Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Date: 1854-1865

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-6/4/4

Description: Correspondents include: John Gell, 1859; C E Gold, 1857-1858; Alex Gray, 1857; Major J Gray, 1854; Edward Hackett, 1858; Robert Hart, 1855-1857; John Higginson, 1857; J F Hoggard, 1858; Abraham Hort Snr, 1859; John Hoskins, 1855; Edward Larwill Humphries (New Plymouth sub-agent) - Correspondence, list of policy holders, accounts, 1859-1865; A Hunt, 1859 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1850

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-012

Description: A large tree fern (probably a mamaku) with epiphytes on its lower trunk, emerging from lower bush with a background view of a bay on the left, probably looking south Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 155 mm

Date: 1851

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-031

Description: A view from the water, looking towards the land, with a ketch in the foreground and a larger vessel in full sail closer to the land in the distance to the right. A rocky promontory stretches from the land and there is a central rocky peak in a line of hills Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 100 x 245 mm

Date: 1839 - 1841 - 1846 - 1848

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Page, George Hyde, 1823-1908; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-003-029-a/040-a

Description: Set of looseleaf offprints originally published as a set of 12 prints in "New Zealand calendar 1974". Contents: Goldmining at the Thames [i.e. Goldmining at Thames] / J.B.C. Hoyte. - Nelson Haven, 1841 / Charles Heaphy. - The Pink Terraces, 1874 [i.e. The White Terraces, 1888 (detail)] / C.D. Barraud. - St Mark's Church, Remuera [i.e. S. Mark's, Remuera & Mt Eden, 1859] / Rev. John Kinder. - The Barracks, Napier / C.D. Barraud. - Auckland, 1848 [i.e. Auckland, New Zealand, 1848] / Lt. Gen. G.H. Page. - The Aglionby or Matukituki Valley [i.e. In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa, 20th Feb. [1846]] / Sir William Fox. - In Otira Gorge, 1864 [i.e. Otira Gorge, 1864?] / Sir William Fox. - Dunedin, Otago, 1861 [i.e. Part of the town and harbour of Dunedin, Otago, N.Z. [1861?]] / W.S. Hatton. - Kahu Kahu, Hokianga River [i.e. View of the Kahu-Kahu Hokianga River [December] 1839] / Charles Heaphy. - Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860 [i.e. Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860] / Lt. Gen. C.E. Gold. - Bream Head, Whangarei / Charles Heaphy. Title from cover of calendar. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and artist]; Recto - bottom left - Alexander Turnbull Library, / Wellington, N.Z.; Recto - bottom right - A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, / Wellington, N.Z., 1973. Quantity: 24 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 24 photolithographs, (2 sets of 12), variously sized from 157 x 238 mm, to 240 x 304 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright in the 1970s.

Date: 1850 - 1851

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: E-144-053-b

Description: A stream surrounded by trees, a hill behind to the right. Possibly the Tuamarina Stream Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour, original 179 x 250 mm

Date: 1846 - 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871; Moresby, Caroline, 1845?-

Reference: A-288-001/039

Description: Views of Pipitea Pa, Porirua, Wellington Harbour, Hutt Valley, Rangitoto Island, Auckland Harbour, New Plymouth, Vanuatu, 2 of Europe All watercolours removed from album pages and stored separately. Album retained in the additional box at A-288. Inscriptions: Album cover, inside front cover. Artist's name and his inscription to his third daughter, Caroline, a grand-daughter's poem, other inscriptions. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) 37 watercolours, 1 pencil sketch, MS notes on inside front cover. Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes vary Provenance: Given by the artist to his third daughter, Caroline (later Moresby), then by family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1849

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-025

Description: New Zealand bush with tall rimu trees, epiphytes, vines and a rata in flower. An armed Maori figure is amongst undergrowth in the lower right foreground. The scene is probably in the Wellington Region Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in hand of the artist Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 257 x 183 mm

Date: 1848 - 1852

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-172-013

Description: A rough sketch with a view from Thorndon, looking towards Lambton Quay, and Te Aro, with Government House and its flagpole in the foreground, the waterfront (Lambton Quay) with several houses visible, Clay Point indicated and Mount Cook beyond it, with the Barracks. Bush with either tree ferns or cabbage trees is indicated in the near foreground. There are three ships in the harbour Attribution: attributed by the Library on cataloguing, 1980, to H J Warre. However the handwriting is not that of Warre, and the style appears less precise than his. This is one of four drawings in the same hand, with the same provenance, (A-172-013 to -016) one of which appears to be a preliminary drawing for a watercolour by Colonel C E Gold. The group of four was reattributed to Gold in 2011 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 222 x 285 mm

Date: 1857

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-010

Description: A flat clay road alongside a low bush-clad hill. Two tall tree ferns on the right Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 260 mm

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Three watercolours / Colonel Charles Emilius Gold. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, 1976

