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Date: 1867 - 1870

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: C-174-003

Description: Shows the stamper battery established on the Golden Crown claim in Thames, about 1868. Features a single-storey building with a tall chimney. Other smaller buildings, likely to be miners' dwellings, and roadways are established on the hills behind. A flagpole bearing two flags stands to the right side of the painting. The scene is dotted with figures, all male Gold was first discovered in Thames in 1867. Thames soon had 693 stamper batteries pounding quartz rock as part the gold extraction process and by the 1880s, logging had also been established in the area Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JC Hoyte / 18[?] [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 375 x 545 mm Provenance: Sold to Fletcher's at Webbs, 3 April 2001

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].

Reference: E-068-017-2

Description: A circular view of the gold field with factories with smoking chimneys, derricks, mining equipment and houses, looking out to sea from the hills behind the township Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 104 x 72 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm

Date: 1866 - 1870

By: Monkhouse, Thomas Stewart, 1828-1920

Reference: A-436-027

Description: Shows a bush scene with a path at the right and a narrow stream at the left. Notes by the artist on the verso indicate that he used only blue, chrome yellow, burnt umber and chinese white - "no other pigments whatever". Date estimated from the contents of a newspaper extract from the Thames Star, 31 December 1894, page 2, which states: "Sir, I know a man who went by the name of Teddy Monkhouse, who was doing a bit of painting and a property man at Johnny Hall's old American Theatre, at Shortland, in 1868. He left here in 1869, and I never heard of him after that" - signed Jas W Anderson, Thames, 31 December 1894. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 136 x 162 mm, mounted on card 205 x 249 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, October 2010.

Date: 1862 - 1868

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888; L'Univers illustre (Periodical)

Reference: A-018-011

Description: Scene on Thames gold fields. Several houses and a factory with a chimney are in the background. A man an a dog walk over flat land in the foreground Newspaper illustration, accompanied by cutting with explanatory text, dated in pencil. Published in 'L'Univers illustré', 15 February 1868, p.108. Conjecturally attributed to Albin Martin. Other Titles - Gold-bearing land in New Zealand. Drawn by Mr Allen Martin [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 152 x 113 mm

Date: 1942

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1876-1949 :[Drawings of Maori rafter patterns or kowhaiwhai] [1939?]-1947

Reference: E-302-q-5-147/148

Description: Each panel is named in the line above it. Patterns are in red, black and white. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 248 x 310 mm in sketchbook

Date: 1875

From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]

Reference: F-013-6

Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows bare hills, a line of buildings strung along the shore with some houses on the lower slopes of the hills. A church is towards the right, marked as St George's. There is a yacht in the sea to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone

Date: 1875

From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]

Reference: F-013-2

Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows mostly bare hills and a line of buildings strung along the shore. The Kuranui Battery building is towards the right, with the Shotover Mine on the far right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone

Date: 1875

From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]

Reference: F-013-1

Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows mostly bare hills and a line of buildings strung along the shore. One factory has heavy black smoke coming from its tall chimney Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone

Date: 1871

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Sketchbook [of New Zealand views. 1871-1876].

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; Hamblett, Irene Beatrix, 1915-1995

Reference: E-400-f-001

Description: Shows view of the town from the sea, with hills behind it and several small boats on the water. E-400-f-002 on verso. Other Titles - December Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J.P.B. / 24.5.71 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monochrome wash, 261 x 370 mm.

Date: 1867 - 1876

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: C-052-010

Description: Shows a narrow curved beach below a steep hilside sloping down from the right. Two prospectors, one with a pick, and one with a backpack, walk away along the sand beside the water. There is a rocky outcrop in the left foreground. On the hillside in the right foreground a flume descends as drainage from a mine. In the middle distance is a building with smoking chimney; this may function as part of the mining operations. On the hillside further away along the bay are several pitched tents of the miners' camp. A steep path descends from the slope above the building in the central distance. Location is possibly Shortland, showing the Firth of Thames in the left distance. The Shortland area was opened up in 1867. Hoyte moved from the Auckland area to Dunedin by 1876. Other Titles - gold miners Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 287 x 420 mm.

Date: 1875

By: L'Univers illustre (Periodical); Fleming, active 1870s

Reference: A-438-018

Description: The top image shows a general view of the town of Grahamstown or Thames; the lower image shows the interior of a workshop with machinery for the crushing of goldbearing quartz Published in 'L'Univers illustré', 3 July 1875, p. 556. Dated from other copies of the same images, at A-018-038 and A-018-039; the first of these has been digitised. Other Titles - New Zealand - the gold mines of Grahamstown; Workshop for the crushing of goldbearing quartz Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings each 165 x 238 mm, on page 397 x 275 mm.

