: A view from the hill opposite Picton, looking south back at the town, the flat land beyond, burned tree trunks and high hills behind. The houses of the town are mostly at the water's edge with a few scattered buildings further back Other Titles - Queen Charlotte Sound Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date and attribution in ink in the hand of T. B. Collinson in the right-hand section. Pencil title Vytoee Bay & site 2 Nov long F. D. Bell, lower right in the right-hand section. Lettering a b c along the top to indicate where the two sections join Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sheets of paper, each 236 x 164 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 10 Jan 1848

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-466-001

Description: Shows a fine detailed view of the town of Wanganui, from across the river. Shows settlers' houses, the Christ Church, and the Rutland and York (incorrectly noted as 'Fort') stockades on the hill mounds above the town. The Gun-boat stockade, on the site of Mouta Gardens, seems to have been demolished, although the fencing is still in place. A two-masted sailing ship is visible on the river, with a dinghy tied to it, along with a fully-manned waka and a smaller canoe. Two figures sit on the bank in the foreground, their backs to the viewer. A tall flagstaff stands on the hill behind the York stockade Attributed by the auction house to Captain William Mein Smith, but this is probably incorrect. By comparison, it could possibly have been drawn by Thomas Bernard Collinson, 1822-1902, who was employed to build the Rutland stockade. The Library holds other views of Wanganui by Collinson from around the same time (at A-292-001/080). Although the handwriting does not match, the drawing styles are very similar Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui New Zealand / Jan 10 1848 / Fort Stockade / Rutland Stockade [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink on paper, 185 x335 mm, on card backing 280 x 430 mm