Palms

Date: 1875

By: Messer, Adam Brunton (General), 1837?-1919; Potter, R B Lee (Group Captain), active 1950

Reference: A-093-032

Description: An unfinished sketch of thatched huts amongst palm trees Attributed to Messer on the basis of initialled work in the same style, compare A-093-029, -030, -031 Other Titles - Malekula Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 253 x 347 mm Provenance: Donation: Group Captain R. B. Lee Potter, Wellington, 1950

Date: 1960 - 1999

Reference: A-262-051

Description: Shows a figure standing near two huts and palm trees in a tropical clearing. There is a bridge over a stream in the left foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 140 x 185 mm. Provenance: Sonja Davies papers, 2005. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2005-093..

Date: 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-206

Description: House with barred window, "royal palm" and banana tree in right foreground; valley and hills in distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 354 x 250 mm

Date: 1907

From: [Chevalier, Caroline], 1836?-1917 :Sketchbook 1906-1908

Reference: E-065-1-019

Description: Looking down towards water with gardens and palm trees in the foreground, houses and an onion-domed church on the right, a promontory across the water Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 158 x 241 mm

Date: 1904

From: Chevalier, Caroline, 1836?-1917 :Sketchbook 1903-1904

Reference: E-065-2-037

Description: A large formal garden, with palm trees and flowers, part of a building on the left. The sea is noted in the background and the presence of cinerarias at the base of the palm trees Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 135 x 213 mm

Date: 1840 - 1844

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-079-034

Description: View from a low hill looking down over cultivated land with houses and a large building with arched portals near a large harbour. The foliage of the surrounding trees appears tropical. The trees include palm trees. There is a small island with buildings on it in the distance to the left Attribution to Bridge on stylistic grounds. May show Kandi in Sri Lanka where the 58th Regt was stationed before coming to New Zealand in 1845 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 252 mm

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-111

Description: Scenic views, mostly of New Zealand, some of Australia, and a few taken in Scotland. Photographs mostly taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead; two of those taken in Scotland were by George Washington Wilson (G.W.W.). The album also contains a large number of coloured postcards, coloured reproductions of paintings, and coloured scraps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, with black spine and corners, 27 x 38.5 cm

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-001/002

Description: Sketch shows a lake surrounded by flat land with low hills in the distance. At the far side of the lake is an enclosed rectangular area with palm trees growing in it. Some features are labelled; from left: lake (marshy), well, level enclosure, tel[egraph] line, row of drinking troughs, aerodrome (far right distance). Other Titles - East of British headquarters Other Titles - Deir al Balah; Deir El Belah Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on double page spread, 170 x 510 mm.

Date: 1981

By: Thomas, Joan Elva, 1922-

Reference: B-051-053

Description: Shows verandahed house with draped statue in garden at left and palm tree at right. No. 21 of a print run of 200. Title from notes supplied by artist. Reproduction of ink drawing. A reworking of B-051-027. Published at the same time as B-051-054/055. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Joan E Thomas. 81.; Recto - bottom right - (In pencil): Joan E. Thomas 21/100 See note for B-051-027. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 358 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright by the artist in 1986.

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Napier, Hastings and Lake Waikaremoana] [1930s?]

Reference: A-227-094

Description: Shows a large church in partly gothic, partly later style, possibly adjacent to a park. A phoenix palm grows on grass in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: [1900s]

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PA7-57-30

Description: Three photographs forming a collage. Righthand side - Makea, Queen of Rarotonga (photograph taken by G R Crummer). Top - Makea's palace, Rarotonga. Lefthand side - School girls wearing boaters sitting on the grass under palm trees in the palace grounds. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Neg No 31. Makea's Palas. Rarotonga (photograph at top) Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Irregular shape

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: B-112-001

Description: Circular thatched roofed open sided dwellings on a palm-finged beach with canoes and people stanind on the beach, including the natives of the area and a European man, with a European man and woman sketched in on the left. Betty McFadgen, Museum of New Zealand does not believe that this is a Pacific scene. Could be Africa, West Indies?. Subsequently (mid 1970s) attributed by Library staff to George French Angas, then reattributed as an unknown artist, not a Solomon Islands scene and possibly not the Pacific. Other Titles - Angas, George French 1822-1886. Solomon Islands scene. British School. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil 251 x 361 mm

Date: 1892

By: Carver, Robert William Ind, 1838-1907; Carver, Robert, active 1940s

Reference: A-164-012

Description: Shows garden of Thomas Bell. Man on left is probably Thomas Bell with his favourite cate. House in background behind fence. Plants include date palm on left, Norfolk pines on right with kumara growing in front of them. Hills shown behind house. Title on verso. cf A164/020 Watercolour of same scene Other Titles - Raoul Island Inscriptions: Recto: signature and date. Verso: title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, b&w 140 x 230 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr R Carver, Wellington, 19 December 1946 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Jan 1980, Misc MS W17.

