Mabel Island

Date: [Between 1890s and 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-297

Description: Album of South Island scenes (except for a few taken en route to Wellington showing The Brothers, Pencarrow Head, and one of a group having a picnic at Muritai). Probably mostly photographed by George William Barltrop. The first section shows the Nelson and Marlborough areas, and several photographs of ships at sea, one shipwreck (the Antiocco Accame in 1901), and one aground (the Elginshire, 1902). People who are identified are: the Reverend Bennett (Frederick Augustus Bennett (later Bishop), with his first wife Hana Te Unuhi Mere Bennett, and young daughter, Rawinia Bennett (circa 1900); Abe Wells, photographed as an older man outside his cob house at Richmond (circa 1890s); and Isla Reid, photographed as a young girl, probably in the Dunedin area. Three scenes in cemeteries have clearly identified headstones, and include those for the Reverend Samuel Poole, Frank Churchill Simmons; and a group memorial for Charlotte McDonald, Annie McQuaid and Lizzie Crinrod, stewardesses who were drowned in the wreck of the SS Wairarapa, Great Barrier Island, 29th October 1894. This was erected by the stewardesses of the Union Steam Ship Company. Inscriptions: Album page - Geo W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1930 - 1949

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-003

Description: Shows a view of the various headlands and peninsulas in Queen Charlotte Sound, with Mabel Island in right middle distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on joined sheet, 255 x 356 mm.

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-035

Description: View either from the hills behind Picton or from Victoria Domain looking out into Queen Charlotte Sound, with Mabel Island and a small steamer in the distance. Pine trees frame the foreground Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title. Also title on opposite page in the album Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: between 1891 and 1901

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020467-G

Description: Overlooking Picton and looking towards Queen Charlotte Sound. Photograph taken by Henry Wright between 1891 and 1901. The sailing ship `Prince of Wales' can be seen in the Harbour with Mabel Island in the background. Source of descriptive information - Library client identified the ship in Picton Harbour, and supplied the dates that she operated at Picton as a freezer hulk, October 2010. The ship `Prince of Wales' was used as a freezer hulk for carcass meat at Picton from 1891 to 1901. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]

By: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: A-120-021

Description: View from Picton looking out into the Sound, with Mabel Island in the centre and two men in a small rowboat In: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876 Copied by Joseph Sandell Welch from a watercolour by John Clarke Hoyte Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 170 x 355 mm