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Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
- By
- Balneavis family; Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863
- Reference
- E-952-f
- Description
Scrapbook, including lithographs and newsclippings, from the Balneavis family's time living in Malta in the 1830s, other newsclippings, lithographs and engravings of European landscapes and buildings, two New Zealand drawings by John Alexander Gilfillan, a watercolour by Joseph Jenner Merrett, a wash drawing by Cuthbert Clarke, engraved plans of Ruapekapeka Pa and wash drawings of plans of the York and Rutland Stockades in Wanganui. Also includes albumen prints of New Zealand views, an ink drawing of 'Position occupied by the Natives on 19 July at St John's Wood sketched by A. Steelpen of Wanganui' (possibly Richard Taylor), an ink cartoon of a General on his way to New Zealand, two copies of a wood engraving of the Auckland Post Office burning down in 1872, signatures of Eliza Hobson, Robert Fitzroy, Symonds and Shortland, an ink cartoon of Ensign Mulligan of 58th Regiment by Captain Nugent, and a photograph of King Kalakaua of Hawaii. Includes newsclippings of Balneavis family events, such as the marriages of two daughters.
Enclosures include newsclippings and other material, removed and stored separately alongside the album in archival containers.
The journal includes a folder of photographs and clippings.
Quantity: 1 album(s).
Physical Description: Various media on blue paper, in hand-bound album, ca 500 x 250 mm. Loose enclosures in box
Provenance: Note at the beginning of the journal (MSY-7107) says 'Copied from an old book belonging to my father, with additions and information relative to the Balneavis and Graham families, etc etc - H P Balneavis, Auckland ... July 1885'.
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Collection as a whole received by MS. Balneavis Journal MSY-7107 retained by MS.
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Alternative form available: Full album digitised
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 album(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Drawings, Lithographs, Albums, Various media on blue paper, in hand-bound album, ca 500 x 250 mm. Loose enclosures in box
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UnknownGilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1864 :Tom Pedder by Gilfillan. Wanganui. [1847]
Date: 1847
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863
Reference: E-952-f-039
Description: A standing portrait of a man in peaked cap, loose shirt and trousers, his hands in his pockets Tom Pedder was an officer in the 58th Regiment and saw action at Wanganui in May and July 1847 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on wove paper glued to album page, image 113 x 55 mm
[Chapman] Alfred, 1828-1874. Attributed works :Position occupied by the natives on the ...
Date: 1847
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Chapman, Alfred, 1828-1874
Reference: E-952-f-057
Description: Upper view: A path leading between two bush-clad hills, with bush on the plain in the foreground, the Whanganui River on the left in the distance. Drawing signed by A. Steelpen, the pseudonym of Alfred Chapman.On the back a lengthy text detailing the battle tactics signed Alfred Steelpen, dated 24 August 1847. Lower view: A cartoon showing gold-miners en route to the Coromandel gold fields in the 1860s 'From General William Henshaw [?] - son - June 1872'. Alfred Chapman used the pseudonym 'Alfred Steelpen' in 1854 when he compiled a humorous account 'Illustrated diary or life in the bush New Zealand' a manuscript held by Hawkes Bay Cultural Centre. He is not known to have arrived in New Zealand before his arrival from England in 1849 aboard the ship Cornwall. He may have been in the army before this date. The handwriting on the back appears to match his Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and attribution to 'A Steelpen'. On the verso handwritten text starts as follows, possibly in the hand of Richard Taylor: The natives occupied both hills. There are breastworks both sides of the road, at the foot of the Hills; & 5 breastwo[rks] on the crest of the lower hill, & on the crest of the high[er]. ... [Signed] Alfred Steelpen. Camp Follower. Wanganui, 24 August 1847 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink on wove paper glued to album page, image 144 x 168 mm
[Gilfillan, John Alexander] 1793-1864 :Trafford, 65th. Hon Yelverton R A. Wanganui [Mok...
