Places

Date: 1920 - 1922

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Crompton-Smith, Elsie Marian, 1901-1996

Reference: G-622

Description: Looking south along the Taranaki Coast towards Cape Egmont. Copy of Smith's watercolour 'Cape Egmont from near the breakwater, New Plymouth', (A-174-015). Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on cardboard 180 x 250 mm Provenance: Family descent to the artist's daughter, Miss Elsie Crompton Smith.

Date: 1916 - 1920

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand Geographic Board; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Wilmot, Ernest Herbert, 1855-1952; McClure, Gordon Hurrell Morland, 1859-1947; Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Marks, Marcus Francis, 1863-1951

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-4/21/280/Acc.54966

Description: Plan of Tongariro National Park. Published New Zealand Lands and Survey, under authority of E H Wilmot, Surveyor General. Imprint: G H M McClure, Chief Surveyor, Wellington. M Crompton-Smith, CHief Draughtsman, Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington. Printed by Marcus F Marks, Government Printer, Wellington. Map appears to have another map printed on reverse side, but this is obscured by linen backing. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on linen-backed paper, scale: 2 miles to 1 inch, 61 x 37 cm

Date: 1917

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand Geographic Board; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Wilmot, Ernest Herbert, 1855-1952; Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; McClure, Gordon Hurrell Morland, 1859-1947; Marks, Marcus Francis, 1863-1951

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-4/21/285/Acc.54971

Description: Map of Puketi Survey District. Published by New Zealand Lands and Survey, under authority of E H Wilmot, Surveyor-General, 1917. G H M McClure, Chief Surveyor, Wellington. M Crompton-Smith, Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington. Printed by Marcus F Marks, Government Printer, Wellington. Shoreline of Lake Taupo and waterways overprinted in light blue. Small section on the Waikato River features boundaries highlighted in pink and pencil annotation "Bridge". Rubber stamped "Geographic Board Reference Set" in red on reverse side of map. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper, scale: 80 chains to 1 inch, 51 x 44 cm

Date: 1921

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Neill, William Thomson, 1864-1943; Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Marks, Marcus Francis, 1863-1951

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-5/31/387/Acc.55073

Description: Cadastral map showing parts of Auckland and Taranaki Land districts. Published by Department of Lands and Survey under authority of W T Neill, Surveyor-General, June 1921. M Crompton-Smith, Chief Draughtsman. Printed by Marcus F Marks, Government Printer, Wellington. Map overprinted with pink highlighting boundaries and light blue coastlines and waterways. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on linen-backed paper, scale 4 miles to 1 inch, 72 x 95.5 cm

Date: 1896 - 1916

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Wilmot, Ernest Herbert, 1855-1952; Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Bullard, George Henry, 1860-1943; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-2/11/120/ACC.54806

Description: Cadastral map of Aria Survey District - Taranaki. Published by Lands and Survey Department, New Zealand, under authority of E H Wilmot, Surveyor General. Printed by John Mackay, Government Printer. Responsible surveyor H Bullard, Chief Surveyor Taranaki. Drawn by M Crompton-Smith, Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington. Map shows boundaries of survey districts and survey blocks. Includes some minor pencil annotations. This undated map was published in the period between 1914, when Wilmot took up his position as Surveyor-General, and 1916, when John Mackay retired from his position of Government Printer. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on canvas-backed paper with manuscript annotations; scale 40 chains to 1 inch; 82 x 78.5 cm

Date: 1885 - 1927

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936; Neill, William Thomson, 1864-1943; Marks, Marcus Francis, 1863-1951

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-2/11/123/ACC.54809

Description: Cadastral map of Wairau and Cape Survey Districts - Taranaki. Published by Lands and Survey Department, New Zealand, under the authority of W T Neill, Surveyor-General, July 1921. Printed by Marcus F Marks, Government Printer, Wellington. Responsible surveyor H J Lowe, Chief Surveyor, Taranaki. Drawn by W Gordon, 1885, 1898, 1903, and 1908. Revised 5 August 1920. Imprint includes M Crompton-Smith, Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington. Inset plans show blocks I, II, IV, VIII, and X. Map has pencil annotations in margin, with some manuscript numbers, and highlighting in colour of some grid boundaries and roads. Annotation in upper margin in red ink states "Bench Marks T B M Levels by A V Adams 1926-7 In terms of sea-level". Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on canvas-backed paper; scale 80 chains to 1 inch; 53 x 42.5 cm

Date: 1889

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Crompton-Smith, Elsie Marian, 1901-1996

Reference: G-698

Description: View across the harbour towards Rangitoto with North Head in the middle distance and low hills in the foreground Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on cardboard 310 x 465 mm Provenance: By family descent to the artist's daughter, Miss Elsie Crompton-Smith, Wellington, the donor.

Date: [188?]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA2-1468

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Maurice Crompton Smith, eldest son of S Percy Smith, taken in the early 1880s by Josiah Martin of Auckland. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - bottom centre - Maurice Percys eldest son [pen note]; Backing board verso - centre - J Martin, Photographist, Auckland, Market Entrance, Queen Street. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9.6 x 6 cm on mount 10.4 x 6.3 cm

Date: 1890

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1953 :[Sketchbook ca 1890]

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: E-390-002

Description: View of Makara Stream with bush on both sides Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil, 176 x 253 mm

Date: 1924

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-018

Description: Shows farmland in the foreground and Pauatahanui, with smoke from a burn-off on the distant hills. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 275 x 385 mm

Date: 1924

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-002

Description: Looking east along the shoreline of the Pauatahanui Inlet with a boat pulled up on the shore and several houses in the background Other Titles - Paramata Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 280 x 385 mm

Date: 1880 - 1885

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-031

Description: Looking towards a hill with a distinctive high peak, a flatter area with the earthworks of a former pa site and a European house on its lower slopes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash 140 x 150 mm

Date: 1911

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 :[Sketchbooks] 1883-1899, 1904-1943.

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: E-300-q-2-014

Description: A cemetery with several visible grave stones. One in the centre foreground has no fence around it, while one beyond has a picket fence. Trees in the background The artist's mother was Mary Anne Smith, nee Crompton. 'N. P.' is the abbreviation for New Plymouth, where Mrs Smith died Other Titles - New Plymouth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 210 mm

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 :[Sketchbooks] 1883-1899, 1904-1943.

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: E-300-q-1-033

Description: Panekiri Bluff on the left, with Lake Waikaremoana below it. The view looks west from Kaitawa, at the outlet to the Waikaretahake River Other Titles - Panekiri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 90 x 152 mm

Date: 1881

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-029

Description: Shows hills and view of water, probably Lake Waikare. In the foreground, a Maori canoe paddle lies at the water's edge and there are distinctive hills in the background Sketched by M.C. Smith when he was aged seventeen Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash sketch 175 x 215 mm