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Scenic photographs of New Zealand complied by the Scenery Preservation Board
Date: [ca 1880-1910]
From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand
By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board
Reference: PAColl-0444-1
Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :The Taranaki, the first vessel built at New Plymouth. Built ...
Date: 1860
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.
By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915
Reference: E-453-f-016-1
Description: Looking south along the beach towards Paritutu rock with the prow of a small ship visible behind a sandhill at the water's edge. The palisades of Paritutu Pa are on the left. The ship's rigging is covered with flags. A crowd on foot, horseback and in carriages and carts surround the ship. Strutt had left Taranaki for Australia in 1856. He may have drawn this view partly from imagination. The Taranaki was launched in 1860. His drawing 'Mototua and land, Sugar Loaf, Near New Plymouth, 1856 (reference number E-453-f-007) is a similar view, lacking the ship Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 75 x 125 mm
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Bush falling, Taranaki, New Zealand. Jan., 1857
Date: 1857
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.
By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915
Reference: E-453-f-010
Description: Three settlers felling timber. Two are working with axes at the trunk of a rata, centre right, while a third is resting in the left foreground. There are large tree-ferns and several nikau in the clearing beyond the men, with tree trunks piled up and native bush around the edges of the view. Mount Taranaki can be seen in the background Compare a similar view in monotone wash, rectangular shape, at E-453-f-013-1 Other Titles - Bush felling Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 200 x 280 mm