Date: 1875

From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]

Reference: F-013-7

Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows mostly bare hills and a line of buildings strung along the shore, with some houses on the lower slopes of the hills. The Gas Works with a tall chimney are on the shore to the left. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone

Date: 1867 - 1880

Reference: C-030-002

Description: Shows a view of a coastal settlement spread along the water's edge, backed by bush-clad hills, and seen from the water. Thames, originally named Shortland, was established in 1867 as a goldmining town, but had grown to the size shown here by 1870. The buildings depicted are likely to include miners' houses, hotels and stamper batteries Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 770 mm (trimmed)

Date: [circa 1849]

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-146-011

Description: Shows a view looking towards open water between a low tongue of land at the left, and the higher landing place at the right, with six boats drawn up by the bank and three others in the water. Above the landing place men work unloading and carrying, and a horse and cart is employed. Behind this are a group of buildings, one with a flag flying from its roof. There is a steamboat in the left distance in open water. Title taken from item. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Shortland landing place from inside the Creek Auckland Museum holds a similar sketch of the same location called "The creek and landing place, Shortland. Looking out towards the Thames Frith". Reference number PD-1952-2-31. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, black and white, 120 x 180 mm Processing information: Location identified 18 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: 1875

From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]

Reference: F-013-3

Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows bare hills and cliffs and a line of buildings strung along the shore. Long Drive Tunnel is on the right with piled up castings in front of a wooden structure and jetty, with a tunnel going into the cliff near the centre of the structure. A factory is on the far right, with smoking tall chimney Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone

Date: 1864 - 1868

By: Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von, 1828-1868; Kettle, Ferdinand von Tempsky, 1883-1951; Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum

Reference: A-159-046

Description: Standing Maori man in foreground with pointed musket, beside seated Maori woman, cabbage tree on left, on hill with pa earthwork fortifications, looking down towards coastal scene with European settlement and ships in harbour in the distance. Possibly drawn while von Tempsky was prospecting for gold in the Coromandel in early 1867, although scene appears to depict events of the New Zealand wars. Previously described as [New Zealand scene] in: Young, Rose. G.F.Von Tempsky: artist and adventurer. (Martinborough, Alister Taylor, 1981) cat. no. 103 Exhibited in touring exhibition organised by Waikato Museum of Art & History in 1978: Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky: the man and the artist. cat. no. 93. Other Titles - [New Zealand scene] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 182 x 290 mm Provenance: Owned by the artist's descendant F. Von Tempsky Kettle; on long-term loan to Hawkes Bay Art Gallery & Museum, 1970s and 1980s

Date: 1887

By: Laishley, Richard, 1816-1897

Reference: G-708

Description: Shows a Maori family in a bush clearing, their houses and domestic animals (pigs), around them. A group sits around a camp fire in the middle background. There is a kete (woven flax basket) in the right foreground. Other Titles - Maoris at home Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 908 x 698 mm

Date: 1870 - 1880

By: L'Univers illustre (Periodical)

Reference: A-018-038

Description: View from the hill behind Grahamstown (Thames) looking down over the mine machinery and buildings Newspaper illustration, explanatory text on verso, with date inscribed in pencil. Published in 'L'Univers illustré', 3 July 1875, p. 556. On same sheet as A-018-039: "...Atelier de broyage du quartz aurifere". Other Titles - New Zealand. The gold mines of Grahamstown, Thames Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 158 x 235 mm, on sheet 395 x 262 mm

Date: 1898

By: Huddlestone, William, active 1890-1899

Reference: G-015

Description: Shows a coastal mine with a tall metal pulley rig and shed on a small island at the end of a wharf. The pulley at the top of the rig is linked by ropes to two buildings on the shore at the right, where there is also a smokestack. In the right foreground lies a rusted Lancashire boiler, which has possibly been condemned and discarded. May show part of the waterfront at Thames and the front face of the mines also known as the Thames-Hauraki Mine covering the Queen of Beauty and Bright Smile mines further east in the hills behind Thames Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title on attached gilt-painted wooden strip]; Recto - bottom right - W Huddlestone, '98 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvasboard, 440 x 590 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously from the collection of Bob and Barbara Harvey.

Date: 1880

By: Tizard, Frances Walker, 1850-1895

Reference: A-358-004

Description: Shows a house with two parallel roof ridges, large windows or French doors looking on to verandahs on two sides, set in a garden of lawn planted with shrubs such as toetoe, and other trees. There are also climbing plants on trellises along the verandahs. The chimney is smoking. It is possible that this is the home of the artist and her family. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 207 x 314 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by the Tizard family, Thames.