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-050-b

Description: Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: C-028-052-b

Description: Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph

Date: 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-014

Description: Shows houses, fences, horse and cart, Mt Egmont in background. There is washing hanging on a line in the foreground. Reproduced as an Alexander Turnbull Library print in 1976. 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. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 270 mm

Date: 1859

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-032

Description: A view from the sea, close to land, looking towards a large bush-clad rock formation, probably close to the north entrance of Manukau Harbour. Several small Maori canoes are in the water Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 270 mm

Date: 1849

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-007

Description: Shows three Maori in a canoe below tree ferns with ferns and flax. The canoe has a decorated stern-post Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 305 x 240 mm

Date: Apr 1860

By: Brown, Richard, 1804-1860

Reference: qMS-0281

Description: In April 1860 a column of 600 army, naval and colonial forces under the command of Colonel Gold marched south from New Plymouth on a short punitive expedition against rebel Maori villages. Brown, a mounted volunteer, accompanied the column and provides a narrative account of the expedition Richard Brown was captain of Native Irregulars and principal guide of the forces Quantity: 1 volume(s) (19 pages). Physical Description: Ms (33 cm; ¼ blue morocco, blue boards)

Date: [1828-1884]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6368-1

Description: Comprises Otway's appointment as lieutenant of the `Ganges' (1828); letter by Otway on engineers of steam vessels (United Services journal, 1832); compliments letter from Sir George Cockburn to Mrs Robert Otway (1842); letter re incidents on the `Castor' (1843); copy of letter, Otway to Capt Graham of the `Castor' (1844); certificate of induction to the Royal Sussex Lodge no 735, Victoria, Hongkong (1845); certificate of Otway's service on the `Castor', and his appointment as acting commander of the `Castor', signed by Captain Graham (1846), note from Colonel Gold, Auckland, re sketches he had done of Otway's daughter (1847); letter, Graham to Otway, conveying Governor Grey's appreciation (1847); (Webster collection items, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179) Also includes appointment of Otway as JP, Middlesex (1848); letter, from Lismore, re Otway's appointment as county deputy lieutenant (1852) letter re his appointment as senior officer of the `Sirius' (1855) letters, John Kenyon to Otway of Castle Otway following his escape from shipwreck and retirement; appointment as high sheriff, county of Tipperary (1868); and assessments in connexion with financial scheme, Diocese of Killaloe (East) (1880-1884); poem, `Original poetry', by E Fitzsimon of Templederry and envelope with inscriptions; (Includes items from Webster collection, no 1175, 1181,10) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1849

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-090-008

Description: Shows a portion of the harbour with three sailing ships and a Maori canoe. Mount Victoria is in the background to the left. Te Aro Flat is at right, with two long piers extending into the harbour. The sloping land in the foreground is filled with four houses and part of a garden, with two tree ferns alongside one house. The foreground is likely to be part of Thorndon, close to the sea and Lambton Quay or Thorndon Quay. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title]; Unsigned. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 152 x 228 mm Transfers: Transferred from Col. Gold's papers, Manuscripts Section, MS-Papers-0080..

Date: 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-029

Description: A sheer bush-clad cliff by water, with a swathe of tree-ferns in its centre. A Maori canoe is in the water in the foreground The name Otahau is not in current use. It has been suggested that Gold's 'Otahau' may be intended to be Otahuhu. However, Otahuhu, is at the narrowest part of the Auckland isthmus and the topography of the area shown here is not like that of Otahuhu. The area depicted could be close to Wellington Harbour, where Gold lived until 1860 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 240 x 180 mm

Date: 1860

By: New Zealand. Army

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-NZ-1860-04

Description: A notice requiring citizens to have a candle or lamp at their front window, ready to light in case of alarm. Residents were also required to secure their doors and lower windows. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Facsimile of relief print, on blue paper 297 x 210 mm.

Date: 1962 - 1979

Reference: Eph-C-TURNBULL-1962/1979

Description: Includes: An Exhibition of English Children's Books in the 18th & 19th Century; Arranged by the British Council. Alexander Turnbull Library, 6 November to 6 December, 1968. Aotearoa Takes Shape; Map exhibition. Alexander Turnbull Library, March-May 1977. (5 copies). Charles Heaphy, VC; Exhibition. Alexander Turnbull Library, October-November 1977. (3 copies). Colonel Charles Emilius Gold; Three watercolours. [Information sheet published by the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1976, to go with an edition of three prints taken from paintings by Gold]. Grand and Glorious Exhibition of Electioneering - New Zealand Style. Alexander Turnbull Library, 2 October - 30 November 1975. Official opening by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Wallace Edward Rowling, MP. Printed by McKenzie Thornton Cooper Ltd, Wellington. (6 copies). Pacific History in Pictures from the Turnbull Library. Architectural Centre Gallery, Wellington, until Friday 6 July, ca 1962. W J Harding (1826-1899) Photographer in Wanganui. On exhibition at the Alexander Turnbull Library, 6 November - 28 February 1979. Quantity: 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.