Places

Date: 1882

By: Graphic (London, England); Sherriff, George, 1846-1930

Reference: B-033-006

Description: 10 vignettes from drawings by George Sherriff, showing the Rutland Stockade, a portrait of Major Noake, Mount Egmont with the remains of the Maori fortification at Turoturomokai, Rahotu stockade and camp, Opunake Redoubt, scene in a pa with Maori standing guard by a hut, Te Whiti and Tohu, 'the murderer Hiroki and his guard', the military camp at Pungarehu and Parihaka Published in The Graphic, London, 8 April 1882 The Graphic attributes the drawings to George Sherriff. Some are signed with an engraver's monogram, either H. J. or J. H. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 305 x 228 mm

Date: 1884

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-433-010

Description: Two scenes, the one on the left shwoing the outlet of the Waikato River from Lake Taupo, and the one on the left showing steaming cliffs and vents on bothe sides of a river; two travellers look on at lower right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - TG [Initials of engraver at lower right of left image] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engravings on page 161 x 299 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: 17 March 1883

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-110-004

Description: Page 288 of the 'The Graphic' weekly newspaper of London, dated 17 March 1883. Page shows two engraved illustrations made by 'The Graphic' staff. The upper engraved illustration is captioned "New Zealand to-day - the North-Shore Regatta, Auckland; a race between Maori war canoes" and shows a view of Auckland Harbour, with yachts and Maori waka racing, and shows signature of Charles Bloomfield in lower left corner "C. Blomfield 1882". The lower engraved illustration is captioned "New Zealand sixty years ago - Maori war canoes racing off Cape Brett, North island, on their return from a war expedition" and shows a view of two waka taua in seas off rocks at Cape Brett. The engraving illustrations were made from two photographs taken by Messrs Hemus and Hanna, Auckland, of two paintings. The upper illustration is based on a painting by Charles Bloomfield titled "The North Shore Regatta and Maori war canoe race", and the lower illustration is based on a painting by C K Watkins titled "A Maori war canoe race off Cape Brett". The photographs were sent to 'The Graphic' by Messrs Champtaloup and Cooper, 76 Queen Street, Auckland. See "New Zealand Regattas, Ancient and Modern" published in 'The Graphic', London, page 267, 17th March 1883. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Page, 74 x 226 mm Processing information: Record updated 28 February 2024 with information on the source of the engraved illustrations.

Date: 1879

By: Graphic (London, England); Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: A-433-007

Description: A group of Maori in the middle of a field with oxen, horses and ploughs, ploughing up the land of Mr Jury in protest at his occupation of their land. They are being arrested by several officials. The scene is being observed by groups of Maori and Pakeha in the foreground. The unarmed action was associated with the Parihaka incident. Other Titles - Maori Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 125 x 230 mm, on part of page, 190 x 280 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: 1882

By: Graphic (London, England); Cresswell, John Charles Marshall, active 1957

Reference: C-068-002

Description: Contents; Second camp on moraine of the great Tasman Glacier; A perilous night watch; Attempt to climb the eastern spur; The summit of Mount Cook; The Malte Brun chain from the slopes of Mount Cook; Among the seracs above the great plateau of Mount Cook; Eastern face of Mount Cook form Tasman Glacier. Shows W S Green, E Boss, and U. Kaufmann climbing Mt Cook in 1882. Page from The Graphic London, 29th July 1882 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: 9 wood engravings on sheet 405 x 587 mm

Date: 1880

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-433-008

Description: Seven scenes in one engraving showing: On the road [Seven travellers on horseback with a packhorse and two dogs] Crossing [Travellers and riders beginning to cross a river] Camping out [Travellers beside a camp fire at dusk] [St]ampede [The horses take fright] The ferry [European travellers get rowed across water while their horses swim behind] 30 miles downstream [European men do the rowing of their companions including two women] Rotomahana Springs [A gentleman in a tartan skirt holds a large melon, while his companions and Maori men soak in hot pools. Two Maori cook a pot over a campfire] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 400 x 295 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: 1884

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-433-011

Description: Eight scenes in one engraving showing: 1. Mr J H Kerry Nicholls, the explorer of the King Country 2. Mount Ruapehu, an extinct volcano 3. The Ice Crown, Point Victoria 4. Crossing the Onetapu Desert by moonlight; on the brink of a precipice 5. Whatiwhatihoe, the home of King Tawhiao 6. A slippery descrnt into the valley of the Wanganui-a-te-ao River 7. The extinct volcano, Mount Pihanga, with the Upper Waikato River, flowing into Lake Taupo 8. The ice caves; source of the Wangaehu River Other Titles - Manganui-a-te-ao Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 405 x 293 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: 1877 - 1879

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], d 1934 :[Scrapbook of watercolours, prints and photographs, 1878 and later].

By: Outhwaite, Anne Jane Louisa, 1842-1925; Harral, Horace, active 1862-1876; Graphic (London, England)

Reference: E-881-f-032/033

Description: Nine engravings that appeared in the Graphic, from a trip taken by Miss Outhwaite and probably Gertrude Flora Cooke-Yarborough, in about December 1877. The trip began at Waitangi and went to Taheke, Herd's Point, Waitangi Falls, Rakau Para School, Tautahihi. Mr von Sturmer, Mrs Yarborough and Mr Marriner are mentioned in the handwritten notes. A published account of the journey is in the Graphic (London), 29 March 1879, page 315. Extended Title - From Gertrude Flora Yarborough's scrapbook of watercolours ... 1878 and after, pages 32-33 Quantity: 9 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, sizes varying, with handwritten text in ink and pencil, on double page spread 412 x 610 mm.

Date: 1873

By: Graphic (London, England); Harral, Horace, active 1862-1876

Reference: A-433-006

Description: Two scenes in one engraving showing: 1. General view of Lake Rotomahana with the White Terraces in the foreground. 2. A closer detail of the White Terraces Other Titles - Rotomahana Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 400 x 288 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: 1882

By: Graphic (London, England); Nash, J, active 1880s

Reference: B-033-007

Description: Shows 5 illustrations entitled: Orakei, the only Maori settlement near Auckland; Water display by the fire brigade; The public banquet; Tawhiao, the Maori king; Entertainment at Clifton Mount Eden .. Extended Title - From the Graphic London, 29th July 1882 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: 1 engraving 305 x 228 mm

Date: 1884

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-433-009

Description: Two scenes in one engraving. The upper scene is a broad view across Lake Taupo with the volcanoes of the Central Plateau in the background. Ngauruhoe has smoke rising from it. The lower scene shows Mt Ngauruhoe erupting, while travellers tend a campfire with their horses grazing nearby. Inscriptions: Recto - [Lower right of top image]: GT or TG [initials of engraver] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 407 x 292 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.