Port town in north eastern Sicily opposite the "toe" of the Italian mainland
Messina
Album of trip to Britain and Europe
Date: 1956
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995: Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-578
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Ophidium barbatum ? Turton p. 715; mouth with small teeth...
Date: 1810
From: Swainson, William, 1789-1856 (Collector) :[Illustrations of fish, drawn by several artists] 1768-1830
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-021-009
Description: Shows a long brown fish with small fins. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Watercolour, 220 x 295 mm
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Cottage on the [Faro] Lake near Messina. Calabria behind...
Date: 1810
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-187-041
Description: A small cottage in the middle distance, and three larger stone buildings in the left foreground, with two agaves in flower. The lake is on the right Title written on back Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 85 x 140 mm Provenance: Purchased: Trevor Healy Auction, 11 May 1971.
[Swainson, William], 1789-1855 :Valley and village of Lardaria near Messina. [ca 1811?]
Date: 1811
From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Eighteen sketches. 1807-1851].
Reference: A-186-040
Description: Shows a sketch of a flat river valley between hills. A figure with a walking staff stands on a hill at the extreme left, and several buidlings can be seen on hills in the lefy middle distance. There is also a long building at the head of the valley towards the right. Dated ca 1811 when Swainson executed many drawings in the area, but may well have been done slightly earlier or later. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 197 x 330 mm.
Egypt, Greece and Italy
Date: 1960-1961
From: Morris, Raymond, fl 1955-2011 :Colour slides of New Zealand and overseas
Reference: PA12-8461
Description: Photographs of Egypt, Greece and Italy, taken 1960-1961 by Raymond Morris. Includes photographs of Piraeus Harbour, Piraeus Town Hall, two tourist slides of the Acropolis, Sunday morning at St Peter's Square in Vatican City. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.
Park album 1
Date: 1943
From: Park, Keith Rodney (Sir), 1892-1975 :Photographs of Malta and the Middle East, 1939-1945
Reference: PA1-q-905
Description: Album containing photographs relating to Sir Keith Park (1892-1975) during 1943, when he was Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Malta. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Clear plastic binder, 31.5 x 26 cm, containing 46 sleeves
Simpson, William, 1823-1899 :Messina. 10th March 1868. Lighthouse, Port of Messina. Mes...
Date: 1868
From: Simpson, William 1823-1899 :Voyage to Abyssinia, Stromboli, Etna. Suez, Red Sea, Zoula
Reference: E-064-008/009
Description: Three drawings on double-page spread. The drawing at the top and to the left of the lefthand page shows Messina from the sea with the lighthouse on the far left and two boats in the foreground. The drawing on the right shows a closer view of the lighthouse (position of the lighthouse on lefthand drawing is indicated by `A'). The lower drawing shows the Messina coastline as seen from the sea (position on the upper drawing indicated by `B'). Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil across two pages of a sketchbook, page size 140 x 460 mm.
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Bourdenara Valley, going to Comea, near Messina. 1807 [or...
Date: 1830
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-032
Description: Shows a ruined gateway from Roman times Inscriptions: Unsigned on front. Legend on back which is initialled `W.S.' `This Gateway was pulled down in 1809 (the sketch was made in 1807). It probably was intended to form an entrance to a stately country Palace, the prosecution of which was afterwards abandoned' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash, 158 x 240 mm
Simpson, William, 1823-1899 :Calabrian coast at the northern entrance of the Straits of...
Date: 1868
From: Simpson, William 1823-1899 :Voyage to Abyssinia, Stromboli, Etna. Suez, Red Sea, Zoula
Reference: E-064-006/007
Description: Three drawings on double-page spread. The drawing at the top runs across the two pages and shows a coastal profile of the Calubrian coast with houses near the water's edge visible in the distance to the right. The lower lefthand drawing shows a closer view of the above coastal town. The drawing on the lower righthand side shows the lighthouse at the entrance to the Straits of Messina with a boat in the foreground to the left. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil across two pages of a sketchbook, page size 140 x 460 mm.
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Lotus tetragonolobus L. 1807, Messina, Sicily.
Date: 1807
From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Eighteen sketches. 1807-1851].
Reference: A-186-025
Description: Shows a stalk with leaves and dark pink flowers. The Lotus tetragonolobus is also known as the Asparagus pea, or Winged pea. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on sheet 273 x 205 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Brian Groshinski, Australia, in 2003.
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Gravatelli valley and convent Messina. [ca 1810]
Date: 1810
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-044
Description: A ruined brick arch on the left, a man observing the scene in the foreground, houses and a convent with cypresses and other trees in the valley above the viewer. Inscriptions: Verso - Legend on back: 'This beautiful little valley is just at the north entrance of Messina and is the same as the Pata de Legnia [Jumara] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 157 x 227 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Vine dressers Cottage near Messina. 1810.
Date: 1810
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-031
Description: A small cottage in an Italian landscape Sketched 1810. W.S. Inscriptions: Verso - Initialled legend `Vine-dressers Cottage - St Fillipo near Messina situated high up the Fumara, near its commencement'. Recto: W S 1810 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing, 168 x 230 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Santo Steffano superiore, - Fumara near Messina. [Sicily ...
Date: 1811
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s
Reference: A-187-006
Description: Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 7.3 x 12.8 ins
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Cynoedus. Messina. Feby 1810.
Date: 1810
From: Swainson, William, 1789-1856 (Collector) :[Illustrations of fish, drawn by several artists] 1768-1830
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-021-007
Description: A fish with a blue and green body. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 160 x 240 mm