Places

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-079-018

Description: An extensive view at Waimate North, with a windmill, the mission station and the church on the horizon. Bracken in the foreground and a rutted dirt road running away into the distance. Fenced paddocks to the right and three small people walking away on the road to the left. Several dead trees in the foreground. Compare a very similar work by Cyprian Bridge at A-079-035 The work appears to have been part of a sketchbook at an earlier stage, with signs of having been bound on its left side. Probably removed by the Library from album E-320-f, which contained 16 sketches on acquisition by Alexander Turnbull in 1893. Identification: the reference to 'Poka Noi' is to a volcanic cone, Puke Nui, or Pukenui, now known as Te Ahuahu, just visible in the centre background Other Titles - Waimate North, Pukenui, Puke Nui, Tamati Waka Nene Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Coloured crayon over sepia ink and wash, 253 x 365 mm

Date: 1849

By: Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862; Standidge & Company; Trelawney Saunders Ltd; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: D-016-010

Description: View looking out to the harbour, a fenced ploughed area to the left, framed by a tree, a man reclining on two felled tree trunks and others standing, talking, cows, a dog, huts and houses closer to the water's edge on the right and several ships in the harbour. Original pencil drawing with same title, identifying "Heyward's Point, Tairoa's Head, Custom House" (held at C-012-003) Backed with paper and linen Extended Title - Published and sold by Trelawney Saunders [1849? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph 396 x 754 mm on sheet 603 x 880 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull. Ordered in a letter to Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 20 April 1896, for 42 shillings

Date: 1844

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-108-011

Description: Shows a general view of the Wairau Valley with the river and some vegetation. One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for information. Inscriptions: At head of drawing: "No. 5" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: 1839

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: C-025-020

Description: Shows G. F. Russell's house and timber yard at Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, with a ship and a barque, the Francis Spaight (nearer vessel) and the Bolina (on the left) loading kauri spars; and a row-boat hauling spars. On the hill behind is dense native forest. For many years, this watercolour was thought to show Horeke with Lieutenant Thomas McDonnell's house. However Maureen Lander's "Turnbull Library Record" article cited below proves that the image is of Kohukohu and of G. F. Russell's house. See Turnbull Library Record vol.22. no.1, May 1989, p.33-40 for an article by Maureen Lander establishing that this view is of Kohukohu and is accurate in its details. The view dates from a trip Heaphy made with other New Zealand Company employees in December 1839, looking for appropriate areas to establish cities. The New Zealand Company's vessel the "Tory", with the artist on board, was in the Hokianga Harbour between 2 and 16 December. See also the article by Brian Byrne in "Turnbull Library record" 1997, pages 73-76, identifying the "Francis Spaight" and the "Bolina", with evidence. Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Exhibited: Early watercolours of New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, September 1963. Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art, Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February to 22 April 1990; Treasures in Trust, National Library Gallery, 17 August to 2 November 1995 and Auckland City Art Gallery, 11 November 1996 to 9 February 1997. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Other Titles - Kohukohu, Northland Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title & signature Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 308 x 429 mm (image), 327 x 450 mm (ruled line) on sheet 409 x 516 mm Dimensions: painted surface, surrounded by a single ruled ink line is 308 x 429 mm; outside the painted surface is a space, including the artist's signature lower right, then a double ruled line at 327 x 450 mm; the whole sheet, including the artist's handwritten title below measures 409 x 516 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull from Francis Edwards, London, 1915, as part of the New Zealand Company papers, London. Item number 16 in the New Zealand Company's list of paintings and drawings received

Date: 1844

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-108-009

Description: View into the valley of the Pelorus River, with flaxes growing on rocks on the left, bush-clad islands with the occasional cabbage tree below, amongst the meanderings of the river. One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for information Other Titles - bearing Inscriptions: At head of drawing: "No. 3" (apparently numbered out of sequence) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: 1882 - 1886

