Places

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-035

Description: Shows a burning Maori redoubt in the centre, with British troops in the foreground. Mount Taranaki is in the background to the south. Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, 29 Aug 1863, p 212 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 230 x 345 mm

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-032-1

Description: Looking down from above onto a road carved out through dense bush, with cavalry and infantry marching along it. Large trunks from the cleared bush in the foreground The Library holds another version of this view at A-134-011, from a source other than the Illustrated London news Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 43, November 7th 1863, p. 476 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 1842 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-047/049

Description: Views of Wellington between 1842 and 1845. The top view shows the house of William Wakefield (the site of the Beehive) looking up The Terrace beyond. The central view is of Captain Daniell's sawmill on the Kaiwharawhara stream. A bullock cart is carrying logs to the right, several men are resting in the foreground, there are piles of tree trunks in the foreground, and tall bush in the background. The lowest view shows the bank on the corner of Willis Street and Manners Street with soldiers marching by, from the barracks next door to the bank. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261

Date: [ca 1896-1959]

From: Pharazyn family: Photographs from the papers of Noel Pharazyn and his sister Eleanor

Reference: PAColl-10031-3

Description: Includes:- Portraits of Noel Pharazyn as an 18 month old child, ca 1896. Unidentified woman in oriental fancy dress, ca 1920. Group photograph of unidentified schoolboys and teachers, ca 1908. Three photographs of (probably) soldiers of the Royal Field Artillery excercising with field guns, ca 1914. Group photograph of (probably) soldiers of the Royal Field Artillery, World War One. Noel Pharazyn, a boy on a tricycle, ca 1898. Group, including Noel Pharazyn standing and seated in the countryside, ca 1928. Group of three unidentified women outside a house, ca 1938. Noel Pharazyn, Walter Nash, Mrs Nash, and a group of unidentified men, Hawaii, ca 1945. Photographs of (probably) Eleanor Pharazyn on holiday among classical ruins and in London, 1950s. Groups of unidentified women and children waving tricolor Flags (possisbly France), 1950s. Portrait of Colonel Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji at the time that he was a military attache in Washington, 1945-1946. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1863 - 1865

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-008

Description: A party in the 1860s in a large living room or ballroom. Mistletoe is attached to a chandelier, beneath which is a chair draped with bonnets. Behind the chair is a young soldier in hiding. Four rather plain-looking women are heading towards the lures on the chair, while two prettier women in the foreground have their backs to their would-be swain and any potential kissing under the mistletoe. The soldier may be intended to be a self-portrait and the ballroom may be in Auckland. There are large pictures on the walls, chairs and couches against the far wall, a grand piano and the chair in the centre along with a chaise-longue. The artist was a surgeon with the British forces during the Waikato-Tauranga war of the mid 1860s Other Titles - Artful dodge Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 214 x 276 mm

Date: ca 1880- 1966

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8066-14

Description: Government troops at Parihaka in 1881. Gudgeon with a group of European men and women on the verandah of Queen Makea's house in Avarua, Rarotonga. King Koroki's funeral in May 1966. Edith Tuke and her Napier house in the 1890s. A man on hoseback at "Wairoro." Soldiers with a field gun. A memorial cross. Two children ca 1905. A sheet of 8 postcards relating to Auckland Other material includes short typed notes relating to Gudgeon; a letter to Beryl Gudgeon from the Auckland Museum dated 1936; an obituary for Mr C R Howden; information relating to Arthur Tuke's career dated 1876. Except for the Auckland postcards, the material in this collection was contained in an album entitled "Gudgeon 1965-1920." This album judging from the captions which were on each page, contained photographs relating to Gudgeon's life. By the time the album reached the Turnbull Library, these photographs had gone and it was filled with an assortment of items, none of which related to the captions on the plastic pages. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1893

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1893]

Reference: E-497-q-012

Description: Sketch of a soldier standing on a rampart, holding a rifle to his waist and looking out towards the harbour below. A boat can be seen heading to the entrance of the harbour. Two sketchy [figures?] are in the lower righthand corner. Possibly at Port Chalmers looking across Otago Harbour to the Otago Peninsula. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook, page size 135 x 188 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-053/055

Description: Three illustrations of scenes in the Wellington area. The top view looks north along the beach (now Thorndon Quay) towards Kaiwharawhara, with several houses along the beach, including the roof and front garden of Major Baker's. The central view, probably at Taita, shows the banks of the Hutt River, with Maori leaving Maraenuku Pā [Makahinuku Pa], overseen by soldiers. The palisades of the pa are to the right, with other buildings and canoes in the distance along the riverbank. The lowest view shows 'The red house' or the Barracks in Thorndon Quay, with soldiers marching up the slope towards them, another house and Tiakiwai Pa (described in Brees' text as 'Jackawai') in the middle distance. Other Titles - Makahinuku Pa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 380 x 280 mm.

