Places

Date: 1872

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-029-005

Description: Shows a view looking along the Manawatu River towards open land in the distance. There are cliffs descending from the road to the water in the left foreground. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Stamp]: CDB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: watercolour 190 x 250 mm

Date: 15 January 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-108-029

Description: Surveyor Julius von Haast's visual notes on his surroundings during climbs in the Nelson Lakes district. Valleys and mountain ranges with peaks and other features marked. Lake Rotoiti in the foreground, looking south with the 'Wairau Range (i.e. St Arnaud Range), Mount Robinson, Mount Travers, Mount Roberts, Point Burnett (at the lake's edge) and Point Brunner' indicated Pages 12 and 13 of a double leaf from a survey notebook, with notes in Haast's hand; cf. his Report of a topographical & geological exploration ... Nelson 1861, which describes this journey in detail Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Wairau Range from Lake Rotoiti. View of Rotoiti from the northern bank of the inner lake towards the south. 15 January 1860. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - E[ast]; Highest Peak; Wairau range; southern peak; Mount Robinson; S[outh]; Mount Travers; Mount Robert W[est] [ink]; Recto - bottom centre - P[oint] Burnett; Point Brunner [ink] Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and waterc0lour on two sheets of paper, 111 x 360 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-010

Description: From a valley looking upwards towards the peaks of the central Southern Alps, with rounded hills (roches moutonnes, worn down by glaciers) in the foreground ground. Two men and a horse are in the left foreground Named features: Cragie Burn Range; Sugar Loaf Hill; Goldney Head; Laings Head; Mt Ida. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 19 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Preliminary sketch for this watercolour at C-097-130. Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Craigieburn Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Cragie Burn Range; Sugar Loaf Hill; Goldney Head; Laings Head; Mt Ida [ink]; Mount recto - bottom centre - a little small the figures [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 89 x 148 mm.

Date: 25 March 1863

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: C-097-001

Description: An extensive view from the water's edge of Lake Wanaka and the surrounding mountains. No colouring other than the blue of the lake. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on paper, 171 x 684 mm.

Date: 1852 - 1880 - 1857 - 1890

By: W E & F Newton (Firm); Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873; Brackenbury, Carole, active 1989

Reference: Curios-021-007

Description: Shows view of Wanganui wharf, Christ Church, and Rutland Stockade, framed by cave entrance, with three Maori figures in foreground. Loosely based on Richard Taylor's "Wanganui, NZ" (1848), at E-296-q-159, combined with the wood engraving in the Church Missionary Gleaner (1884, p. 83, a re-illustration of an 1850s view] 'The mission station at Wanganui, as seen from a natural cave in the rocks'. Dating: W E & F Newton were based at 3 Fleet Street (the address printed on the wooden surround) between 1852 and 1857 A likeness of this scene is at Curios-042-013, Wanganui and cave New Zealand, by the same publishers Inscriptions: Verso - (Embossed on frame at left and right of image): W.E. & F. Newton / OPTICIANS / & GlobeMakers / TO THE QUEEN / 3 Fleet St Temple Bar / LONDON; (Number in ink on frame): 35 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 80 mm diameter (sight), in wooden frame 101 x 165 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-011

Description: Shows Haast Pass with bush vegetation on the foreground slopes. Mt Brewster is at the right. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 20 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 23. Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Haast Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Haast Pass [pencil]; Mt Brewster [ink]; Mount recto - bottom left - Sketched by Dr J Haast [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 89 x 148 mm.

Date: 1770 - 1773

By: Cook, James, 1728-1779; Ryland, John - 1753-1825; Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Smith, Isaac, 1752-1831

Reference: MapColl-833aj/1773/Acc.422

Description: Shows Cook's Strait [ie Cook Strait] and surrounding areas of C. Teerawitte [ie Cape Terawhiti] and Queen Charlottes Sound [ie Queen Charlotte Sound]. Based on manuscript chart "A chart of Cooks Straights in New Zeland [sic]", surveyed and drawn in 1770 by Captain Cook, assisted by Isaac Smith (now held British Library). Engraved by John Ryland for publication in John Hawkesworth's account of Captain Cook's first voyage. See also "An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, and successively performed by ... Captain Cook ... the Endeavour ..." by John Hawkesworth. (London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell ..., 1773). Held Special Printed Collections, R910.4 COOK 1773 HAWK Acco. Extended Title - London, 1773 Quantity: 1 chart(s). Physical Description: Engraving, linen-backed. 27 x 26 cm.

