IMAGE
Spencer Perceval Talbot Nicholl album 1
- Date
- 1863-1864
- By
- Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Kinder, John, 1819-1903
- Reference
- PA1-f-046
- Description
Album compiled by Spencer Perceval Talbot Nicholl when he was serving with the 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry during the New Zealand wars.
The photographs were chiefly taken by John Kinder and by Daniel Manders Beere, in the Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty areas.
Many of the views have no captions, but can be identified in comparison with images known to have been taken by these photographers.
Views identified include Mr. Ashwell's church at Taupiri (Rev. Benjamin Yate Ashwell); thatched buildings; flagstaff at Ngaruawahia; the monument to the 43rd Regiment at Gate Pa near Tauranga; Potatau's tomb with a sentry guarding it; a carved stern-post of a waka; and a group of Maori men.
Some, but not all, photos taken by Kinder.
Inscriptions: Album page - `S.P.T. Nicholl (subsequently Lieut-Col), 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Album compiled probably about 1863/4'
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with mottled blue cover, brown leather spine with gold bands; 35 x 42 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negatives available at 1/1-006778; 1/2-C-004638; 1/2-C-021689 to 1/2-C-021692; 1/2-C-098203; 1/2-C-046645 to 1/2-C-046658; 1/2-C-048010
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with mottled blue cover, brown leather spine with gold bands; 35 x 42 cm
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Ngaruawahia flagstaff
Date: [ca 1863]
From: Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-f-046-10-2
Description: Overlooking Ngaruawahia, circa 1863. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Ngaruawahia Flagstaff Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Gate Pa, Pukehinahina ridge, during the New Zealand Wars
Date: [ca 1864]
From: Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-f-046-13-3
Description: Area including Gate Pa, at Pukehinahina ridge, circa 1864. A group of mounted soldiers is visble. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Reverend Benjamin Yate Ashwell's church, Taupiri mission station, Waikato
Date: [1863 or 1864]
From: Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-f-046-09-1
Description: Reverend Benjamin Yate Ashwell's church, Taupiri mission station, Waikato. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).