Portraits

Date: 26 October 1963

From: Mallitte, Howard Leon, 1910-1979 :[Antarctic material relating to 1963 expedition of HMNZS Endeavour to Scott Base and Hallett Station] 1963

Reference: B-117-048

Description: Shows sketches of the heads of three men. Douglas Suter is examining a tape. Other Titles - Doug Souter Other Titles - 28 October 1963 Other Titles - New Zealand Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - Cape Hallett - 26 Oct/63, Doug Souter and his relief Neville Green maitenace on the C4 Iono Sonde Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pastel 332 x 239 mm. Provenance: Donated by NZ Tourist and Publicity Department, 30 March 1976. Processing information: Record updated 5 February 2024 to correct the name of Douglas Suter resulting from the misspelling of the surname within the image by the artist.

Date: 1996

Reference: Eph-D-TAKI-RUA-1996

Description: Comprises posters relating to Taki Rua productions during 1996. Posters for the following events: Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School graduating students production 1996 - David Edgars "Pentecost", director Robin Payne, December 7-14 1996 (2 copies) "Te Tumu; a new contemporary dance" by Teokotai Paitai. November 22-30 1996. "Killing me softly" October 23-November 2. The New Zealand Post Te Reo Maori season: "Hawaikinui" by Esther Tamehana, directed by Wi Kuki Kaa; "Te Ohaki a Nihe" by Selwyn Muru, directed by Nancy Brunning, "Waitapu" by Briar Grace Smith, devised by He Ara Hou Maori Theatre. 30 September - 19 October 1996 (2 copies) "Tusitala; the house of spirits" presented by Pacific Theatre, featuring Martyn Sanderson and Sylvia Rands. 29 August - 21 September 1996 (2 copies) "Flatout brown; you decide your destiny", by Briar Grace-Smith, directed by Nancy Brunning. July 12 - Aug 10, 1996 (2 copies) "Irirangi Bay" Who has the darkest secret?. Play by Riwia Brown, directed by Murray Lynch. 7 June - 6 July 1996. "Laura get your gun" Laugh Festival. Auckland and Wellington April/May 1996. Wellington Fringe Festival 1996. "Short breathe & letterbox lambs", plus DJ Lou Tennant. 19 April 1996. "1981; a nation divided", a play by John Broughton. March 2-30 1996 (2 copies) Mattui Creators "King of the Chief Country" Pacific feel, tribal beats, indigenous funk, ethnic grooves. 23 Feb 1996. "Girls on girls"; a lesbian variety extravaganza. 14-16, 21-23 March 1996. "Girls on girls"; a lesbian variety extravaganza. Taki Rua Theatre 8-10, 16-18 May [1996]. AGOG Productions New Zealand Drama School 1996 graduating acting and technical students. David Edgar's "Pentecost". Director Robin Payne. 7-14 December, 1996. "Eugenia" by Lorae Parry starring Madeline McNamara, directed by Cathy Downes. 19 Jan - 17 Feb 1996. Quantity: 13 posters.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Some posters donated by Taki Rua Theatre in 1997 and 2014.

Date: 1970 - 1909 - 1975

From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]

By: Goldie, Charles Frederick, 1870-1947

Reference: E-278-q-040

Description: Postcard depicting Goldie's oil painting of a elderly Maori chieftainess of Ngati Raukawa shown wearing a tag cloak and hei tiki. Gift from NZ Academy of Fine Arts in 1936 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm

Date: 1970 - 1780 - 1975

From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: E-278-q-031

Description: Postcard depicting Webber's oil painting of Captain James Cook shown standing with a telescope in his left hand. Gifted to the New Zealand Government in 1960 Cook posed for this portrait shortly before leaving on his 3rd voyage. It was completed in 1780. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm

Date: 1970 - 1918 - 1975

From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]

By: Rice, Anne Estelle, 1879-1959

Reference: E-278-q-041

Description: Postcard depicting Rice's portrait of Katherine Mansfield painted in 1918 at Looe, Cornwall. Purchased By National Art Gallery in 1940 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm