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-090-019

Description: View from the home of Chief Judge, Sir William Martin, at Taurarua, (Judges Bay) Auckland, loking towards St Stephen's Chapel and the graveyard, with the Waitemata Harbour and the beach at Judge's Bay to the left. Formerly attributed to William Bambridge on stylistic grounds and dated between 1841 and 1849. (Bambridge's Diary for 1846-1848, p. 92 (Acc. no 8600) describes how he sketched Taurarua Church and his acquaintance with Judge William Martin). However a number of factors suggest a much later dating of the early to mid 1880s. The trees surrounding the site are quite mature, showing at least 25 years growth. Earlier sketches show much younger, smaller trees, or no trees e.g. Backhouse's 'View from Brighton, Parnell, Auckland, 1871' (E-400-f-009) and a watercolour by John Kinder in Auckland City Art Gallery. More conclusively, the large obelisk gravestone near the top of the hill, (the Hay family gravestone) was not erected until the early 1880s, nor was the cruciform gravestone (Sister Cecil's) to its left. (Information from Robert Phillips, Auckland, 7 October 2001). The second St Stephen's Chapel is shown (as a cruciform wooden church with bell tower). The previous rectangular chapel, built in 1843 (of scoria and without a bell-tower), collapsed in a storm in 1847 and the second church was not constructed until 1857. Other Titles - Judges Bay Inscriptions: Recto - on a separate strip of paper glued down the left side of the image: title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on cream laid paper, 113 x 159 mm Provenance: Possibly part of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull's collection.

By: New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-008

Description: The Otaki River on the right, with the palisades of Otaki Pa on the left. A pataka and other buildings can also be seen. The view appears to be close to the beach, looking inland towards the hills. The prow of a canoe is amongst raupo lining the river bank to the right. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date. Also signature, W.M.Smith lower right. Also later additions in ink, Portfolio D, lower left, No. 53 upper right, and the New Zealand Company stamp top centre, dated Mar 23 1842. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing 212 x 285 mm (Portfolio D: no. 4) Provenance: Purchased from Francis Edwards, London, 1915, by Alexander Turnbull, as part of the New Zealand Company Collection

Date: 1869

By: Bothamley, Arthur Thomas, 1846-1938; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-032-016

Description: View across Wellington Harbour with the Hutt Valley and Tararua Range in the background towards the left. In the foreground, on gently sloping land, are two small sheds or houses and a larger two-storied house, the latter with a fenced garden with trees. According to a note on the back 'From window in Princess Hotel at top of Molesworth St w. Mrs Bannantyne's later Pynsents in Hobson St. A T. Bothamley'. Inscriptions: Recto - title, date and signature in pencil; further information about location of the view Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 140 x 254 mm

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-031-036

Description: Map of Porirua Harbour, Paramata, Plimmerton and Pukerua districts with Mana Island. Location of several pa sites indicated: Wairaka Pa near Pukerua Bay; Taupo Pa (built 1844) at Plimmerton, Warakoua Pa on Porirua Harbour's North shore, and a pa at Titahi Bay. Also shows location of Jackson's Hotel, Thom's hotel and whaling station, Maori gardens beyond Taupo pa and Maori path to Pukerua Bay. Subdivisions of land are indicated around Porirua Harbour. Attributed to Charles Heaphy until 1993, because sketches referred to in title were thought to be Heaphy's. Reattribution to Brees because 1. Brees was Principal surveyor for the N.Z.Company and the map shows land subdivisions. 2. Handwriting very similar to Brees' on MS map held by the Admiralty (photo held by Cartographic Collection (823 at / 1844-5 / acc 855) 3. Indications of points of view of sketches can mostly be linked with known originals by Brees. The following list gives the numbers on this map followed by titles and plate numbers of the matching illustration from Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847). No.21 [i.e. no. 1 or 2?] = Porirua Harbour no. 35, described as looking towards the north from near Jackson's towards Thom's. No.3. Thom's whaling station, Porerua, no.14. No.4. Porerua Harbour no. 29; also Porirua Harbour, ATL's watercolour (B-031-006), looking south towards Thom's and Paramata Pa. No.5. Paramata Pa, Porerua, no.52. No.6 Porerua Bay, no.12. Taken from the native path towards Pukerua, showing the "native potatoe gardens". No.7 Island of Mana. No.8. No parallel image traced. No.9 Pokaroa and the Island of Kapiti, no.37. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title. Other place names and geographical features elsewhere. "Portfolio D. Marked &c by Mrs Allom" inscribed above title by the New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & Watercolour 319 x 409 mm on laid paper, watermarked 1840 Provenance: New Zealand Company; purchased by A.H.Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1848

