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Date: 1848

From: [Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :[Main entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound (?) 1848]

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

Reference: B-043-008-2

Description: Shows mountainous coastline from the sea, with some peaks wreathed in cloud. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - 1 In 48/2078 right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 76 x 260 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull.

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :[Two works. 1. Palliser Bay, Wairarapa, &c (with dwelling and figures) [ca 1843]. 2. (On verso) Porirua / Paremata whaling station [1842-1844]]

Reference: C-126-020

Description: Watercolour shows the south Wairarapa coast, possibly near Te Kopi looking west from near Cape Palliser, with dwellings and probably a whaling station (Wades Whaling Station? as mentioned in the Wellington Spectator of 1844 - quoted in Mita Carter's "Early Palliser Bay" (1982)) in the centre. Several men stand on the steep hillside at the right. The foreground terrain is covered with low scrub. Entitled "Whaling station, Palliser Bay, Wairarapa" in McArthur's August 1987 auction catalogue. Dated from other views of the same area. Other Titles - Whaling station, Palliser Bay, Wairarapa Similar to watercolour at B-031-025. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 227 x 380 mm, with pencil sketch of same size on verso. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at an English country auction, 1986 or 1987, by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm. Brian Groshinski of McArthurs Auction, 14. 8. 98)

Date: 1849

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-035-006

Description: A view towards a single-storied farmhouse, fence and barn with a background of native bush, looking across a plain with tall flaxes and a cabbage tree Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white on prepared grey paper, 121 x 190 mm (image) on sheet 172 x 237 mm

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: E-216-f-041

Description: View from above Grafton Gully, covered in dense bush, with fenced hills and Governor Hobson's grave in the cemetery to the left. Government House is left of centre in the middle distance and three other houses overlooking Grafton Gully are somewhat closer on the right, one of them the home of William Connell, the first Postmaster-General and his wife Isabella. In the distance across the water, the flagstaff marks Mount Victoria, with Rangitoto beyond that. The flat island further off, left of centre is Tiritiri. Painted in early 1843, before the artist moved to an appointment at Russell. A fence has been raised around Governor Hobson's grave. The funeral had taken place in November 1842. Compare Mitford's very similar view at E-216-f-111 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink; also on verso, alternative title in pencil: Entrance to the Harbour, Auckland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 161 x 244 mm

Date: 1844

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

Reference: A-108-012

Description: Looking into the narrow end of Kaituna, a Marlborough valley, with two European travellers (William Bishop and Charles F. W. Watts) in the foreground, both carrying sticks One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for further information. Inscriptions: At head of drawing: "No. 6" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: 1848 - 1849

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863

Reference: A-143-013

Description: View from the south end of Paihia Beach, probably in the 1840s, looking north along the beach with a row of houses at the foot of the hill to the left. Several Maori with their canoes are on shore, and a food storage platform appears outside the fenced area surrounding the European houses. Includes William Williams' house, a two-storied residence, built of stone and mortar, with 3 dormer windows, burnt down 15 Feb. 1856 Catalogued by both Sotheby's and McArthur's as the work of Cuthbert Clarke. However on both stylistic and handwriting grounds (c.f. Merrett's work in A.T.L. and the British Library), the work appears to be by Merrett. In addition, the date 1848 predates Clarke's arrival in New Zealand by one year Other Titles - Paihia Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Pahia Beach, Bay of Islands [In pencil]; On mount, discarded by auctioneer before purchase by Library: Title and date. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 163 x 229 mm Provenance: Previously sold at Sotheby's, London, 6 November 1985.

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-018

Description: Includes a hut on the left bank, two figures crossing the river, tall trees on the surrounding hills Other Titles - Junction of the river Mangaroa.... Inscriptions: Verso - Title and date inscribed on verso; bottom right - Signed Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing, pencil, 104 x 166 mm

