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Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-056/057

Description: Shows men on horseback ranging of hillside at left foreground, a stand of bush in right foreground, overlooking a plain, with Mount Taranaki in centre distance. Title found on page [55] of diary. Previously given the title ["Military on horses. Taranaki. Mt Egmont in background. 1864-1866]. See similar view, painted 15 March 1865, at E-510-052/053. Other Titles - Military on horses. Taranaki. Mount Egmont. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - [Title]; Verso - bottom right - Major Brooke R.E.; Capt Betty R.A., Lt Campbell R.A.; Sergt Phillips, R.A. and self According to Williams' diary notes for 14 March (page 45), the army moved to Pa Manutahi on that day, and on 17 March on page [50], "in the afternoon rode out with Betty, Brooke, Campbell and Sergt Phillips to a point a mile in advance of the outposts and got a sketch looking towards Mt Egmont". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-058/059

Description: Shows riverbed boulders in foreground, cliffs and waterfall in background. Verso describes in diary form the events of 11-13 April: the finding of a damaged surfboat taken against express orders; a retreat commenced leaving 300 men in Redoubt - reached Tongahoe and camped. Next day marched to Patea - cold rainy weather - comment on ineffectiveness of steamer communication along coast. Dated by reference to B-045-055. Other Titles - Waingongoro Left recto has manuscript diary notes for 1-10 April 1865. Verso has diary notes for 11 to 13 April 1865. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 138 x 300 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-017

Description: Shows ship in the sand with a ladder leading up to hold. Men stand to the left on the sand, and there is a horse-drawn cart at right, with two men occupied in loading or unloading the boat. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-028/029

Description: Shows group of Maori at left, preparing for a skirmish. Some sit on horseback, some stand with spears, one aims a rifle, and some sit in cloaks on the ground. Cabbage trees stand about. At right is the wooden framework (remains?) of a shelter?, and in the distance is a hill with conical top, although possibly not high or smooth-topped enough to be Mt Taranaki. Assigned heading only. May not be Mt Egmont. May be somewhere closer to Wanganui; see diary notes on page 32 (E-510-032), which describe skirmishes near Wanganui in late January, early February 1865. Diary notes on page 32: 24 January: Skirmishing began immediately and the natives returned from whares to bush which they held and inflicted on us a loss of [Poor?] Johnson, D.A.A.G. and 6 men killed and wounded. 25 Jany - working parties and ....driven in along whole point,and general skirmishing at 2 - natives attacked with... - several killed closer up to camp - 22 buried. Ordered guns out and joined them soon after - fired some 20 rounds - Rebels beaten back with 22 left dead - we had 13 killed and as many wounded - Wilson and grant 50 Regt badly wounded - firing over by 5 - nothing more occurred. -26th - Reconnoitred all morning - 1 gun ordered up the heights in rear. General gone in to wanganui - [Monty?] and Donnithorne arrive on visit - signs of establishing a post. 27 - nothing doing - 28 - another dead native - 2 redoubts for pickets completed. - 29 and 30 - nothing doing. 31. Out reconnoitring the Waitotara - 4 f... 1 [Feb] Finding some bodies and believe they have lost 70 killed and a few wounded - potato parties get good stock nearby - a false alarm at 11pm and again in the early morning. 3 Feb. Rainy morning - Redoubt building. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-046/047

Description: Shows close view of troops on the bank of the river preparing to cross: some loading dinghy at left, a group sitting smoking pipes centre left, a cannon and packhorses waiting to go. Further off are wagons, more soldiers, two sailing ships and several dinghies crossing the river towards the left bank in left distance. At right background rises the high ground of the right bank, and in central distance the camp on the cliff top. Verso contains pencilled diary notes for 14, 15, 16 March 1865: packed up tents and marched to Manutahi Pa but no sign of life there and they took peaceful possession, looting wharies and getting a few pigeon spears, mats and plenty of potatoes - went out and shot a pig and stabbed another - next day shot another pig with revolver. On 16 March, got up early and went to stock yards where a "most troublesome little black cow" was chosen - she ran and "butted everything including a poor gun horse who got in the way - however she was soon lashed up to a gun, and yielded good milk for breakfast". Inscriptions: Recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-042/043

Description: Shows panoramic view from high up of the river mouth with two paddle steamers, possibly identified as the 'Sandfly' and 'Gundagai', one flying a red flag, and one a blue flag. Numerous figures can be seen working at the berthing place. In left foreground is a cabbage tree and other vegetation, beyond which can be seen a hilltop camp, and the cliffs of the headland further away. Source: "LATEST FROM WANGANUI". 'Evening Post', Issue 12, 21 February 1865, Page 2. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18650221.2.6 accessed 17 April 2024. Other Titles - From the Redoubt on the Patea 17 Feby. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Mouth of the Patea New Zealand. Feby. 1865; Recto - centre left - From the Redoubt on the Patea 17 Feby Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm. Processing information: Description updated 17 April 2024 following information from a researcher.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-049