Date: [ca1870]-1935

From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 :Photographs of family, friends, and travels

Reference: PAColl-9129-1

Description: Edith Lyttleton's father and mother, Emily Lyttleton and Westcote McNab Lyttleton. Edith Lyttleton and her sister Emily in the 1890s. Edith's brothers Ray and Clyne. Grave of Westcote McNab Lyttleton. Unidentified carte de visite portraits. Family groups in the gardens of Rokeby homestead, 1890s. Group at Engleberg, Switzerland in 1911. Unidentified musical group. Unidentified railway track, probably on the Canterbury Plains. Franz Joseph Glacier Hotel, Westland, New Zealand. North American Indian, animals, and forest. Pet dogs. Edith Lyttleton in dog-drawn sledge, Yukon, Canada, 1920. Ships in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, ca 1870. Views of countryside, Halifax. Sailors, Halifax. Port and town, Australia. Australian military uniforms. Quantity: 71 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1870s-1890s]

Reference: PA1-o-1632

Description: Photograph album containing cartes de visite and cabinet card portraits of military officers and scenes, ca 1870s-1890s, compiled by an unidentified person. Includes photographs of Parihaka and volunteer units. Please note that captions under the photographs do not match photographs in many cases. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 19 x 23.5 cm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2010

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-034

Description: Very similar to version at A-210-002. Also similar to work in Hocken sketchbook page 67: "23 Jany. The Mowhanau Stream; close to Alexander's Farm. 1865". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 14 May 1863

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

Reference: PA2-2227

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - Henry Burton - Lieut. 40th REg. Auckland NZ May 14th 1863 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: April 1893

From: Anastasiou, Spiros :Photograph albums associated with the Evans Family

Reference: PA1-q-564-12-1

Description: Military volunteers camp in farmland near Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand, Easter 1893. Photographed by an unknown photographer around 2 April 1893. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Volunteer camp, Johnsonville, Easter 1893 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16 x 11.4 cm

Date: 1858

From: Ruck, Charlotte Steward, 1840?-1916 :[Scrapbooks, ca 1860 to ca 1899]

Reference: E-309-q-1-016

Description: Barrack buildings to the right, with the troops lined up outside. A separate group of officers, including one on horseback in the centre and towards the left Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Sepia photograph, 114 x 219 mm on album page 256 x 205 mm

Date: 1860 - 1900

Reference: PA2-2570

Description: Sir William F D Jervois was born at Cowes, Isle of Wight, the son of General William Jervois. He entered the Royal Military Academy in 1837. In 1839 he was 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers and rose to be Colonel Commandant of Royal Engineers 1893. In 1875 he was appointed governor of Straits Settlements, in 1877 appointed adviser on defence to the governments of the Australian colonies and in July the same year was appointed Governor of South Australia. After five years of successful administration in South Australia, Jervois was appointed to New Zealand, taking up his duties on 20 January 1883. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1860

Reference: A-423-014

Description: Shows two tents in the left foreground on a high point of land, with a campfire between them; they are overlooking another headland also with a campfire, and bay area. In the right middle distance is an island or headland, and on the horizon are two other land masses. The soldiers near the tents appear to wear blue military jackets and red hats. There is a British flag and red ensign flying on flying on two flagpoles in the left foreground. Location may not be New Zealand. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 136 x 195 mm.

Date: 1855 - 1865

Reference: 1/1-017989-G

Description: Photograph of a watercolour with a view from inside the fort looking out to the Waitemata Harbour. Three soldiers standing in the foreground, several piles of cannonballs to the right, a Union Jack flying centre, the fort's walls with gaps for cannon and part of a wooden building visible on the far left. Several ships in the harbour. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour

Date: 1865

From: Artist unknown :[Album of an officer en route to and from New Zealand and on service in New Zealand] 1863-1867

Reference: A-277-028

Description: Soldiers within an earthen rampart, with two standing guard, gazing out across a plain towards low hills. Within the shelter of the rampart are several tents, two with soldiers reclining inside them, one with a standing soldier leaning against it, and another seated soldier in front of it, smoking a pipe. Three rifles are stacked upright together in the centre. Probably a South Taranaki scene, the drawings are mounted in the album in chronolical order and those immediately before and after are of Taranaki Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour, 64 x 115 mm

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-067

Description: View up the Waikato River with soldiers and a military tent on the bank to the left and a paddle steamer further up the river The paddle steamer is likely to be the Koheroa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 160 mm