Te Ropere, 1840-1930
Soldier, artist and author. Born Madeira. Arrived Auckland from Madrid on 4 January 1864 as ensign in 68th Durham Light Infantry. Was present at Gate Pa and Te Ranga, Tauranga, 1864. Left New Zealand for England with his regiment in 1865, but continued to paint and draw portraits of Maori, images of moko and scenes relating to the war and to Maori culture for many years. Published Moko: or Maori tattooing, London, 1896, and Pounamu: notes on New Zealand greenstone in London in 1915. Many of his drawings were used as sources for wood engravings in the Illustrated London news and Graphic in the mid-1860s and later. He retired as a Major-General in London in 1887 (Sources: Platts, Una. Nineteenth century New Zealand artists, a guide and handbook; Dictionary of New Zealand biography, edited by G H Scholfield (Wellington, 1940))
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Date:
1890 - 1930
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-280-002-5
Description:
"Wishing [y]ou a [particu]larly [merry]" - missing parts filled in by drawings of Maori objects: pa, tiki, mere, etc. Also shows digging sticks forming the W...
Date:
1866
From:
Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-106-f-018-2
Description:
Scene outside a whare showing a deceased woman, her hair dressed with pigeon feathers, surrounded by her family and parents. Two women are singing a lament ...
Date:
1871
From:
Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
By:
Harper's weekly (Periodical); Purcell, E (Mr), active 1975; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-106-f-045
Description:
Shows two carved Maori waka, full of paddlers, two men in each canoe standing to encourage their teammates. In the background are two cliff headlands each wi...
Date:
1867
From:
Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
By:
Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-106-f-019-2
Description:
A Maori man and two women seated outside a carved gateway and the palisade of Maketu Pal, near Tauranga. The woman in the white skirt has been identified as...
Date:
1865 - 1866
From:
Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
By:
Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-106-f-016-2
Description:
A large group of Maori men performing a haka, shown at a moment of leaping in the air. They are carrying a mixture of muskets and spears, and dressed in mix...
Date:
1865 - 1866
From:
Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
By:
Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-106-f-018-1
Description:
Interior view of the pa, with a group of Maori men around a fire in the foreground, two holding spears and two with guns, and other small groups standing and...
Date:
1870 - 1960
From:
The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]
By:
Dutton, Nellie, active 1922-1938; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Haggett, Frank C, active 1930s; Hamilton, Augustus, 1853-1913; Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920; Jones, Hubert (Rev), active 1904-1950; McAuslan, Gordon S, 1913-1996; Mills, Marjory Hinemoa, 1896-1987; Norwood, R D, active 1904; Reid, E M (Miss), active 1939; Renton, David Proctor, -1945; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982
Ref:
BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-D
Description:
Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made.
Contains plates made for:
I Dallas (by McAuslan, ca 1935),...
Date:
1864
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
A-033-007
Description:
View of the trenches at Gate Pa, Tauranga, looking east, the front of the pa to the left, the rear to the right, after its capture by British forces in April...
From:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Maori sketches [ca 1900]
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-450-q-003
Description:
Shows tiki surrounded by oval kowhaiwhai
The title includes a play on words relating to the artist's drawing of a tiki. As Robley continued to use New Zeal...
Date:
1896 - 1900
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Ref:
A-080-062
Description:
Head and shoulders three quarters frontal portrait of a Maori man, with full moko, earrings, a greenstone tiki at his neck and a fringed flax cloak.
The nam...
Date:
1880 - 1900 - 1889
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Ref:
E-280-049
Description:
The letter O, ornamented
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink on postcard 140 x 90 mm
Date:
1880 - 1900
From:
Robley, Horatio Gordon 1840-1930 :[A Maori man and the prow of a war canoe. ca 1900]
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
E-280-010-2
Description:
Shows a Maori man (Te Kuha) in the foreground and behind him near the shore line is the prow of a war canoe.
Photograph of another version; published in "Mo...
Date:
1880 - 1900
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Ref:
E-280-043/048
Description:
Scenes of India and possibly Sri Lanka
Inscriptions: [Some signed] H. Robley.
Quantity: 6 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings 137 x 8...
Date:
1894-1932
From:
Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Ref:
Micro-MS-Coll-20-2754
Description:
Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Date:
1888-1949
From:
Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Ref:
Micro-MS-Coll-20-2805
Description:
Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Date:
1860 - 1910 - 1847 - 1869
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Ref:
E-280-050
Description:
Depicts the greenstone hei tiki of the Ngati Toa chief Te Rauparaha. It was gifted to Colonel Mundy in 1847 for the kindness he showed the old chief during t...
Date:
1863 - 1864
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Ref:
A-080-066
Description:
Head and shoulders portrait of a Maori man. He has moko, an ear adorment and a flax cloak with a taniko border. Behind him is a large canoe and a headland n...
Date:
1865
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
A-080-008-4
Description:
A portrait of tattooed chief Tomika te Mutu
From M. S. papers 16
See also: "Moko", p. 22, E280.
Similar version of A-080-008
Inscriptions: Recto - bott...
Date:
1865
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
Ref:
A-080-008-3
Description:
A full-length portrait of Tomika te Mutu
From M. S. papers 16
See also: "Moko", p. 22, E280.
Similar version to A-080-008
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom ...
Date:
1865 - 1900
By:
Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Ref:
E-280-042
Description:
Similar images at E-280-010 91-3), E-280-025, E-280-042 (1-4)
Other Titles - Te Kuka
Inscriptions: Verso - Never to be seen again. A carved chief and sea g...
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