Description: Shows soldier standing amongst flax bushes on cliff overlooking entrance to Patea River, with the cliffs on the far bank and the open sea in the distance. A redoubt can be seen on the south bank of the river. The redoubt on the south bank was called Dawson's Redoubt. It was completed in February 1865 Compare a very similar watercolour 'Patea, New Zealand, 1865' by E A Williams at B-035-029 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-014/015

Description: Shows activity on the wharf: fixing of rigging, two soldiers talking to each other, a horse and cart, a woman with a parasol, and several other figures idling. Across the harbour are dwellings, and higher up St Paul's church, with the barracks on the top of the hill. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-052/053

Description: Shows military camp with huts, on raised ground in left foreground. Landscape slopes away towards plain in background, centred around the distant peak of Mount Taranaki. There are flax bushes in the left foreground. See similar view painted 17 March 1865, at E-510-056/057. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] According to diary notes on page [45], the army moved to Manutahi Pa on 14 March 1865: 14 [Mar]. Packed up, struck tents 8 1/2 a.m. Marched 10 1/2 - and passing 2 gullies in a belt of bush came in sight of Pa Manutahi about 3 - Men entered and advanced, but no signs of life & we took peaceable possession, looting wharies and getting a few pigeon spears, mats, and plenty of potatoes - Went out and shot a pig and stabbed another & appropriated lots of potatoes... Page [48] 15 March - Out at daybreak 5 a.m. with Murant [?] and Betty but nothing stirring - rode out again after breakfast & reconnoitred - shot a pig with my revolver from horseback while the foraging parties are busy carrying off green crops and destroying - nothing doing in the afternoon - threw 2 light balls and 2 rockets for experiment at 8 [...] p.m. Whist & bed. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1866

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-066

Description: Shows Saint Mary's Catholic church building amongst trees in foreground, with harbour and Rangitoto Island behind. There are some ships alongside wharf at right mid-distance. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Similar to Williams' "Auckland Harbour from above Freeman's Bay, ca 1864", at ATL B-035-025 - negative 1/2-095469-F. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-008/009

Description: Shows boats and a pier (probably Wynyard Pier) in Offical Bay and Mechanics Bay beyond, with the hill of Parnell in the background. The land all around the bays is dotted with houses, and there appear to be 3 churches in Parnell. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-030/031

Description: Double spread shows forts amongst the hills at left, and the town and harbour on the lower ground at the right. Three boats are pulled up in the river. Horses are being exercised in the centre field. Previously, the two sides of the work were not matched together and the right side was thought to be "Patea 5 March". (This was because it had been juxtaposed with page [48] which bears this caption in one corner). Left side was previously catalogued at B-045-032, and right side at B-045-021. Other Titles - Patea 5 March Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-027

Description: Shows the town from the water's edge, with a boat moored at right, some waterside buildings, dwellings, and fortifications on the hilltop. Similar to version at A-210-004. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-034

Description: Very similar to version at A-210-002. Also similar to work in Hocken sketchbook page 67: "23 Jany. The Mowhanau Stream; close to Alexander's Farm. 1865". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-002/003

Description: Shows view overlooking harbour with houses at lower left and lower right. Sailing vessels move to and fro on the calm harbour, and there are outlying islands and headlands. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Manukau Harbour; Recto - bottom right - Manukau 15 July 64 (1864) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-004/005

Description: Double spread shows view from Parnell over Official Bay. Shows vegetation on hillside in foreground, with St Pauls Church on brow of hill in left middle distance, with other dwellings to the right of it. At right are houses of Parnell. Dated with reference to other adjacent pages of sketchbook. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - July 30. Auckland Harbour; Recto - top right - Auckland Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-012/013

Description: Double spread shows wide view from water level of men standing beside long canoe on beach, with two men carrying fish on pole, and one carrying fish in his hand. A ship rests on a slope at right and there are two sailing ships standing in the roadstead offshore. North Head is shown behind. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (On left hand panel): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-035

Description: Shows paddlesteamer at mouth of river, with cliffs and open sea in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-036/037

Description: Shows view over wide plain with "large farm and flax extent that was fired by us", with at far left, a pah on the Waitotara 3 miles off, 3 high trees 1550 yds off at centre left, a small redoubt in centre distance, some palisades, a village (Nukumaru) and some peach groves. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-010/011

Description: Shows Fort Britomart on headland in right background. In right foreground is a jetty with several men and one woman with a parasol, standing on it. In front of the jetty is a small sailboat. There are two other small boats between the jetty and the fort, and two more in the left background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (On left panel): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.