IMAGE
Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
- Date
- [ca 1860s]-1936
- By
- Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00269
- Description
Framed photographs, some hand-coloured, depicting Polly Wheeler's (née McMillan) ancestors including Kereopa Tukumaru, Ihakara Tukumaru, and Karaitiana Te Ahu McMillan, Hone (John) Finlay McMillan, and Joseph John McMillan.
Title supplied by Library.
Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s) some hand-coloured. 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Framed portraits, some of which are hand-coloured
Provenance: These portraits of Polly Wheeler's ancestors were originally hung in the McMillan family home in Kōputaroa. They were rescued when the house burnt down.
- Use/Reproduction
- The Library administers the use of this collection for non-commercial use. Where a request is made for commercial use, permission must first be obtained from the donor. Copyright: No known copyright.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Collection is currently being processed by staff. Please contact the Library if you wish to access the collection before processing is complete.
- Format
- 10 b&w original photographic print(s) some hand-coloured, 1 b&w copy photographic print(s), 1 watercolour(s), Photographs, Portraits, Framed portraits, some of which are hand-coloured
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Copyright
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Portrait of Māori group
Date: [ca 1899-1910]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
By: Isherwood, Lionel, -1918
Reference: PA9-130
Description: Framed studio portrait of an unidentified Māori group, possibly from Ohau or Manakau and likely relating to horse racing. Taken by Leo Isherwood of Cambridge, circa 1899 to 1910. Group includes Karaitiana Te Ahu McMillan who is second from the right in the middle row. Hone (John) Robert McMillan is second from the right in the top row. Information supplied by donor. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprint in green wooden frame with gold-painted moulded detailing, 56 x 67 cm.
Portrait of an unidentified Māori boy
Date: [ca 1898-1903]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
Reference: PA9-128
Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified Māori boy related to the McMillan family of Koputaroa, possibly Tukunui Hone (John) Joseph McMillan, circa 1898 to 1903. He is wearing a three-piece suit, is seated on a sheepskin throw, and there is a backdrop of raupō and toetoe. Photographer unidentified. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprint in wooden frame with bronze-painted moulded detailing, 64 x 74 cm.
Portrait of Kereopa Tukumaru outside a whare
Date: [ca 1889-1900]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
By: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936
Reference: PA9-125
Description: Framed photographic portrait of Kereopa Tukumaru, rangatira of Ngāti Ngārongo, standing outside a whare, possibly in Foxton. Photograph taken by Henry Wright between 1889 and 1900. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprint in black wooden frame with gold-painted moulded detailing, 58.5 x 50 cm.
Portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru, Walter Buller, and an unidentified Māori woman
Date: [ca 1866-1870s]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
Reference: PA9-127
Description: Framed studio portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru, Walter Lawrey Buller, and an unidentified Māori woman in circa 1870s. Photographer unidentified. The woman is likely related to Tukumaru, possibly his half-sister Pirihira or his wife Ema. She wears a hei tiki around her neck. Buller is seated on a chair and holding a tokotoko. Photograph dated based on the ages of the subjects (Tukumaru and Buller) as compared to an earlier dated photograph at PA2-2157. See PA9-133 where Karaitiana Te Ahu appears to be wearing the same hei tiki. Title supplied by Library. Pirihira Tukumaru, mother of Karaitiana Te Ahu McMillan, died in 1872, and is buried in Ihakara Gardens, Foxton. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic print in wooded frame with gold-painted moulded detailing, 67 x 57 cm.
Portrait of an unidentified Māori infant
Date: [ca 1890]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
Reference: PA9-129
Description: Framed hand-coloured photographic portrait of an unidentified Māori infant related to the McMillan family of Koputaroa, possibly Tukunui Hone (John) Joseph McMillan, circa 1889 to 1891. Infant is depicted seated and with a blanket. Photographer and hand-colourist unidentified. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured. Physical Description: Hand-coloured silver gelatin photoprint in gold-painted moulded frame, 58 x 50 cm.
Hone Robert McMillan
Date: [ca 1910-1915]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
Reference: PAColl-D-1606
Description: Portrait of Hone (John) Robert McMillan, painting on a photographic base, circa 1910 to 1925. He wears a suit with a greenstone ornament [pekapeka?] on a chain at his waist. Photographer and painter unidentified. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Print arrived at Library in wooden matting but without original frame. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured. Physical Description: Painted photographic print with wood veneer matting, 55.5 x 71 cm.
Portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru
Date: [ca 1860s]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
Reference: PA9-131
Description: Framed copy print of a hand-coloured photographic portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru, circa 1860s. He is wearing a suit jacket fastened by the top button. Photographer and colourist unidentified. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s) hand-coloured. Physical Description: Copy hand-coloured photographic print in wooden frame with bronze-painted moulded detailing, 64 x 74 cm.
Portrait of Tukunui Hone Joseph McMillan
Date: [ca 1910-1915]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
Reference: PA9-134
Description: Framed portrait of Tukunui Hone (John) Joseph McMillan, painting on a photographic base, circa 1910 to 1925. He wears a suit. Photographer and painter unidentified. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured. Physical Description: Painted photographic print in wooden frame with gold-painted detailing, 80 x 96 cm.
Grindell, R, active 1860s: Portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru and an unidentified Māori woman
Date: [ca 1860]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
By: Grindell, R, active 1860s
Reference: C-185-003
Description: Portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru, rangatira of Ngāti Ngarongo and an unidentified Māori woman, painted by R Grindell circa 1860. The woman is likely related to Tukumaru, possibly his half-sister Pirihira or his wife Ema. She wears a hei tiki around her neck and a long blue dress. Tukumaru wears a suit and holds a hat in his hand. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Mat recto - bottom right - R. Grindell [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 210 x 300 mm in wooden frame 440 x 530 mm.
Portrait of Karaitiana Te Ahu McMillan
Date: [ca 1910-1925]
From: Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
Reference: PA9-133
Description: Framed portrait of Karaitiana Te Ahu McMillan, painting on a photographic base, circa 1910 to 1925. She wears a korowai and a huia feather in her hair as well as greenstone taonga including a hei tiki and a pekapeka around her neck. Her moko kauwae is prominent. Photographer and painter unidentified. See PA9-127 for a photograph where an unidentified Māori woman appears to be wearing the same hei tiki. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured. Physical Description: Painted photographic print in wooden frame with gold-painted detailing, 80 x 96 cm.