Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Date: 1984

By: British Petroleum Company; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Gully, John, 1819-1888; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: C-083-1984-02

Description: Reproductions on a calendar of six watercolours from the Alexander Turnbull Library: William Fox's Cobden Coal mine, 1872; Charles Heaphy's Castle Rock and Coromandel Harbour, 1852 and his Rangitoto Island, 1850s; John Gully's Nelson from the east, 1860s; C D Barraud's Upper Hutt River, 1886; J T Johnston's Mount Egmont and New Plymouth, 1864 or 1865. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-079-025

Description: Looking east along the Whanganui River, with Shakespeare Head cliffs to the right and a military camp on the north bank at a bend in the river, opposite the cliffs. Also shows a jetty or bridge, and a redoubt and further military tents on the top of the cliffs; Ruapehu in background, cows in foreground Attribution based on style and information from donor Supplied title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 240 x 520 mm

Date: 1932-1933

By: Johnston, E J (Mrs), active 1933

Reference: MS-Papers-10868

Description: Four letters concerning the donation to New Zealand of water colour drawings by Major J T Johnston when he was in New Zealand in 1865. The donor of the drawings was Mrs E J Johnston. They consist of letter from NZ High Commission, London to Major G L Buchananm Nov 1932, and two letters from NZ High Commission, London to Mrs E J Johnston, Bayswater, London, Jan 1933; letter from the Office of the Prime Minister, Wellington to Mrs Johnston, thanking her for her donation and informing her that the drawings have been lodged at the Alexander Turnbull Library, May 1933 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1864 - 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-035-003

Description: Looking towards New Plymouth from out to sea, with the Sugar Loaf Islands to the far right, the houses of New Plymouth close to the water's edge in the centre, and Mount Taranaki in the background. Several ships in a fleet are in the middle distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 292 x 431 mm

Date: 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-079-022

Description: Shows the camp on the north bank of the river, with cows in foreground, and two soldiers, one apparently sketching, perhaps a self-portrait. The masts of three ships can be seen in the port area and there are futher military tents on the south bank of the river. Supplied title Attribution based on style and information from donor The camp was close to the earlier site of Waimate Pa, which was located at the top of the same bluff - compare two drawings by Charles Heaphy from 1839 - 'Waimate Pa, 1839' (A-164-008) and 'View on the Patea River, Cooks Straits' (A-146-004); also '[Album of an officer]. Left bank redoubt, R. Patea, 1865 3 May' (A-277-021). The redoubt on the south bank of the Patea, known as Dawson's Redoubt, was completed in February 1865 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 190 x 493 mm

Date: 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: A-050-006

Description: Looking out towards Lake Rotorua, with Ohinemutu and its church at the lakeside in the foreground Other Titles - Lake Rotorua [and] native village of Ohinemutu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 203 x 397 mm

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-079-027

Description: View across Auckland and harbour from cemetery, looking down on Grafton Gully and Mechanics Bay. St Barnabas Church in centre middle ground, and possibly Parnell Orphanage at far right foreground (Cf. view by J O Hamley E-047-q-023) Supplied title Attribution based on style and information from donor Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 315 x 480 mm

Date: 1863 - 1864

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-079-024

Description: Two Maori women in left foreground gathering shellfish round rocks at water's edge; tall cliffs and a rocky beach. In the middle distance atop the cliffs is a military camp with a flag, tents and redoubt buildings. Attribution based on information from donor, who knew of the artist only as an indirect ancestor, a Major J. T. Johnston. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil, 246 x 520 mm

Date: 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-035-011

Description: Shows Lake Rotomahana with the White Terraces in the background. In the left foreground are three Maori with a horse or a large dog. Other Titles - Hot lake. Mount Tarawera (Mount Rotomahana) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 394 mm

Date: 1863 - 1864

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Johnston, Ian D, active 1970s