Date: 1847
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863
Reference: E-952-f-051
Description: Drawing of two soldiers, paddling along the Whanganui River in two small boats in rain. Kowhaiwhai or moko on the same page, below. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on wove paper glued to album page, image 186 x 256 mm
Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1864 :War dance. 1847. E puha. E nariana [?]
Date: 1847
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863
Reference: E-952-f-027
Description: A woman on the left leading a haka, a mere in her hand. Behind her are 6 men engaged in a haka, four with rifles, one with a tewhatewha (a long-hanled bladed club) and one at the rear with a long-handled axe Very similar to a drawing by Gilfillan in the Hocken Collections "War Dance", accession 6,444 2:42. The Maori words 'E puha, e nariana' appear to refer to Puha, a chant accompanying a dance and possibly 'Ngaringari' a song to make people pull together. Other Titles - Ngaringari Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature J A Gilfillan and date 1847. The Maori inscription appears to be in a different hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on wove paper glued to album page, image 163 x 303 mm
Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854 :[Maori man with mere. Ca 1847]
Date: 1846 - 1848
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: E-952-f-053
Description: A standing portrait of a young Maori man. He wears a fringed tag cloak, holds a greenstone mere in his right hand, and wears greenstone earrings, feathers in his hair. He stands in front of a large fern, a cabbage tree and a large flax plant. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature J Merrett [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on wove paper glued to album page, image 301 x 196 mm
Nugent, Charles Lavallin, 1815-1884 :Ensign Mulligan, 58th Regt. 'I tell ye, ye are the...
Date: 1847
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Nugent, Charles Lavallin, 1815-1884
Reference: E-952-f-071
Description: Cartoon of a soldier in officer's uniform, leaning against a table, and holding a wine glass. A flask of wine is on the table behind him. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on wove paper glued to album page, image 226 x 180 mm
Artist unknown :Sketch of Kawiti's pa, Ruapekapeka / compiled from sketches by Capt. Ma...
Date: 1845 - 1846
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Marlow, William Biddlecomb, active 1840s; Leeds, (Lieutenant), active 1840s; Du Moulin, Jean Peter, 1816-1901
Reference: E-952-f-111
Description: Plan view of Ruapekapeka pa, with elevations around the edge, showing a cross-section of the pa with its tunnels and trenches, and details along the bottom Compare version published in: United service journal, v. 3, Oct 1846, p. 252 (see Photo file print collection) Compare also lithograph in E-320-f-003 (digitised) and ink version (with slight differences) in Cartographic Collection at MapColl-832.11hkm/1846/Acc.29011 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, b&w, 244 x 279 mm on orange paper
Artist unknown :York Stockade, Wanganui, New Zealand (Patupuhou) [1847]
Date: 1847 - 1848
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
Reference: E-952-f-116
Description: Plan view of York Stockade (with north at the top), showing 'Space for Artillery' on left, gun on right, various gates, and contours of the hill indicated. By the same hand as E-952-f-117, a view of neighbouring Rutland Stockade Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, image 175 x 345 mm
[Nops, John George, d 1847] :Plan of the road taken by the combined forces on their mar...
Date: 1845 - 1846
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Nops, John George, -1847
Reference: E-952-f-109
Description: Lithograph map, showing route taken by soldiers from Waikare Inlet, via Kawakawa River River to Kawiti's Pa at Ruapekapeka Compare similar but more detailed ms. map entitled `Copy of a plan... by Mr Nops, master H M S Racehorse, assisted by Mr Groves, mid. 1846" (copied by R B 1846) showing in different ink shoreline from Paihia to south of Whangaruru Harbour. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 193 x 502 mm on sheet 263 x 525 mm
Artist unknown :Ruapekapeka [plan compiled from sketches by Capt. Marlow, Lieut Leeds a...
Date: 1845 - 1846
From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]
By: Du Moulin, Jean Peter, 1816-1901; Leeds, (Lieutenant), active 1840s; Marlow, William Biddlecomb, active 1840s
Reference: E-952-f-110
Description: Plan view of Ruapekapeka pa, scale 50 feet to one inch Compare version published in: United service journal, v. 3, Oct 1846, p. 252 (see Photo file print collection) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph,