Isis (Yacht)

Date: [ca 1883-1892]

By: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918; Smith, F S, active 1880s

Reference: PA1-q-075

Description: Charles Yates Fell photograph album. Many of the photographs taken by C Y Fell. Album created as a memory for relative, Alice Blake (nee Richmond), including portraits and group portraits of family and friends; scenes of holidays around the Totaranui, Abel Tasman National Park area; and the homes of the Richmond family (Fairfield) and the Fell family (St John's) in Nelson. One image shows all the members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 3rd Parliament in 1851 (Most are named). Many of the images are of festive occasions with large family gatherings, including Xmas parties and costumes for a fancy-dress ball at Totaranui (January 1890). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Fell album 2 Inscriptions: Album page - "Alice Blake, from Charles Y. & Edith E. Fell, January 1892. In loving remembrance of old times, St. John's, Nelson, N.Z." Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown paper covers entitled "N.Z." in dark-brown water-coloured letters, 28.0 x 37.5 cm

Date: 1880-1900

By: Nelson Camera Club; Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918; Brusewitz, Henry Elis Leopold, 1855-1922; Pitt, Albert, 1841-1906; Gully, Harry Vincent, 1850-1926; Igglesden, Charles Moore, 1832-1920; Gibbs, Frederick Giles, 1866-1953

Reference: PA1-o-413

Description: Album of photographs compiled by the Nelson Camera Club for presentation to its secretary, A H Patterson. It contains views of New Plymouth Breakwater, Nelson, Fisherman's Island, Maitai, French Pass (showing the yacht Jessie Logan), Westport bar (showing ship Waverley), Totaranui and Endeavour (showing yacht Isis), Lake Wakatipu, the dolphin Pelorus Jack, Mahinapua Creek, Woodhaugh (Dunedin), Waimea West, Wairoa gorge, Colombo and Kandy (Sri Lanka), and Pompeii (Italy) Photographers represented are C Y Fell, Henry Brusewitz, Mrs Brusewitz, Albert Pitt, Mrs Blackett, F B Glasgow, Miss N Jones, Hamilton & Redworth, Miss Maginnity, H V Gully, C M Igglesden, Mrs Renwick, H A Hobbs, Miss Baigent, Miss Mules, H Wilkens, P Clifford, F Washbourne, C J Deck, F G Gibbs and A J Glasgow. The presentation of the photograph album to A H Patterson was made on 6 September 1903 at the Nelson Camera Club rooms, Nelson. See "Valedictory Social to Mr A.H. Patterson", 'Colonist'. 7 September 1903, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19030907.2.49 Inscriptions: Album page - "Pictures in Maoriland, etc. Presented to A.H. Patterson, Esq. by the members of the Nelson Camera Club, Nelson, New Zealand, in slight recognition of his valuable services as Honorary Secretary of the club for many years" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, darker brown corners and spine, gilded foredge; 24.5 x 31.0 cm Provenance: Donated by the Department of External Affairs, June 1964 Processing information: Record was updated on 17 October 2002 with information on the presentation date.

Date: 1 January 1885

From: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918 :Photograph album

Reference: PA1-q-075-27-1

Description: Yacht Isis at Totaranui Beach, Photographed 1 January 1885 by Charles Yates Fell. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Totaranui (before the wreck), 1 Jan '85 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 14.6 x 19.7 cm

Date: Ca 1890

From: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918 :Photograph album

Reference: PA1-q-075-39-3

Description: Yacht Isis, photographed ca 1890, probably at Totaranui, by a Mr MacLean. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Isis. MacLean Phot. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.2 x 10.4 cm, mounted on album page