Reference: A-263-024

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hapimana Ngapiko, dressed in European clothing, with short hair, moustache and light beard and moko around the nose, mouth and chin area. 2 pencil sketches of fish on verso. Title beneath work has been inscribed by the subject of the portrait in ink. Another portrait in this series is held by the Library of Reihana Taukawau Tukarewa at A-263-025 and another is in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Ref. T3195, NK235), National Library of Australia, showing Kamariera te Wharipapa. These portraits were almost certainly painted in England. The group spent some time in Birmingham, arrriving there on 6 October 1863 and being based there until the return of most of the party to New Zealand in April 1864. See also the catalogue for the National Library exhibition 'Encounter with Eden" p. 60, the notes to Johnston's portrait of Te Wharepapa, for further information. The attribution to J.T.Johnston comes from Rex Nan Kivell and is thought to have been supplied to him when he acquired the portrait. See also Brian Mackrell's 'Hariru Wikitoria!' (Auckland, 1983) for information about the group's trip to England. Hapimana Ngapiko of Te Ati Awa accompanied William Jenkins, a Wesleyan lay preacher, and a group of other Maori men and women to England in 1863. The group met Queen Victoria and were shown the sights of England. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (1990), p. 348 claims that Hapimana Ngapiko died aboard the "Flying Foam" on the journey back to New Zealand in 1864. Author Brian Mackrell in "Hariru Wikitoria!" (1983) has him returning to New Zealand aboard another vessel, the "Surat", departing England on 20 June 1864, and arriving safely in New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Hapimana Ngapika Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 254 x 178 mm Provenance: From the collection of Dr Neville Hogg; previously owned by Mr Ian D. Johnston of Aquarius Fine Arts Ltd, Hamilton; he purchased it from a private collection in Birmingham, possibly in the 1970s [information from the Library's photocopy of the portrait, made in the 1970s]

Date: 1864 - 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-035-002

Description: View possibly from Victoria Point looking back towards Picton, with several small scattered houses, three small ships or yachts and a rowboat near the shore Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 252 x 354 mm

Date: 1864 - 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-079-023

Description: Shows a camp and redoubt with the sea to the left, Egmont in the background to the north, soldiers with a bullock-cart moving along a track towards the camp and cows grazing in the foreground Supplied title Attributed based on style and information from donor May show the redoubts and camps at Patea, on the Patea River's north and south banks. However the river is not visible in the view. The Manawapo area in South Taranaki also had two redoubts at high points near the stream mouth and this view may be of that area, north of Patea Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 283 x 480 mm

Date: 1863 - 1864

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Johnston, Ian D, active 1970s

Reference: A-263-025

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reihana Te Taukawau, dressed in European clothing, with short hair and light beard, no moko, greenstone earring hanging in his left ear and two ?huia feathers in his hair. Title beneath work has been inscribed probably by the subject of the portrait in ink. Another portrait in this series is held by the Library showing Hapiman Ngapiko (A-263-024) and another is in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Ref. T3195, NK235), National Library of Australia, showing Kamariera te Wharipapa. These portraits were almost certainly painted in England See also the catalogue for the National Library exhibition 'Encounter with Eden', p.60, the notes to item 61, Johnston's portrait of Kamariera te Wharepapa for further information; also Hariru Wikitoria! by Brian Mackrell (Auckland 1985). The attribution to J.T.Johnston derives from Rex Nan Kivell and is thought to have been supplied to Sir Rex when he acquired the painting of Te Wharepapa. Reihana Te Taukawau, son of Ngapuhi chief Tukarewa, accompanied William Jenkins, a Wesleyan lay preacher, and a group of other Maori men and women to England in 1863. The group met Queen Victoria and were shown the sights of England. The party returned aboard the "Flying Foam" to New Zealand in 1864. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reihana Taukawau Tukuarawa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 258 x 177 mm Provenance: From the collection of Dr Neville Hogg; previously owned by Mr Ian D. Johnston of Aquarius Fine Arts Ltd, Hamilton; he purchased it from a private collection in Birmingham, possibly in the 1970s [information from the Library's photocopy of the portrait, made in the 1970s]

Date: 1864 - 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: C-126-003

Description: Shows view south-east from Northcote (Stokes Point, above Little Shoal Bay), looking across a low headland and the Waitemata Harbour towards Auckland Harbour with ships and the City in the distance. There two Maori women tending a fire in the foreground Supplied title Attribution based on style and information from donor Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 303 x 512 mm

Date: 1863 - 1864

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-079-021

Description: Shows a paddle-steamer in the foreground; sailing ships at the mouth of the Wanganui River, Mount Ruapehu in the centre background Supplied title Attribution on stylistic grounds and information from donor Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 171 x 491 mm