Date: 1970 - 1909 - 1975

From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]

By: Goldie, Charles Frederick, 1870-1947

Reference: E-278-q-040-A

Description: Postcard depicting Goldie's oil painting of a elderly Maori chieftainess of Ngati Raukawa shown wearing a tag cloak and hei tiki. Gift from NZ Academy of Fine Arts in 1936 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm

Date: 1920-1965

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 :Photographs of New Zealand writers, and Lawlor's offices

Reference: PAColl-6260-2

Description: Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1970 - 1909 - 1975

By: Goldie, Charles Frederick, 1870-1947

Reference: E-278-q-045

Description: Postcard depicting Goldie's oil painting of a elderly Maori chieftainess of Ngati Raukawa shown wearing a tag cloak and hei tiki. Gift from NZ Academy of Fine Arts in 1936 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm

By: Welch, Joan, 1933-2003

Reference: PAColl-2558

Description: See also PAColl-2563 (PH-92-122) Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Identification of portraits given on photocopies.

Date: [ca 1800s]

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: Objects-0545

Description: Artist identified as R. Jason. A circular terracotta plaque with a profile portrait of Charles Dickens. The name Dickens is inscribed below portrait. Appears to be number 407 of an edition of such plaques. The number 407 is incised in the back at the top Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Verso - at top: R Jason, Monumental Bricker [?] 407. Quantity: 1 object(s) in three pieces. Physical Description: Terracotta, 326 mm (diameter) x 20 mm Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 2024. Previous reference: Curios-028-022. Previous title: Jason, R :Dickens [Number] 407 [England, ca 1900?].

Date: 1920s

By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937

Reference: Objects-0515

Description: Created by artist Trevor Lloyd. Etching plates of unidentified scenery and buildings, including churches, tree ferns and cabbage trees, as well as nikau palms, mostly around Auckland. Two of the plates are engraved recto and verso; one shows a child's face, and the other a landscape. All have been scored through to prevent futher pulls being taken. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 4 object(s). Physical Description: 4 etching plates ; copper 170 x 230 to 180 x 260 mm Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, January 2024. Previous reference: Curios-027-001/004. Previous title: Lloyd, Trevor 1863-1937 :[Cancelled copper etching plates] [192-?].

Date: 1913

By: Ohlfsen-Bagge, Dorothea, 1867-1948; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: Objects-0542

Description: Artist(s) identified as Dorothea Ohlfsen-Bagge. A circular bronze plaque containing a profile head and shoulders portrait of Sir Edmund Barton, Prime Minister of Australia. The National Library of Australia holds a plaster version, the same size, of the same portrait. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Bronze, 271 mm (diameter) x ca 10 mm Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 2024. Previous reference: Curios-028-019. Previous title: Ohlfsen-Bagge, Dorothea, 1867-1948 :Edmund Barton, 1913. Dora Ohlfsen, Sydney..

Date: [ca 1942]

By: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959

Reference: PAColl-9894

Description: Portrait of Jack McLean, wrestling referee and proprietor of Auto Tyre Service, 21 Pitt Street, Auckland. Photograph taken ca 1942 by Schmidt Studios, Auckland. The photograph bears Mr McLean's signature. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Schmidt Studios Auckland; Recto - bottom right - Jack McLean Wrestling Referee 1942; Verso - bottom centre - Auto Tyre Service 21 Pitt Street Operated by J. McLean Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14 x 8.9 cm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2011 Transfers: Collection as a whole received by Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Ephemera Collection - Six postcards of professional wrestlers.

Date: 1919

From: [Programmes, posters and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1900-1919]

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-1919-01

Description: An arrangement of text. The participating performers were: The Savage Club Orchestra, Martin Duff, Anne Sullivan, W W Crawford, Herbert F Wood, Thurza Rogers, Signor Lucien Cesaroni, Teresa McEnroe, Len Barnes, Maud Bletsoe-Buckeridge, Harold Whittle, Mrs Billie Green, Albert Russell. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 365 x 140 mm.