Date: 1887

From: Pritchett, Robert Taylor, 1823-1907 :Sketches for Lady Brassey's `Last Voyage'. 1886-1887.

Reference: E-022-q-065

Description: On the left, talipot palm in full bloom with its spike rising above the crown of fan-shaped leaves. On right, Cingalese weapons and lotus flowers (top); Governor's peon holding an umbrella, Kandy (centre); Point de Galle as seen from the sea (bottom). The left-hand drawing was published as a wood-engraving in The last voyage. Annie Brassey, 1887, page 101, entitled Talipot palm. The right-hand drawings were published as a wood-engravings on page 104, 105 and 106. Other Titles - Buddhist priest Extended Title - From his Sketches for Lady Brassey's `Last voyage' Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Two pencil and wash, on sheet 210 x 305 mm

Date: 1840 - 1850

From: Mathew, Felton 1808-1847 :[Scrapbook. ca.1845].

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: E-389-q-001

Description: Shows six Maori men launching a canoe into waves. Palm trees or tall tree ferns are at the right. Engraving has been cut from page containing 2 engravings; see full page at A-256-028. Image of canoe, and possibly the whole image, is derived from a work by Louis Auguste de Sainson 'Village a l'anse de l'Astrolabe, Nouvelle Zelande' showing Astrolabe Bay (Golden Bay, South Island) not Mercury Bay, with local Maori dragging a canoe into the water, in 1827 during a French visit to the area. The palm trees suggest a scant knowledge of New Zealand geography and flora on the part of the engraver. Not in Ellis' Early prints of New Zealand (1978) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - MERCURY BAY - NEW ZEALAND Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone 93 x 85 mm, on sheet 288 x 240 mm.

Date: 1877

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :The West Indies and the Orinoco

Reference: E-580-f-035

Description: A title page for the sketches that follow of Green's journey down the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Depicts the vegetation and birds seen along the river. Two parrots are sitting on vines strung between a palm and a tree; a white crane is at the water's edge. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - Title; Recto - bottom left - Pontederia crassipes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on album page, 370 x 277 mm

Date: 1902

From: Various artists :[Addresses presented to R. J. Seddon and Mrs Seddon. 1891-ca.1906]

Reference: D-005-025

Description: Central text of praise for Seddon's attendance at Coronation of Edward VII, and for sending Maori forces to fight (in Boer War?). Text inset into stylised Maori carved house, surrounded by various New Zealand native trees. Top shows 4 flags, Maori in traditional and European army dress, a view of Mt Cook, and a picture of a white heron. Below text is a Maori war canoe containing Maori paddlers and European passengers. Language - A few words in Maori only. Other Titles - To the Right Honorable Richard John Seddon, PC DCL, Premier of the Colony of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Mt. Cook "AORANGI"; Recto - top centre - To the Right Honorable / Richard John Seddon, PG DCL /Premier of the Colony of New Zealand.d; Recto - bottom left - The Premier on the War Canoe / "TAWHERITIKITIKI"; Recto - bottom right - Times Coy. / del. Seddon attended the coronation of Edward VII in June 1902. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour 783 x 610 mm. Provenance: Probably arrived with Seddon papers, from Seddon family.

Date: 1966

By: Goodman, Leonard, active 1966

Reference: E-498-051

Description: Shows view of Vanua Levu from Taveuni across the Somosomo Strait, with a ship steaming past. The near shore has many palm trees on it. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - (inside card): With every good wish for Christmas and the New Year from Alys and Leonard Goodman, Taveuni Hospital, Fiji. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on greetings card, 121 x 241 mm. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Transferred from Ephemera Collection; donor unknown..

Date: 1913 - 1920

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-106-020

Description: Date palms surrounding a broad highway surrounded by huts, with people carrying loads and wheeled conveyances being pulled along. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 88 x 124 mm (platemark) on sheet 153 x 227 mm

Date: 1918

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-048

Description: Kaiser Wilhelm reacting angrily to being hit on the head by a falling coconut in Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies was an earlier name for Indonesia Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm