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Date: 1920

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: A-155-016

Description: A large grey warship, probably in Wellington Harbour Inscriptions: Signed: A.L.H. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 119 x 195 mm

Date: 1910 - 1930

By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: A-367-003

Description: Shows a view of the harbour, with several steamships anchored therein, and one with a long red funnel tied to a wharf in the middle foreground. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top left - For dear Averil / with much love / and best wishes for Xmas / & the New Year / From Grannie. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 175 x 133 mm Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1911

By: Goodchild, Emily, active 1903-1911; Atkinson, Louisa Marion, 1862-1956; Pharazyn, Frances Mary, 1847-1927; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: G-270

Description: Shows a view of Wellington Harbour from Kelburn. There is flowering broom or gorse in the foreground, the houses of Kelburn in the middle distance, the harbour beyond, Somes Island, and the distant area of Lower Hutt. The smoke of a small fire rises from the Thorndon area. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top centre - [Title]; Backing board recto - top right - Left to L M Lysaght by F Pharazyn 1926. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 298 x 726 mm (sight) Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, through the Lysaght family in 2002. Bequeathed by Frances Pharazyn, the donor's grandmother, to Louisa M Lysaght in 1926.

Date: 1903

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Nairn, James McLachlan, 1859-1904

Reference: E-567-f-011

Description: Shows a view from water level, looking from the Oriental Bay side, across the harbour. Several ships are anchored in the harbour. Extended Title - From the Countess of Ranfurly's album of watercolours, 1903. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington; Recto - bottom right - Jas M Nairn Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 199 mm, mounted in page 243 x 315 mm.

Date: 1921

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: A-156-002

Description: Queen's Wharf or another part of the port of Wellington, with a crane, a tall ship and men moving logs in the foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 182 x 124 mm

Date: 1941

Reference: A-375-024

Description: Shows a view of slopes on Somes Island, with fencing and pine trees. The sloping hills converge at a lighthouse at the south end of the island, and beyond is the Wellington City coastline, with Wellington Heads and the Pencarrow Coast in the distance. Monogram signature at lower left may be C.A. or G.A. Floral watercolour study on verso, with note: Deutsch die Saar (The Saar is German). The Saar was reunited with Germany after a plebiscite in 1935. A large number of Jews were deported from Baden and the Saar in 1940. Probably painted by a German internee on Somes Island during the Second World War. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title, initials and date]; Verso - top right - By German internee; Verso - centre - Deutsch die Saar ("The Saar is German") Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 152 x 208 mm.

Date: 1903

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Fell, Walter, 1855-1932

Reference: E-567-f-016

Description: Shows a view looking south, of a sailing ship and a steamship both leaving Wellington Harbour through the heads. Extended Title - From the Countess of Ranfurly's album of watercolours, 1903. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 135 x 222 mm, mounted in page 243 x 315 mm.

Date: 1928

By: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; Mitchell, Frank Keith, 1928-2019; Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980

Reference: B-156-015

Description: Shows a night scene of the steamship 'Maori' anchored at a wharf, with people standing on the wharf and on the ship's decks. The scene is lit by two spherical lights, and the wharf buildings are at the left. A similar image, entitled "The Maori, 7.40 pm, Wellington, NZ", appeared in the front of the "New Zealand railways magazine" of 1 September 1927. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Drypoint and aquatint, 174 x 262 mm. Provenance: Formerly owned by V Leonard W Mitchell, the donor's brother.

Date: 1918 - 1922

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: B-035-027

Description: A large rusty steamer moored alongside a larger liner Inscriptions: Signed: A.L Haylock Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 300 x 450 mm

Date: 3 February 1921

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: A-155-005

Description: The tugboat Pelican at a wharf in Wellington Harbour Inscriptions: Signed: ALH Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 127 x 190 mm

Date: 1870 - 1900

By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: A-367-010

Description: Shows a view of the harbour, with two sailing ships in calm water, and the Orongorongo Range in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JS Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 109 mm

Date: 1860 - 1900

By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931

Reference: A-178-015

Description: Harbour with bush and house roofs in the foreground, 3 steam and sailing ships, Somes Island and the Eastern Hills in the background. Probably a view from above Stowe Hill, Thorndon, where the artist lived. Inscriptions: Mount recto - [in pencil on mount that has been subsequently discarded - monogram] JS; Mount verso - title. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 166 x 125 mm

Date: 1860 - 1900

By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931; FitzGerald, Elice, 1890-1965

Reference: A-178-003

Description: Harbour with bush and part of a garden in the foreground, several steam and sailing ships, Somes Island and the Eastern Hills in the background. Probably a view from Stowe Hill, Thorndon, where the artist lived. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - label sellotaped to centre by previous owner: "This watercolour by the late Mrs Stowe of Tinakori Road Wellington ... has been bequeathed to the Alexander Turnbull Library ... E. Fitzgerald, 16.9.63.; Recto - bottom right - JS [monogram in Chinese white] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour with Chinese white 164 x 345 mm

Date: 1915

By: Christchurch Press Company Ltd; Weekly press (Newspaper); Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; Selig, Phineas, 1856-1941

Reference: C-033-011

Description: A view from a wharf of H M N Z T No. 14 disembarking from either Lyttelton or Wellington, with waving soldiers on board, and soldiers and civilians on shore and in surrounding small boats. Many are waving small flags. The hull of the ship is green. A further transport ship, painted grey, is visible on the left Extended Title - Supplement to `New Zealand at the Dardanelles'. Special war number of `The Weekly Press'. 18 September 1915. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 325 x 450 mm

Date: 1976

By: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988

Reference: A-238-013

Description: View looking east along the beach towards two small wooden huts with the Eastbourne hills in the distance Inscription details obtained from mount, now discarded. See also A-238-014 for another work by the same artist, with the same provenance Inscriptions: Signed: J.S. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 110 x 161 mm

Date: 1900

By: Lloyd, May Carte, 1890?-1974; Franklin, Tess M, active 1940-2004

Reference: A-358-002

Description: Shows a foreshortened view of the bow of a small ship or boat tied up at the wharf on the right. Buildings of Oriental Bay are in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 240 x 158 mm (sight)

Date: 1920 - 1929

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: A-155-018

Description: Shows the Maori, 2nd version, tied up at Queen's Wharf Unfinished Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on paper 335 x 347 mm

Date: 1920

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: A-153-005

Description: The ship Alameda, partially stripped, at Clyde Quay in Wellington Harbour Inscriptions: Signed: A.H. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour wash 216 x 157 mm

Date: 1858 - 1984

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-112-034

Description: View from Kelburn looking down towards the bush-clad Glen, later the site of the Botanic Gardens on the left, Thorndon in the distance and the harbour and surrounding hills. Two cows on a path thought to be part of Raroa Road are in the foreground. Edition of 3000 One of four reproductions collectively titled Wellington to the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Art reproduction ; photolithograph image 320 x 589 mm on sheet 420 x 630 mm + 1 information sheet (270mm)

Date: 1921

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: A-155-008

Description: The S. S. Moeraki seen in Wellington Harbour, with a background of cliffs Inscriptions: A.H. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 198 x 119 mm