Hawaii - Kings and rulers

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799

Reference: C-131-061-a

Description: Shows a Hawaiian canoe with "crab-claw" and many oarsmen, carrying Kalaniopuu, the Hawaiian chief, to visit Captain Cook aboard the 'Resolution'. The main canoe, an outriger, is followed by two double-hulled canoes without sails, full of oarsmen, and one boat is carrying wrapped carved figures. The Hawaiian coastal hills can be seen in the right background. Other Titles - Kalaniopuu, King of Hawaii, bringing presents to Captain Cook Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 61. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 255 x 396 mm

Date: 1866

From: Illustrated London news :Various scenes of early New Zealand published in the Illustrated London News. 1860s

Reference: B-070-018

Description: Full length portrait of King Kamehameha V in dress uniform. He is standing with one hand on his dress sword and with his plumed helmet on a table to his left. Artist/engraver unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 165 x 110 mm

Date: 1843-1850,1892-1894

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: MS-Group-1623

Description: Describes in detail, with illustrations by himself and others, trip to Hong Kong with artillery and sapper detachments, to Sydney and Wellington, where he lived at Wellington, took active part in fighting at Wanganui 1846-1847 and travelled through Taranaki, Wairarapa and Nelson-Picton. Includes loose documents, maps and letters, including one from Bishop Selwyn and from Maori acquaintances including Tamihana Te Rauparaha and Mete Kingi 1847-1852. Describes members of Wellington society 1848-1850. Lists Maori tribes and population figures. Describes Tasmania on voyage home. Volume 2 describes return voyage to England and describes Tahiti, Hawaii, San Francisco, Acapulco and Panama. Relationship complexity - Vol 1 purchased at Sotheby's, Nov 1970; copy of Vol 2 provided by John Howell Books, San Francisco, 1971 (Acc 143,936-7); original of Vol 2 purchased from William Reese Company, United States of America, Jul 2006 (A2006-159) Relationship complexity - See also Collinson's letters at MS-Papers-1038, and his sketches held in the Drawing and Prints Collection. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (40 cm; 35 cm; green buckram) (also a photocopy of vol two) Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketches from vol 2. Includes illustrations and maps

Date: Between 1880 and 1890

Reference: 1/4-002692-F

Description: A photograph of a display of photographs of the Hawai'ian Royal Family including their coat of arms, the Hawai'ian flag, and two photographs of the Royal Palace. The display is surrounded by a wreath of flowers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799

Reference: C-131-061-b

Description: Shows a Hawaiian canoe with "crab-claw" and many oarsmen, carrying Kalaniopuu, the Hawaiian chief, to visit Captain Cook aboard the 'Resolution'. The main canoe, an outriger, is followed by two double-hulled canoes without sails, full of oarsmen, and one boat is carrying wrapped carved figures. The Hawaiian coastal hills can be seen in the right background. Other Titles - Kalaniopuu, King of Hawaii, bringing presents to Captain Cook Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 61. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 255 x 396 mm

Date: 1800 - 1816 - 1805 - 1817

By: Choris, Louis Andrevitch, 1795-1828; Petit, Nicolas-Martin, 1777-1804; Fuchs, Charles, 1803-1874

Reference: A-340-057

Description: Shows at left a version of the Choris portrait of Kamehameha I, King of the Hawaiian Islands, in this case in Western clothing with white shirt, waistcoat and black tie. His hair is white. At the right is a cropped version of the Nicolas-Martin Petit portrait of Naba-Leba, showing just the head and shoulders. Published as pl. in: Schinz, H R. Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen ... Zurich, Honneger, 1840. (Library has 3rd ed shelved at q573 SCH). Other Titles - Kamehameha, king of the Sandwich Islands; Naba-Leba, king of Solor Nicolas-Martin Petit was in Indonesia around 1800-1805. Louis Choris was in Hawaii 1816-1817. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured lithograph, on sheet 242 x 340 mm.

Date: 1870s-1890s

By: Dickson, Menzies, 1840?-1891

Reference: PA2-0634

Description: King David ruled February 12 1874 until his death on January 20 1891. Was known as the Merry King (Hawaiian Monarchs and their palaces by Richard A Wisniewski) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799

Reference: C-131-061

Description: Shows a Hawaiian canoe with "crab-claw" and many oarsmen, carrying Kalaniopuu, the Hawaiian chief, to visit Captain Cook aboard the 'Resolution'. The main canoe, an outriger, is followed by two double-hulled canoes without sails, full of oarsmen, and one boat is carrying wrapped carved figures. The Hawaiian coastal hills can be seen in the right background. Other Titles - Kalaniopuu, King of Hawaii, bringing presents to Captain Cook Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 61. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 255 x 396 mm

Date: 1871

From: Harper, Laura Helen Bruce, 1888-1970: Photographs

By: Chase, Henry L, 1831-1901

Reference: PA2-0464

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]

Reference: E-952-f-135

Description: Head and shoulders formal portrait, possibly taken in London Other Titles - Kalakaua Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 131 x 98 mm on sheet with printed title, 166 x 127 mm

Date: 1854

By: Belin, active 1854; Lemercier et Compagnie (Firm)

Reference: B-182-018

Description: A page of eleven vignette panels with scenes from eleven different Pacific countries: Iles Philippines - Port de Manille Java. Plantations de Poivriers - Muscadiers et Gerofliers (Pepper plants, nutmeg and cloves) Borneo - Orang-Outang - Fleur du Rafflesia - Indigene Malais (Orang-utan, Rafflesia flower, Malay native) Iles Sandwich - case du roi a Honolulu (Hawaii - King's house at Honolulu) Iles Carolines - peche des eponges, du tripang et des tortues a ecaille (Caroline Islands - fishing for sponges, sea cucumbers and tortoises) Australie - colons et chercheurs d'or - Arbres casuarines et eucaliptes - Menure, cygne noir (Australia - colonists and gold prospectors, casuarina trees and eucalyptus gums, lyre bird and black swan) Nouvelle Guinee - etablissement de baleiniers (New Guinea - whaling settlement) Iles Viti - Navire venant charger des bois de Teck et de Sandal (Fiji? Ship about to be loaded with teak and sandalwood) O Taiti - arbre a pain - on embarque des perles et de la nacre (Tahiti - breadfruit - loading boats with pearls and mother of pearl) Iles Marquises - etablissement [...] (Marquesas - settlement ...?) Nouvelle Zelande - indigenes travaiilant le phormium tenax (New Zealand - natives working with flax) Date of publication supplied by the vendor, May 2011. Other Titles - Oceania, drawn and lithographed by Belin. Published with text from the Journal of Mothers and Children. [translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, om sheet cropped to 290 x 378 mm.