Teacher and artist. Arrived Canterbury 1850, with the Canterbury Association; lived in Lyttelton and then Wellington. Headmaster of Te Aro School for thirty years; also taught art. Husband of Annie Sophia Holmes (née Mills; 1833?-1904). Buried in the family plot at Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington
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Date:
1854
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Ref:
D-018-003
Description:
Shows John Plimmer's wharf and his warehouse, "Noah's Ark", built on the hulk of the wrecked barque "Inconstant". Shows also Barrett's hotel and people in t...
Date:
1851 - 1860
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Ref:
PUBL-0036-247
Description:
A view from the shore of John Plimmer's 'ark' warehouse, moored at the modern junction of Lambton Quay and Willis Streets, its hull that of the wrecked barqu...
Date:
1853 - 1966
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Avon Fine Prints; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853
Ref:
B-076-014
Description:
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Photolithograph (hand-coloured) 160 x 260 mm on sheet 253 x 376 mm
Date:
1934
By:
Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936
Ref:
MS-Papers-3142
Description:
Writing re a sketch of Lambton Quay in "Early Wellington" developing associations aroused by various buildings in the sketch
Relationship complexity - The s...
Date:
1866 - 1875
By:
Baillie, Gordon, 1827-1875
Ref:
PA2-0182
Description:
Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - W Howard Holmes. Capt. T.A.T.R.V. Cadets
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date:
1850 - 1859
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Ref:
B-009-004
Description:
A large two to three storied watermill in the Ngaio Gorge, with its water wheel on the left and water rushing through. The roofs of two other houses with smo...
Date:
1852 - 1966 - 1853
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853; Avon Fine Prints
Ref:
B-076-015-a
Description:
Looking down from modern Cannon Hill to Ferrymead, with a punt at the mouth of the Heathcote River, Ferry Road running towards Christchurch. The homestead at...
Date:
[1851-1853]
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853; Avon Fine Prints
Ref:
B-076-015
Description:
Looking down from modern Cannon Hill to Ferrymead, with a punt at the mouth of the Heathcote River, Ferry Road running towards Christchurch. The homestead at...
Date:
1853 - 1966
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Avon Fine Prints; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853
Ref:
B-076-013
Description:
Looking down Lyttelton Harbour towards its entrance and Godley Head, from Quail Island, with the settlement of Lyttelton at the foot of the Port Hills on the...
Date:
1853 - 1966
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Avon Fine Prints; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853
Ref:
B-076-013-a
Description:
Looking down Lyttelton Harbour towards its entrance and Godley Head, from Quail Island, with the settlement of Lyttelton at the foot of the Port Hills on the...
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853; Rowe, Shirley Precey, 1911-1992
Ref:
A-259-018
Description:
View from behind Mr Hamilton Ward's house on Quail Island, looking towards Lyttelton and Mt Pleasant and out to Godley Head and the open sea. Mr Ward's cotta...
Date:
1852 - 1853
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853; Rowe, Shirley Precey, 1911-1992
Ref:
A-259-019
Description:
View of Lyttelton from above looking out to the harbour, with Quail Island on the right, Diamond Harbour and Mount Herbert straight ahead. Sumner Road is ind...
Date:
1853
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Ref:
B-009-011
Description:
Looking up the Hutt River near a curve in the river towards the Tararua Range. Two Maori are pulling a canoe ashore on the right bank close to two tree fern...
Date:
1840s-1860s
From:
Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Ref:
MS-Papers-1347-5/17/17
Description:
Selected names entered in name field
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date:
[ca 1870s], nd
From:
Plimmer family :Photographs of items relating to Noah's Ark, John Plimmer's Wellington warehouse
Ref:
PAColl-10146
Description:
Images comprise:
-A b&w photographic print showing a wooden shield decorated with a sculpture of a dove, a painting of Noah's Ark, and the words "That Noah's...
Date:
1874
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Ref:
B-009-010
Description:
A bend in a river or part of a sound with lower bush-clad hills and a steeper cleared hill in the background. A man is seated across the prow of a rowing b...
Date:
1842-1862
From:
Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Ref:
MS-Papers-1347-5/17/21
Description:
Selected names entered in name field
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
From:
Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others
Ref:
MS-Papers-2260-038
Description:
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date:
1964
From:
Plimmer family :Photographs of items relating to Noah's Ark, John Plimmer's Wellington warehouse
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Aarons, E, active 1964
Ref:
PA12-10600
Description:
Image shows :
-a drawing of Noah's Ark, drawn by William Howard Holmes and photographed by E Aarons, 1964
Quantity: 1 colour transparency.
Physical Descri...
Date:
1856
By:
Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Ref:
B-139-017
Description:
Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There ...
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