Date: 1900 - 1919

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-1900/1919

Description: Includes: 1907: Under the patronage of His Excellency Lord Plunket, KCMG. Souvenir, farewell tour Exhibition Orchestra, conductor Alfred Hill, RCML. April-May 1907. 1909: Farewell recitals, prior to their departure for Europe. Mr and Mrs Albert Mallinson, assisted by Mr John Prouse. An entirely English programme including for the first time fourteen new songs by Albert Mallinson. Town Hall (Concert Chamber), Friday and Tuesday 29th January and 2nd February [1909]. Small poster with portrait photographs of Mr and Mrs Mallinson 1911?: Madame Strathern A.R.A.M. (London) "A queen of song". [Portrait fragment. ca 1911?] 1917: Chas Begg & Co Ltd. Catalogue of Begg's catchy music. The cover of this catalogue is an exact reproduction of the title page of "Thoughts waltz" [1917] 1919: Grand farewell complimentary concert to Mr Len Barnes on the eve of his departure for America, given by his fellow artists in Wellington as a tribute to a sterling performance and a good comrade. Evening Post print [1919]. Programme / flier Quantity: 5 items. Physical Description: Letterpress and photolithographs, varying sizes up to A3.

Date: [Circa 1860s-1890s]

From: Hoskins, Barbara, active 1941-2015 : Photographs relating to the Philps, Nimmo, and Anton families

By: Batt & Richards (Firm); Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Cazneau, Emily Florence, 1855-1892; Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Connolly & Herrmann (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; New Zealand Photographic Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Pollard, Edwin Kelah, 1855-1905; Shailer, George William, 1848-1918; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA1-q-1151

Description: Photograph album formerly belonging to Edith Agnes Nimmo (nee Fitzgerald) of Standen Street, Karori, Wellington. Contains carte de viste and cabinet card studio portraits of adults, children and babies relating to her maternal line, the Philps family. Taken circa 1860s to circa 1890s by a range of photographers. Some portraits annotated in pencil as; Harriet Ellen (nee Philps), Charles Parker, Bill Nimmo, Ernest Ross (aged two years, from Edie), Ethel Soper (nee Brogan), Eileen Brogan (Frank's daughter), Annie Taylor?, Emma Philps (Edward's wife), Edward Brogan, Catherine Philps, Agnes Nimmo (grandpa's sister m. Walter Carter?, Elizabeth Francis m. Henry Philps, Agnes Parker, Alex Parker, Frank, Alfred (Bob) Parker, Ida Rentoul (nee Parker), twins Lily and Flo, Elizabeth Parker (nee Hartley, wife of Alex), Phelan?, Agnes Brogan/Whittaker, Jacobsensen?. Portraits include children with spinning top, other toys and dogs, plus a man in an academic gown, mortar board and dark glasses, One portrait is inscribed on reverse 'J.V.Kyte'. John Philps and wife Catherine (nee Turner) emigrated to Wellington on board the 'Lord William Bentinck' in 1841. They travelled with five children, Henry, Frances (Fanny), Emma, Jacob and Harriet Ellen. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Embossed leather covers with gilding. No spine. Back cover is loose. Blank watersilk end papers. Front cover has brass clip on right hand edge. Text block has gold gilding. First page has 'Album' text. Several pages have printed illustrations of flowers. 30 x 24 cm.

