IMAGE
Urquhart album
- Date
- [ca 1861]
- By
- Urquhart, Charles James, 1834-1909; Temple, William, 1833-1919; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Urquhart, Charles, active 1940
- Reference
- PA1-q-250
- Description
Photographs taken during the time of the Taranaki, Waikato, and Auckland campaigns of the New Zealand wars, chiefly circa 1861, compiled by Lieutenant C J Urquhart, of the 65th Regiment. Includes photographs of military camps and road construction in the Waikato. Many of the photographs have no identified photographer. Some were taken by Dr William Temple, John Nicol Crombie, and John Kinder.
Other - See J Cowan "The New Zealand Wars..." (Wgtn, 1922), V1, p242-3 for further information regarding the construction of the Waikato military road.
Inscriptions: Album page - "To our dear Mother, from Willie & Alice, June 1885"
Arrangement: Some photographs are no longer attached to pages. These are held in a folder stored with the album.
Album compiled by Lieut C J Urquhart, of the 65th Regiment.
Quantity: 1 album(s).
Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; 28.5 x 23.5 cm
Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 album(s), Photographs, Albumen prints, Album with blue buckram cover; 28.5 x 23.5 cm
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Rhodes Clearing, on the road to Waikato
Date: ca 1861
From: Urquhart album
Reference: PA1-q-250-35
Description: Rhodes Clearing, on the road to Waikato, circa 1861. Looks through trees towards the camp of a detachment from 40th Regiment, Imperial forces. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Camp of detact 40th regt. Rhodes Clearing NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.8 x 21.5 cm, with trimmed corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm
Coastline, New Plymouth
Date: ca 1861
From: Urquhart album
Reference: PA1-q-250-11
Description: Coastline, New Plymouth, circa 1861. Looks along a beach, towards the distant Sugar Loaf Islands. Richmond Cottage, is just visible, left of centre. Photographer unidentified. Richmond Cottage was constructed from stone in 1854 and located at St Aubyn Street, New Plymouth, for Christopher William and Emily Elizabeth Atkinson. Occupied by the Richmond family for many years. Became an accommodation place in the 1880s. Moved in the early 1960s to Pukeariki Landing, Ariki Street. Administered by Puke Ariki/ New Plymouth Museum. Inscriptions: Album page - Sugar Loaves Taranaki NZ; Album page - Richmond Cottage Built 1857 Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 21.9, with trimmed corners, mounted on card
Camp of the 65th Regiment near Drury, Auckland
Date: Between 1861-1865
From: Urquhart album
By: Temple, William, 1833-1919
Reference: PA1-q-250-54
Description: The camp of the 65th Regiment near Drury, Auckland. The officers mess tent is on the extreme left. Photograph taken by William Temple, circa 1861. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Camp of 65th Regt near Drury NZ; Album page - beneath image - Officers mess Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 12.9 x 20.2 cm, with trimmed corners, on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm
Provincial Council and General Assembly buildings, Auckland
Date: ca 1860s
From: Urquhart album
Reference: PA1-q-250-14-1
Description: Provincial Council and General Assembly buildings, as seen from Alten Road, Auckland, circa 1860s. Photograph taken by John Kinder. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - House of Assembly, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 6.1 x 6.7 cm, with rounded upper corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm
Unidentified Maori man
Date: ca 1861
From: Urquhart album
By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878
Reference: PA1-q-250-49-1
Description: Unidentified Maori man, circa 1861. He wears a suit and Maori cloak bordered with taniko (Maori weaving). He holds a taiaha (Maori weapon), and has a moko kanohi (Maori facial tattoo). Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie of Auckland. Original caption reads: "A native wounded at the attack of No 3 redoubt Kairau" Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A native wounded at the attack of No 3 redoubt, Kairau Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 12.5 x 10.1 cm, with rounded upper corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm
View over Government House lawn and Auckland Harbour
Date: ca 1861
From: Urquhart album
By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898
Reference: PA1-q-250-39
Description: Photograph of a painting (possibly by John Kinder or Henry James Warre) depicting the view over the Government House lawn, and Auckland Harbour. Rangitoto is in the background. Date, and location, of original, unknown. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Man of war Rangitoto Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.6 x 19.9 cm, with trimmed upper corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm
Landscape, with native bush, near Auckland
Date: ca 1860s
From: Urquhart album
By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903
Reference: PA1-q-250-14-3
Description: Landscape, with native bush, near Auckland, circa 1860s, photographed by John Kinder. Shows a tree fern on the left. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Scene near Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 6.1 x 6.7 cm, with rounded upper corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm
Scene in New Plymouth, with Mount Taranaki
Date: ca 1861
From: Urquhart album
Reference: PA1-q-250-10
Description: View of the settlement of New Plymouth, with Mount Taranaki in the distance, circa 1861. Shows the barracks on Marsland Hill on the right. Photographer unidentified. Notes (added by library?) on album page read: "Commercial Hotel erected 1856"; "Barracks on Marsland Hill erected end 1855"; "Iron store came from Sydney 1855"; "Photo between 185" [page ripped here] Inscriptions: Backing board verso - beneath image - Mount Egmont Taranaki NZ Marsland Hill Barracks Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.3 x 22.2 cm, with trimmed corners, mounted on card 16 x 22 cm
Scene with whare and unidentified group, above Auckland Harbour
Date: ca 1860
From: Urquhart album
By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878
Reference: PA1-q-250-38
Description: Scene with whare, and unidentified group, on a hill above Auckland Harbour, on the "uplands of Kohinimarama [Kohimarama]" (quoted from The Weekly Register of 30 July 1860, see "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 9), circa 1860. Shows men of the Imperial forces standing in the centre. An unidentified Maori man, wrapped in a blanket, is crouched in the foreground, with dogs alongside. Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie. Image, and information regarding it, published in "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 9. Other Titles - Maori Home (information from "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 9) Inscriptions: Album page - Auckland Harbour New Zealand Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.3 x 21.1 cm, with rounded upper corners, mounted on card 17.7 x 23.8 cm
Paratene Te Manu
Date: ca 1861
From: Urquhart album
By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878
Reference: PA1-q-250-46-1
Description: Paratene Te Manu, circa 1861, possibly photographed during a conference of Maori chiefs at the Melanesian Mission in Kohimarama, Auckland. He wears a suit and cape, and holds a taiaha (Maori weapon). He has a moko kanohi (Maori facial tattoo). Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie. Image, and information regarding it, published in "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 11. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Native chief of New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 12.6 x 9.8 cm, on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm