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Mantell album 4
- Date
- 1850s - 1890s
- By
- Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927; Bothamley, Arthur Thomas, 1846-1938; Masquerier, John James, 1778-1855; Martin, John, 1789-1854; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Clayton, William Henry, 1823-1877; Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906; Ball, Wilfrid, 1853-1917; Devis, Anthony Thomas, 1729-1816
- Reference
- PA1-q-158
- Description
Album of photographs, engravings and etchings. Frontispiece is a portrait of Gideon Algernon Mantell, painted by J J Masquerier, engraved by Samuel Stepney. On page 30 is `The country of the iguanadon, restored by John Martin ... from the geological discoveries of Gideon Mantell'; page 29 there is a photo of ink drawing of Brighton by A. Devis (Probably English landscape artist Anthony Devis).
Page 42 has a photographic copy of a pen & wash drawing by architect William Clayton of Government House in Wellington, ca 1869. It bears little resemblance to the completed building (copy negative available at 1/2-C-021641).
Many of the New Zealand scenes are unidentified, though one group were taken in Queen Charlotte Sound, and Picton.
Most are taken by unidentified photographers, though there are tourist scenes of Pipiriki and Jerusalem taken by James Valentine, and some of Te Aroha by Frederick George Radcliffe.
A collection of 6 etchings by Wilfrid Williams Ball are all related to the Thames in London, including views of the Tower of London, Gravesend, and Greenwich.
An early photograph of Mrs Alfred J Woodhouse (mother-in-law of Gideon Mantell), was taken by an unidentified photographer in 1839.
Inscriptions: Album page - W G Mantell
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Tan cloth binding with impressed decorative pattern, entitled `New Zealand ferns'; 30.5 x 26.5 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negatives available at 1/2-C-015771 to 1/2-C-15772; 1/2-C-21641; 1/2-C-26414
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Albumen prints, Salted paper prints, Tan cloth binding with impressed decorative pattern, entitled `New Zealand ferns'; 30.5 x 26.5 cm
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Jerusalem, Whanganui River - Photograph taken by James Valentine & Sons
Date: ca 1890s
From: Mantell album 4
By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)
Reference: PA1-q-158-28
Description: Settlement of Jerusalem on the banks of the Whanganui River, circa 1890s. Photograph taken by a representative of the firm of James Valentine & Sons. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Jerusalem. Wanganui River. N.Z. 17957 JV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 18.8 x 29 cm, mounted on album page 29.7 x 24.2 cm
Government House, Wellington
Date: [Ca 1869]
From: Mantell album 4
By: Clayton, William Henry, 1823-1877
Reference: PA1-q-158-42
Description: Early impression by architect William Henry Clayton of Government House, Thorndon, Wellington. Bears little resemblance to completed building. Photographic copy by an unknown photographer of a pen and wash drawing made ca 1869 by Clayton. Source of title - From item Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 16.2 x 23.8 cm, with rounded upper corners, mounted on album page
Interior of the chamber, House of Representatives, Wellington
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
From: Mantell album 4
Reference: PA1-q-158-43
Description: The interior of the chamber, House of Representatives, Wellington, photographed in the 1890s, possibly by Arthur Thomas Bothamley (1846-1938). One man is standing in the left background. The original caption reads: A Christmas card. Honourable member addressing the chair. "Sir even though I stand alone on the floor of this chamber" etc etc. ("Hansard") Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - A Christmas card. Honourable member addressing the chair. "Sir even though I stand alone on the floor of this chamber" etc etc. ("Hansard"). With the compliments of the photo[indecipherable]. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 11 x 15.6 cm, mounted on album page
Paddle steamer Wairere at Pipiriki
Date: [ca 1890s]
From: Mantell album 4
By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)
Reference: PA1-q-158-27
Description: Paddle steamer Wairere, moored on the Wanganui River, at Pipiriki. Photograph taken by the firm of James Valentine & Sons. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - S S Wairere at Pipiriki Wanganui River NZ 17959 J V Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 28.8 x 18.5 cm, on album page,29.6 x 23.7 cm