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Date: 1846

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: E-144-064-2

Description: A Maori man kneeling with a snare on the end of a long pole, some food on another pole, a weka approaching the snare. Another bird lies dead by the man. The man is probably Kehu, who accompanied Heaphy and Thomas Brunner to the West Coast (Arahura) from Nelson in 1846. A headland with tree ferns is faintly drawn in the background with the Southern Alps beyond Other Titles - Arahura Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: C. Heaphy. Title bottom centre in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour, original, 8.8 x 12.6 inches

Date: 1846

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: E-143-101

Description: A nikau near a beach. Two European men and a Maori man are by the water with a tent The original for a reproduction in George Grey's Polynesian Mythology (London, 1855) opposite p 267 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour, 14.9 x 10.4 inches

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Pitts-Brown, Brian, active 1997; Brown, Mary Pitts, -1905; Pitts-Brown, Charles Walter, 1868-1961

Reference: C-013-008

Description: Shows a long view down Lake Rotoroa (probably looking south), with Heaphy, Fox, Brunner and Kehu in a rowboat with their baggage, near the start of their exploratory journey of 1846. They are shown in the left foreground of the picture. In the far distance is a range of rocky mountains, and to the right of the lake are stands of tall trees and smaller bush. One of the hillsides facing the lake has experienced a landslide which has cleared it. The watercolour has been made on two pages now stuck together, and have been taken from the artist's sketchbook of the exploratory trip. Unlike the other views, it was not sent to England for use by Fox's employers, the New Zealand Company. Fox "discovered" and named Lake Howick, which later reverted to its Maori name, Rotoroa. 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. Other Titles - Lake Rotoroa Inscribed with title lower right, and with partially trimmed additional information lower right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] / [Looking S to ?] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 517 mm. Provenance: The artist originally gave the work to Mary Pitts Tucker, the wife of his secretary William Robert Edward Brown, and it has descended through their son Charles Walter Pitts-Brown through the family to Mr Brian Pitts-Brown of Waikato. The Peter McLeavey Gallery sold it on behalf of Mr Pitts-Brown.

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-325

Description: Shows Buller River, between high cliffs at night, the moon breaking through clouds and a canoe containing three or four figures being poled along Probably dates from Fox, Brunner, Heaphy and Kehu's exploring trip from Nelson to the West Coast of the South Island for 5 months in 1846. Other Titles - [Canoe on river, steep cliffs either side. 18--] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Buller Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 368 x 253 mm Provenance: By descent to Wilkie Family Processing information: Painting formerly titled "Canoe on river, steep cliffs either side", until title deciphered in 1993.

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

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

Reference: B-113-008

Description: Shows the Maori guide Kehu snaring a weka with a lure of food on a stick and a long pole with a noose. To the right is a makeshift open-fronted slab hut, a small fire burning outside, with the artist's two European companions, Charles Heaphy and Thomas Brunner reclining inside. The Matakitaki River and hills are in the background. Mount Mantell is the cone-shaped hill to the right. Recorded by Fox on his 1846 journey from Nelson through to the West Coast and back with Charles Heaphy and Thomas Brunner. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, 1965 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: Recto - bottom left - Title [in pencil]; Verso - [New Zealand Company Stamp, dated 19 February 1847, and inscribed 'No. 218'. Full title also on verso, along with] 20th Feb. W. Fox Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 204 x 257 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Purchased, London, 1915 by Alexander Turnbull.

Date: 1846

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-144-013

Description: Coastline of Arahura district, Westland, looking south with Mount Cook in the distance and a sailing ship offshore, near the mouth of the Taramakau River. Possibly the earliest view of this coastline and Mount Cook from the land. Similar images are held by the British Library, in a private collection in Basel and reproduced in Hochstetter's New Zealand (Stuttgart, 1867). Middle Island was an earlier name for New Zealand's South Island. Dates from Heaphy's five-month long exploration from Nelson to the West Coast near Hokitika, in company with William Fox, Thomas Brunner and Kehu, March-August 1846. They were the first Pakeha to visit the Poutini Ngai Tahu settlements in Westland and to establish Mount Cook as New Zealand's highest mountain. Other Titles - Arahura Coast and Mount Cook from the mouth of the Taramakau River Other Titles - Kaikoura Coast [Incorrect title in auction catalogue, 1991] Other Titles - South Island Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Chas Heaphy. Title (barely legible) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour with Chinese white and scraping out on tinted paper, image 140 x 225 mm on sheet 176 x 268 mm Provenance: Previously held in a private collection

Date: 1880 - 1846 - 1890

From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Templer, Cherie, 1856?-1915

Reference: E-943-q-030

Description: Coastline of Arahura district, Westland, looking south with Mount Cook in the distance and a sailing ship offshore, near the mouth of the Taramakau River. Similar images are held by the British Library, in a private collection in Basel and reproduced in Hochstetter's New Zealand (Stuttgart, 1867). As this version has the initials 'C.C.' (Cherie Connell), it is possible that she painted this copy herself. Originally dates from Heaphy's five-month long exploration from Nelson to the West Coast near Hokitika, in company with William Fox, Thomas Brunner and Kehu, March-August 1846. They were the first Pakeha to visit the Poutini Ngai Tahu settlements in Westland and to establish Mount Cook as New Zealand's highest mountain. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.C. [owner's initials] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on tinted paper, 223 mm (diameter), pasted to page of album 265 x 220 mm