Date: 1833 - 1886

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899; Harding, Robert Coupland, 1849-1916; Harding, Sophia Sarah, -1946

Reference: Curios-008-007

Description: A rectangular ferrous metal plate with right-angle edge at top left-hand side and separate ferrous metal adjustable bar attached to edge by ferrous metal screw and copper alloy nut. This composing stick was used in the printing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 Exhibited in 'Posted love; love letters from the Turnbull Library and beyond', at the National Library Gallery, 9 April - 4 July 1999. Exhibited in 'Nga Kupu Korero: People of the Treaty speak' exhibition held at the National Library Gallery in 1992, which toured New Zealand. William Colenso was New Zealand's first printer, working at Paihia at the Bay of Islands from 1835. He began work as a printer in 1833 in England and brought this composing stick with him when he came to New Zealand at the end of 1834. On Jan 3 1835 he recorded the landing of the press and other printing equipment, mentioning the lack of many essential pieces of printing equipment, including "no composing sticks (save a private one of my own that I had bought two years before in London, a most fortunate circumstance!)" Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Iron composing stick with copper screw 44 x 180 x 16 mm Provenance: The donor was the widow of printer Robert Coupland Harding, who had been a friend and pupil of Colenso's in Napier from the early 1860s.

Date: 1940s

From: Dominion Museum Education Service Māori posters

By: Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1940s-02

Description: Information sheet printed on both sides. One side relates to Maori canoes - tree-felling, hollowing out. Shows a mokihi or raft, a river canoe, war canoe and fishing canoe as well as a canoe bailer. Shows a reproduction of a picture of canoes at Gisborne in 1836, by Joel Samuel Polack. The other side shows scenes of Maori warfare and weaponry, reproductions of pictures of war canoes, a haka, patu and other weapons (includes George French Angas' "Weapons and implements of war ; warriors preparing for a fight" 1847; his "War dance before the Pah of Oinemutu, near Rotorua Lake"; and J I McDonald's [Alarm in a Maori pa] 1906); a photograph of a model of a pa in the Dominion Museum, and a picture of the earthworks at Gate Pa. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) 2 copies. Physical Description: Photolithograph on both sides of sheet 293 x 457 mm. Processing information: Description changed and poster re-housed 20 November 2023.

Date: 7 March 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-108-036

Description: Surveyor Julius von Haast's visual notes on his surroundings during climbs in the Nelson Lakes district and through to the West Coast. Valleys and mountain ranges with peaks and other features marked. The Maruia River on the right at the edge of a broad plain with mountains beyond. Pages 26 and 27 from a survey notebook, with notes in Haast's hand; cf. his Report of a topographical & geological exploration ... Nelson 1861, which describes this journey in detail Until this sketchbook was rearranged, this image was catalogued as part of a two-page spread with A-108-029. The photographs of the right side show A-108-036 and A-108-029 side by side. Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Outlook from the southern part of the Maruia plain looking north, 7 March 1860. Environs of the Maruia River. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Features numbered "107" to "118" and two distances in miles] Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, 111 x 360 mm.

Date: 23 March 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-018

Description: Shows craggy snowy mountain slopes, with the distances to Mt Tancred (3 miles) and Mt Carus (5 miles) marked. Field drawing for C-097-017 and source for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 17 with the title "Head Waters of the Mathias, a branch of the Rakaia" in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 36. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 180 x 265 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: Casa, Paul, 1903-2001

Reference: Curios-021-016

Description: Includes small paua carvings of a tiki, a fantail and a bow-tie. Quantity: 3 curio(s). Physical Description: Paua carvings, sizes varying around 50 x 25 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Paul Casa, 2003. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts A2003-067..