Date: 10 Jan 1848

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-466-001

Description: Shows a fine detailed view of the town of Wanganui, from across the river. Shows settlers' houses, the Christ Church, and the Rutland and York (incorrectly noted as 'Fort') stockades on the hill mounds above the town. The Gun-boat stockade, on the site of Mouta Gardens, seems to have been demolished, although the fencing is still in place. A two-masted sailing ship is visible on the river, with a dinghy tied to it, along with a fully-manned waka and a smaller canoe. Two figures sit on the bank in the foreground, their backs to the viewer. A tall flagstaff stands on the hill behind the York stockade Attributed by the auction house to Captain William Mein Smith, but this is probably incorrect. By comparison, it could possibly have been drawn by Thomas Bernard Collinson, 1822-1902, who was employed to build the Rutland stockade. The Library holds other views of Wanganui by Collinson from around the same time (at A-292-001/080). Although the handwriting does not match, the drawing styles are very similar Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui New Zealand / Jan 10 1848 / Fort Stockade / Rutland Stockade [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink on paper, 185 x335 mm, on card backing 280 x 430 mm

Date: 27 October 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-466-011

Description: Shows two men fishing on the banks of the Hutt River. The river winds to the left of the scene, with the hills of the gorge rising either side. Two tall trees, with straight trunks, tower over the fishing men. 'Taine's section' refers to the land owned by James John Taine (1817-1914), who resided in the Hutt until about 1847, when this scene was drawn Swainson drew several different views of the Hutt Valley gorges Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Entrance to the second valley. Taine's section [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - W Swainson / 27 Oct 1847 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 195 x 235 mm (sight) Provenance: Provenance prior to purchase unknown

Date: 1849

By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864

Reference: B-189-012

Description: View looking down Princes Street towards Emily Place, with St Paul's church at the foot of the street, the harbour beyond. The long low house to the right of the church would have been that of Brigade-Major Joseph Greenwood. To the extreme left, the original Wood's Royal Hotel can be seen, with its verandah partly enclosed with lattice. The two-storey building next door to it is the Royal Masonic Hotel, and beside that, the Union Bank of Australia. Various men, women and children are standing or sitting in the street, and a carriage drawn by two horses, carrying four people, rides up the street According to Una Platts' 'The lively capital: Auckland 1840-1865', the image is given the title 'Princes Street, Auckland, 1849, with Colonel Wynyard's carriage'; this title does not appear on the original and may come from family knowledge Wynyard made two versions of the scene; the other is privately owned. The Library holds a photographic reference to this version Other Titles - Street Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Princes St. 1849 [in ink] See also John Williams' pencil and crayon drawing of the same scene, about 1850, at A-079-021 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper, 183 x 222 mm, hinged to gate-fold matt 480 x 403 mm Provenance: Previously from a sketchbook of R H Wynyard's, owned by R Lewin Wynyard, Auckland (see U Platts, 'The lively capital ...', 1971, List of illustrations p.257)

Date: 1846 - 1840

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; A Gide, active 1846; Sabatier, Leon Jean-Baptiste, -1887; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s

Reference: C-170-001

Description: Shows a view of the harbour with four sailing ships anchored offshore, from the visit of Dumont d'Urville to Akaroa in 1840. The shore in the foreground shows native vegetation, some Maori whare and lagoons. Other Titles - Akaroa Harbour (New Zealand) (translation) Extended Title - From: Dumont D'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie ... 1838-1842. Paris, Gide, 1846. Atlas pittoresque. Pl. 185 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Gide / Editeur / Paris [embossed] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, with gum arabic, 260 x 440 mm on sheet 430 x 610 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

By: Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: E-333-012

Description: Two versions of a rough map of southern Queen Charlotte Sound, showing Waitohi (Picton) with its port, Waikawa, Oyster Bay and Whatamango Bay Other Titles - Waitohi. Whatamango Inscriptions: Recto - Maori place names, some repeated. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on sheet 135 x 230 mm

Date: 1845 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-449-012

Description: View from the top of the Terrace looking down over Te Aro Flat with Mount Victoria in the distance. Manners Street can clearly be seen in the bottom left of the picture, leading to the Wesleyan Chapel on the right-hand side of the road. Wellington Harbour can be seen on the left of the view, with ships dotted in the harbour The reference to 'Captain Sharpe' should correctly be Captain Sharp. Captain Charles Kingsford Sharp owned a house at the top of The Terrace, Wellington, where Salamanca Road joins The Terrace Extended Title - From Brees, S. C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London, 1847. Panorama plate Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 110 x 310 mm on sheet 125 x 440 mm

