Places

Date: 1861

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-045/046

Description: Image on left; A view of Auckland in Aug 1861 showing dwellings, picket fences etc. and right image shows dwellings and kauri forest in the background, Sept 1861. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Auckland, August 1861; Recto - bottom right - Tree Kauri Forest. Sept 1861 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 520 mm.

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-048-049

Description: Scene in a clearing in Hutt Forest, with tall tree trunks to the left, a low raupo whare centre with a tree fern in front. A Maori figure is crouching at the entrance to the hut. Title from pencil inscription; date on verso. Almost identical to A-048-050 (untitled). Copy of lithograph by Cuthbert Clarke after William Swainson, held by British Library (Add MS 19954, folio 90 (132). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash with chinese white 252 x 175 mm

Date: 1854

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: A-048-038

Description: Looking down into Lyttelton from a southerly point above the town, with a large flax bush to the left, scrub and trees on the slopes, Holy Trinity Church and houses below, with the Harbour, Quail Island and the south-east end of the harbour (Teddington) in the distance For attribution and provenance see A-048-027. Inscriptions: Verso - Title and date from pencil inscription Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 175 x 258 mm

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: A-048-040

Description: A stream in native bush, with tall tree trunks, a clearing and a small house visible in the distance through the tree trunks Title and date from pencil inscription on verso. For attribution and provenance see A-048-027 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 250 x 194 mm

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: A-048-042

Description: A wooden house with at least one upstairs window in a clearing amongst native trees with the hills behind. A small stream to the left, with another building with thatched roof visible on the far left Title and date inscribed in pencil on mount. For attribution and provenance see A-048/027 John Watson was the Postmaster and Resident Magistrate at Akaroa Inscriptions: Verso - "Mr Watson's house in which we lived at Akaroa, N.Z." Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing mounted on paper 175 x 252 mm on mount 220 x 280 mm

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: A-048-041

Description: A single-storied house with verandah and verandah posts across its front, set at the base of bush-clad hills on rising land. There is another structure, either a shed or dog-kennel at a lower point to the left For attribution and provenance see A-048-027. The house, called Glencarrig by Aylmer, still stands in Percy Street, Akaroa. It was much altered in the later nineteenth century Inscriptions: Verso - Title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 175 x 252 mm

Date: 1861

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-035/036

Description: Shows kauri forest in the foreground, with Manukau Harbour and the Heads in the distance. The forest is part of Titirangi, with Little Muddy Creek below and Laingholm in the centre. The house shown on the right is likely to be the first farmhouse in the area, that of John Bishop and family. There are also several smaller houses or farm buildings in the right middle distance Other Titles - ... Manukau Heads Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Kauri Forest Manaukau Heads August 1861; Recto - top centre - 1861 Manaukau Heads Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 520 mm (double-page spread)