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-113-015

Description: The grave of Rangiawa (Kuika) wife of Mr Wynen, in the foreground, in bush, looking down into the cleared area of a small bay (Kakapo Bay, where whaler Jacky Guard lived) with several houses, hills opposite, in Port Underwood. On the face of the painting at the top, is "No. 271", with the N Z Company stamp, which is dated "14 July [18]48". Title is taken from verso Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. The Hocken Library has another version of this view, titled Port Underwood with Jacky Guard's house. A note has been added underneath the painting (probably by Dr Hocken): Jack Guard was the pilot of the 'Pelorus' and carried on business as a whaler and sealer. He was the first [Pakeha] to enter the south eastern mouth of the channel being driven in by a gale in 1827. Grave of Rangiawa (Kuika) native wife of Mr Wynen who with her infant son was found murdered at Cloudy Bay on the 20th Dec. 1842. The indignation of the Maoris at the acquittal of the white man who was supposed to be guilty of the murder is regarded as one of the indirect causes leading to the Wairau Massacre. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 342 mm Provenance: Purchased with other New Zealand Company material by Alexander Turnbull, from Francis Edwards, London, 1915.

Date: 1850 - 1851

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Cridland, Henry John, 1821-1867; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-195-014

Description: Shows 2 men on left, boiling a billy over a fire, with sheep and dogs, Bridle Path in centre with three men, a horse, sheep and cattle, the Heathcote River and part of the Heathcote-Avon Estuary, Pegasus Bay, and smoke and trees at the site of the future Christchurch. Original sketch for etching by T.Allom published in "Four Illustrative Views of the Canterbury Settlement" (London, 1851. Art f919.31 / FOU). On verso: "Alphabetical list of the first purchasers of land at the Canterbury settlement" and references to correspondence between Governor Grey and Earl Grey. Other Titles - Lyttelton = Christchurch; River Avon or Shakespeare = Heathcote River; Forty Miles Beach = Pegasus Bay Cf similar watercolour in the Hocken Library: Part of the Great Plain Canterbury, N.Z. 1851 (neg.1/2-105095-F) taken from the same spot by the same artist but with no staffage. This ink drawing may be a copy by H. J. Cridland of Fox's original, or of one of the prints of the same scene published in August 1851. Compare the style of A-195-016, especially the foreshortening of perspective, and the style of rendering figures. The artist was present to welcome the first settlers in Canterbury in 1850. In 1851 he was back in England for some time before returning to New Zealand. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 206 x 321 mm (wedge cut from upper left corner) Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull in London? Processing information: Originally tipped in to Great Britain. Parliamentary Papers, 1850, cd [1136]. Removed 1987 or 1988.

Date: 1839

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: A-146-004

Description: Shows a canoe with sails on the water, and a pa (likely to be Haera Hau Pa) perched on a cliff promontory overlooking the river. There are canoes drawn up on the narrow beach under the cliff and low scrub and a path rising up the cliff face. The view is from the right bank looking southeast across the river mouth and inland, with the pa on the cliff above the left bank Heaphy visited Patea Pa (and Waimate Pa), Taranaki, in 1839 on a journey with Robert Park. A sketchbook recording the trip is in Auckland Museum Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Chas Heaphy / Portfolio D; Recto - top centre - (In red ink): No 18 Watercolour similar to this sketch is at the Hocken, Library Reference Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 Williams, E.A. (Edward Arthur), ca. 1824-1898 Patea, 1839, 95/89. https://hakena.otago.ac.nz/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/COLLECTIONS/WEB_COLL_DET_REP/SISN 444?sessionsearch accessed 28 November 2022. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 228 x 305 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, London, 1915. Processing information: Pa site identified as Haera Hau Pa, following researcher information in November 2022. Hocken Library has watercolour of this sketch identified as Haera Hau Pa. See also "Ealry Māori", 'Patea Historical Society', https://www.pateahistoricalsociety.org.nz/early-maori.html, accessed 28 November 2022 - for a description of the Pa.

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: C-013-006

Description: A broad grassy plain with scattered clumps of bush surrounded by high hills. Four men (Fox, Heaphy, Brunner and their guide Kehu) are standing on a raised area to the left pointing at the plain, their baggage at their feet. An incident in the extensive explorations undertaken by Fox, Heaphy, Brunner and Kehu in 1846, when they set off from Nelson and tramped through to the West Coast and back. Fox, Heaphy and Brunner were the first Europeans to cover this ground. They were guided by Kehu, a Maori already familiar with the area. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Inscriptions: Verso - 15 Feb 46. W. Fox; Verso - [New Zealand Company stamp dated] 19 Feb 1847 [and inscribed] No. 209 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 204 x 512 mm Provenance: Purchased with other New Zealand Company material in London in 1915 from Francis Edwards & Co, by Alexander Turnbull.

