Arno River

Date: 1930

By: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; Mitchell, Frank Keith, 1928-2019; Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980

Reference: A-353-014

Description: Shows a view of the Ponte Vecchio over the Arno River in Florence. There is a rowboat in the left foreground, and one bridge arch and part of another one, are shown at the right. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 170 x 187 mm. Provenance: Donated by Frank Mitchell in 2002; formerly owned by V Leonard W Mitchell, the donor's brother.

Date: 1884

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Italy 1884

Reference: E-352-q-034/035

Description: Shows view of River Arno with bridge across, boats, and buildings on either side. A man with staff stands at left. Other Titles - Florence Extended Title - from his sketchbook, Italy 1884. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] E.A.Williams was in New Zealand during the mid 1860s, directing the Tauranga-Waikato and Taranaki campaigns of the New Zealand Wars Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour 150 x 480 mm.

Date: 1945

From: Maffey, Eric Wagstaff, 1917-2000 :Photographs relating to Maffey's service in World War Two

Reference: PA1-o-1222

Description: Photographs and postcards of buildings and street scenes in various Italian cities collected by Eric Wagstaff Maffey during his service in World War Two. Includes scenes at Bologna camp and Maffey's voyage back to New Zealand via Colombo, taken ca 1945. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Purple plastic album 16.7 x 12.4 cm, containing 120 photographs

Date: 1944

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Italy-1944-02

Description: An arrangement of text on both sides of a small flier. It begins by praising the New Zealanders for being needed "when the going becomes rough", as at Greece, Crete, El Alamein, Tobruk and Ain el Gazala. Then it recalls Cassino where "such an alarming number of brave New Zealanders threw away their lives". It warns that now, as the New Zealand troops approach Faenza, "every yard towards that town must be paid for with the life blood of hundreds of New Zealanders ... This cursed Italian soil must be fertilized with the precious blood of New Zealand Youth ... For New Zealand it is a pathetic case of all give and no take!". The New Zealand Army 2nd Division succeeded in capturing Faenza on 14 December. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of newsprint sheet, 205 x 75 mm.