Date: [between 1920-1946] - 1842

Reference: WA-03502-F

Description: Photograph of a framed drawing with captions, entitled 'The City of Auckland 1842, Capital of New Zealand, dedicated to the Right Honourable Lord Stanley' taken circa 1930s to 1940s by Whites Aviation. Significant buildings and places are listed underneath in faded writing. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1847

By: Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860

Reference: A-447-004

Description: Shows a view of Auckland from the harbour. A sailing ship features prominently in the middle foreground, bearing a blue ensign flag. A jetty is seen on the right with a road leading up to Parnell. Other buildings featuring on the hillside are St Paul's church, and Fort Britomart barracks. Two other boats can be seen in the harbour: a steam boat and a small yacht. A buoy bobs in the water in the immediate foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Auckland from the Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, ca 160 x 253 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to purchase, framed and owned in Australia.

Date: [ca 1840s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008428-G

Description: Copy negative taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui of a drawing of the early settlement of Whangaunui, artist unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1849

By: Evans, Frederick John Owen (Sir), 1815-1885

Reference: D-040-001

Description: Shows a scene of the plains near Bluff, probably the Awarua Plains, in which two men can be seen carrying out surveying work. A stream or creek, probably the Mataura River, runs through the scene to the foreground. The sky and clouds are a prominent feature of the work. A tent is pitched on the bank of the stream, and a number of harakeke flax plants feature in the foreground. Comparison of this work with the style of watercolours attributed to Frederick Joseph Owen Evans in the Alexander Turnbull Library, and those known to be by Evans held in the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich) and the Hydrographer of the Navy (Taunton) strongly suggest an attribution to Evans. It seems reasonable to speculate that the 'R B' referred to as the surveyor working in the painting could refer to either R Bradshaw or R Burnett, both listed as surveyors on the Acheron between 1849 and 1851 (See: Otago to Mataura River [cartographic material] / surveyed by J.L. Stokes, G.H. Richards ... [et al.], H.M.S. Acheron, 1849-51 ; engraved by J. & C. Walker (MapColl 834.52aj 1849-51 43016)) Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Bluff, N Zealand. HMS Acheron, 1849- Plains near -- showing R B's surveying work with tent etc [in faint pencil, visible through backing] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on two sheets, 334 x 755 mm

Date: 1847 - 1852

By: Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860; Walton, W L, active 1834-1855; Hullmandel & Walton (Firm); Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871

Reference: A-447-005

Description: Shows a view of Auckland from the harbour, with a steam-ship in the foreground, and other boats in the distance. A number of buildings can be seen on land; the area shown is Parnell, with St Paul's church and the Britomart barracks visible. Appeared in volume 2, page 72 of Godfrey Charles Mundy's 'Our antipodes: or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian colonies' (London: Richard Bentley, 1852) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-painted, 125 x 195 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, mounted and owned in Australia (Antique Print Room, 455 George St., Sydney)

Date: 1841 - 1842

From: Various artists :New Zealand. [Maori by a European encampment, Nelson, 1841, after a lithograph by Charles Heaphy; Kororareka Beach, Russell, 1827 or 1828, after a lithograph by Augustus Earle]

Reference: A-443-008

Description: Watercolour by an unidentified hand, possibly after Charles Heaphy's lithograph View of Nelson Haven, 1841, published 1842. View from the first ridge above the beach showing tents erected to house the first settlers to Nelson (although one in the foreground appears to be house- or whare-like). The view looks from the land towards the Boulder Bank and Haulashore Island, and the Arrow or Fifeshire rock across Tasman Bay to the distant Moutere Hills. Five Maori stand or squat in the foreground. Trees frame the view on either side. Five ships are anchored in the harbour, which probably include the Will Watch,the Whitby and the Arrow. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 142 x 235 mm.

Date: 1846 - 1840

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; A Gide, active 1846; Sabatier, Leon Jean-Baptiste, -1887; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s

Reference: C-165-006

Description: Shows a view of the harbour with four sailing ships anchored offshore, from the visit of Dumont d'Urville to Akaroa in 1840. The shore in the foreground shows native vegetation, some Maori whare and lagoons. Other Titles - Akaroa Harbour (New Zealand) (translation) Extended Title - From: Dumont D'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie ... 1838-1842. Paris, Gide, 1846. Atlas pittoresque. Pl. 185 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Gide / Editeur / Paris [embossed] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Sepia lithograph, 260 x 440 mm on sheet 350 x 545 mm