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-113-012

Description: An extensive view looking across the breadth of the Buller River with three small figures crossing with sticks - Charles Heaphy, Thomas Brunner and Maori guide Kehu - looking towards bush and hills. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Other Titles - Matakitaki Inscriptions: Verso - New Zealand Company stamp dated 19 Feb 1847 and inscribed 'No. 208'; also title and '19 February. W. Fox' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 220 x 275 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company Collection. Purchased, London, 1916, by Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-113-009

Description: View from Kaiteriteri beach looking out into Golden Bay, with an arched rock and a hanging rock on the right, another rock formation with a hole through the centre on the left, close to a bush-clad headland and two groups of Maori. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Other Titles - Kaiteriteri Inscriptions: Verso - title, date, signature (W. Fox). Also New Zealand Company stamp, received 19 February 1847, N Z Co number 212 (twice) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 256 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Sold by Francis Edwards & Co., London, to Alexander Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1841

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-009

Description: A view from the south bank of the Whanganui River with the foreground details outlined in ink. There is a cabbage tree to the left, a tree fern to the right. Across the river is bush-clad undulating land with Mount Ruapehu in the distance. No houses are visible New Zealand company drawing, no. 6, Portfolio D. Information inscribed in ink lower left, probably before the New Zealand Company had had a stamp made. Probably 'Sketch near Wanganui' received by the New Zealand Company in London on 23 March 1842, listed by the Company as item number 48 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date [printed], signature. Also bottom left, in ink: No.6 Portfolio D Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing 152 x 286 mm

Date: 1848

By: Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-012-001

Description: Shows "Wickliffe Wharf, Residence of Mr Cuttan, The Manse, Back of Captn Cargill's residence, Mr Jeffrey's tent, Resident Agent's Office, Residence of Mr Kettle, Principal surveyor's office, Commercial Inn, Tent, Emigrant's House, Street Lane, Mr Anderson's stores, Emigrant's house Inscriptions: top left - New Zealand Company stamp date "21 Dec 1848"; Verso - In pencil: "no. 283" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white image 211 x 580 mm on sheet 267 x 637 mm Provenance: Purchased by A H Turnbull from Francis Edwards, London, 1915 with other New Zealand Company material

Date: 1869

By: Bothamley, Arthur Thomas, 1846-1938; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-032-018

Description: Extensive view of an empty field, a cottage on the left, a bare tree in the centre, and a low hill to the left. The station referred to in the title note is probably modern Waterloo Station in central Lower Hutt. The snow-topped Tararua Range is in the background Note on back of sketch: the cottage is Cudby's, by which is the present railway station gate John Francis Cudby lived in the Hutt Valley for 77 years until his death aged 90 in 1920. His wife was Ruth, nee Nichol Other Titles - Lower Hutt, Wellington, N Z July 1869. The cottage is Cudby's by which is the present railway station gate. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - A T B fecit. July 1869. On verso: note in pencil added later: Lower Hutt, Wellington, N Z. July 1869. The cottage is Cudby's by which is the present railway station gate. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 152 x 254 mm Provenance: Possibly acquired by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull who was in correspondence with the artist.

Date: 1870

By: Sanderson, J, active 1870; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: B-079-006

Description: View from the Sumner Road looking towards the township, with the hills on the right, the port on the left. A large part of central Lyttelton is in flames, with smoke billowing out towards the port. Probably a night-time scene, since the nearer buildings have the light of the flames reflecting off their sides. Reproduced as a wood engraving, Illustrated London news, Vol 58, Jan-Jun 1871, p. 20. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 9 x 13 in Provenance: Possibly from the collection of Alexander Turnbull; or from the collection of Sir Joseph Kinsey.

By: New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-002

Description: View looking south-west over the Manawatu river plain, towards the Tararua Range and occasional clumps of bush. On the face of the drawing, at the top, is "No. 46" (in ink, added at a later date), with the N Z Company stamp which is dated "Mar 23 1842" (i.e. the date of receipt in London, and the New Zealand Company's numbering for drawings received from its artists in New Zealand) Other Titles - Sketch taken from a sand hill on the north bank of the Manawatu, near the mouth, September, 1841 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing with touches of blue watercolour 184 x 535 mm (Portfolio D: no. 3) Provenance: New Zealand Company Collection. Purchased from Francis Edwards, London, 1915, by Alexander Turnbull