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Date: 1848 - 1846

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Sinclair, Andrew, 1794-1861

Reference: E-143-013

Description: Two drawings of Maori by J J Merrett. Two natural history drawings by Andrew Sinclair. From the top of the page, two watercolours of Auckland sponges, dated 1846; two small portraits of Maori, one of a woman in a pa setting, with a whare and a pataka behind her, one of a couple with another man, near an iron cooking pot. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolours, ink and wash, pencil and wash drawings

Date: 1845 - 1848 - 1846

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-018

Description: Three drawings on one page. Two Maori men shows a standing man in a rain cape, a seated figure in front, a pataka and part of a palisade behind. 'Tewera' shows a young Maori girl, kneeling or squatting, a garment wrapped round her waist. 'The Waikatto River at Horotiu' shows a bend in the river among hills, with scattered bush, a pa atop the highest hill to the left. Other Titles - Waikato Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of three watercolour, pencil, and pen and ink drawings

Date: 1840 - 1850

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Williams, Henry, 1792-1867; Williams, Samuel, 1822-1907; Warren, Alwyn Keith, 1900-1988

Reference: A-196-020

Description: A pool in the left foreground, ringed with stones, with a number of seated Maori bathing in it, including small children. One standing and two seated people on the right. In the background is a long canoe, several whare and a food storage platform and a group of trees at the base of a hill. A bay on the left. Possibly Hot Water Beach, Coromandel or Tokaanu, Taupo. The donor considered this drawing to be the work of Henry Williams. However it is in the style of J. J. Merrett, especially the background group of trees and the group of three figures in the right foreground. Merrett is known to have visited the Coromandel, since the Library has other drawings by him of Coromandel. He also drew Maori bathers in hot springs at Taupo Inscriptions: Verso - "Samuel" [probably the name of Samuel Williams, son of Henry Williams, to whom the artist may have given the picture] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 206 x 310 mm Provenance: Family of Rev. Henry Williams, passing by descent to Bishop A. K. Warren.

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0014-36

Description: Top image shows large groups of Maori seated on the ground around a drying scaffold hung with food (possibly dried shark and pigs). The bottom image shows a circle of Maori watching a salutation ceremony where one warrior is about to throw a spear. There is a high patuka or storehouse in the centre, for the storage of seeds, and the edge of the pa is marked by a row of high fencing posts at the right. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844; however he did not visit Matata. This is a copy of a drawing by J. J. Merrett Other Titles - Merrett, Joseph Jenner Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 374 x 310 mm.

Date: 1848 - 1849

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-143-015

Description: View of a Maori village at the water's edge. Two canoes are in the water, one being rowed out beyond poles holding it in place. The seven people in the view are all dressed in Maori garb. There are two dwellings and two pataka (storehouses) on the river bank, all with thatched (raupo?) roofs. Beyond them is a substantial row of palisades and a gateway, with carvings spaced along the fence and the roofs of further dwellings and storage platforms visible. Catalogued by both Sotheby's and McArthur's as the work of Clarke. However on both stylistic and handwriting grounds (c.f. Merrett's work in A.T.L. and the British Library), the work appears to be by Merrett. 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. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Opita on the Thames. N.Z. [in black ink]; Verso - centre - Opita on the Thames. 29 March 1848. Thames. [In very faint pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and sepia watercolour 211 x 268 mm Provenance: Purchased in London from Sotheby's, 6 Nov 1985