Date: [Circa 1860s-1910s]

From: Hoskins, Barbara, active 1941-2015 : Photographs relating to the Philps, Nimmo, and Anton families

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; New Zealand Photographic Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-1155

Description: Photograph album formerly belonging to Edith Agnes Nimmo (nee Fitzgerald) of Standen Street, Karori, Wellington. Contains carte de viste and cabinet card studio portraits of adults, children and babies relating to her maternal line, the Philps family. Taken circa 1860s to circa 1910s by a range of photographers. Includes four prints taken in domestic setting. Some portraits annotated in pencil as; Frank Parker, Violet Jacobsen (Ward), Charles Parker II, Ida Parker, Vera?, Kate Jacobsen (nee Phelan), her children Kathleen, Norman, Cliff (left to right), Louis Gladstone Brogan, Beverly Hinton Phelan?, Annie Taylor (nee Philps, daughter of Jacob), George Philp?, Mary Anne Philps (nee Parker, daughter of George), Patrick Brogan, husband of Emma Philps, Aunt Agnes Nimmo?, possibly a younger Catherine Philps, Kate Brogan, daughter of Patrick and Emma Brogan, John Fitzgerald, Frances (Phelan) Fitzgerald, Edith Fitzgerald, Frank Francis, son of Fanny Fitzgerald, Edith Fitzgerald, daughter of Fanny. Portraits include two prints of persons taken in a garden setting; two interior views showing a solo woman near a fireplace mantlepiece and two women seated in an Edwardian era sitting room; a portrait of two men in Highland tartan kilts and sashes; and a young woman posing with a banjo instrument. John Philps and wife Catherine (nee Turner) emigrated to Wellington on board the 'Lord William Bentinck' in 1841. They travelled with five children, Henry, Frances (Fanny), Emma, Jacob and Harriet Ellen. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Leather cover with criss cross pattern. Green and gold leaf pattern on end leaves. Front cover has brass clip on right hand edge. Text block has gold gilding. Pages are heavy paper. Several pages have printed illustrations of flowers. 29 x 22 cm.

Date: 1984

From: Platts, Una, 1908-2005 :[Portraits of Auckland writers] / Una Platts. 1984.

By: Platts, Una, 1908-2005

Reference: B-017-027

Description: Shows three-quarter head and shoulder portrait from the left of the writer. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - UNA PLATTS / 1984 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Conte crayon on paper 420 x 290 mm

Date: [ca 1933-1954]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-197

Description: Mainly portraits, with some other photographs included, published (or considered for publication) in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. All have names recorded on the back and most have date/dates of publication. Subjects not entered in Name field include - Sister Aley Kutty (first Indian nurse to come to NZ for post-graduate study), 1949; Urania MacMillan, daughter of E C MacMillan, 1932; Jean McNulty; Jean McCarthy (wife of Senator McCarthy), 1954; Claire McCarthy, Mrs E L McCowen, 1943; Lady Dorothy and Sir Harold MacMillan, 1957; Rosemary McMahon (wife of US Senator Brian McMahon); Mrs Kruschev (wife of Russian leader); Mrs K Kumm of Melbourne (world Vice President of YWCA, 1954); Dame Enid Lyons (Australian politician), 1950; Enid Veronica Lyons, daughter of Dame Enid; Miss Lyle (of Auckland?); Dame Beatrix M Lyall (President of London Municipal Union & executive member of London Mother's Union); Rosemary Bowes-Lyon. Also: Julia Lynch (Sister Lawrence); Lady McCulloch, 1938; Mavis McCormack (member of Dunedin Junior Orchestra); Mrs J A MacConochie & children, Angus and Janet; Catriona Maclean & Mr H Helmore, 1938; Mrs Ihian McCollock, 1937; Hon Mrs McBeath, wife of Rear Admiral J E H McBeath; Mrs Todhunter (groom's mother) with Rev Maclaverty, 1939; . Group photograph of McCaw family taken at the Hermitage - Dr & Mrs W C McCaw of Auckland and their daughters - Mrs O Sainsbury (northern Wairoa), Margaret and Ailsa McCaw, and Miss Zara Zukerman (hostess at the Hermitage), 1938 Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1900-ca 1930

By: Hemi, Rex Murray Allan, active 2002

Reference: PAColl-7807

Description: Photographs of Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi and his family, taken ca 1900-1933. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies laser prints.