Date: 20 January 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-108-033

Description: Surveyor Julius von Haast's visual notes on his surroundings during climbs in the Nelson Lakes district. Valleys and mountain ranges with peaks and other features marked. Identifies Wairau [i.e. St Arnaud] Range, Mt Robert, Mount Travers, Mount Mackay, Mount Franklin 'covered with perpetual snow'. Pages 20 and 21 of a double leaf from a survey notebook, with notes in Haast's hand; cf. his Report of a topographical & geological exploration ... Nelson 1861, which describes this journey in detail Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Wairau Range from Mt Robert to Mt Franklin. View from Prospect Hill to the east and southeast, 20 January 1860. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Wairau Range; M. Robert; Mount Travers; Mount Mackay; Princip.[?]; Mount Franklin covered with perpetual snow distance 50 miles [ink] Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, 111 x 360 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-008

Description: Shows a view looking down on the beginnings of the Mathias River, surrounded by mountains, including Mount Tancred, Mount Carus, and the Neave Glacier. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 17 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Other Titles - Headwaters Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Mount Tancred; Neave Glacier; Mount Carus Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 89 x 148 mm.

Date: 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-004-029

Description: Shows Arethusa Pool on Harwich Island in Lake Wanaka. Shows stretches of water broken by wooded and unwooded isthmuses and peninsulas, with a snow-capped mountain range in the background. Cf. Aubrey's "Lake Wanaka seen from Paradise Lake". (one copy held privately and one very similar in Auckland City Art Gallery). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 280 x 205 mm.

Date: January 1859

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: A-137-005

Description: Shows men paddling in a canoe and a group of men on the edge of the river. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Scene on the Mokau River Jan 7 1858 | S P Smith Jan 59 [ink]; Recto - bottom right - S P Smith 59 [ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 215 x 255 mm.

Date: 1852 - 1880 - 1857 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; W E & F Newton (Firm); Brackenbury, Carole, active 1989

Reference: Curios-021-006

Description: Shows interior of church with Minister giving sermon, and congregation standing or sitting on floor. Features red columns and carved rafters. Lantern slide after Barraud's "Interior of Otake church, New Zealand", lithograph, published by Day & Son, London, 1852. Dating: the firm W E & F Newton was based at 3 Fleet Street (the address printed on the wooden frame) between 1852 and 1857 Other Titles - Interior of Otake church, New Zealand Inscriptions: Verso - (Embossed on frame at left and right of image): W.E. & F. Newton / OPTICIANS / & GlobeMakers / TO THE QUEEN / 3 Fleet St Temple Bar / LONDON; (Number in ink on frame): 77 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 80 mm diameter (sight), in wooden frame 101 x 165 mm.

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046483-G

Description: Part 3 of a 3 part panorama of Dunedin, looking out towards the sea. The business premises of Murray Roberts & Company and the Southend Garage can be seen in the distance. Different types of housing can be seen, along with what seems to be a large playing field. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Forms a panorama with 1/2-046481 and 046482 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - D3B Box 39 3 pr pano Dunedin D3B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1842 - 1847 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-02-2

Description: View from the north side of the Ngaio Gorge looking towards Wellington City, with Kaiwharawhara in the middle distance showing the Kaiwharawhara Hotel, a ship at a wharf and several small buildings. The entrance to Evans Bay and Miramar Peninsula are in the background. Two men are chopping trees in the foreground Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 91 x 189 mm

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-001

Description: Shows the headwaters of the Rakaia River and Ramsay Glacier, surrounded by mountains, which include Mt Kinkel, Mount Goethe, and Mein's Knob. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 11 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. The field sketch for this watercolour is at C-097-042-1, with title "From Griffith's hut, Rakaia, towards sources, 17 March 1866". Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Meins Knob; Mt Goethe; Ramsay Glacier; Mt Kinkel Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 106 x 214 mm.