Cordyline australis - New Zealand - Taranaki Region

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Cock, Richard John, 1851-1936

Reference: Pan-2356-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a driveway which circles around a lawn to a single-storeyed wooden villa-styled house with verandahs separated by a bay. Finials over the gables. Palm trees on either side of steps up to the front verandah on the left of the bay with an unidentified woman standing by a verandah post. Turreted room at ground level (perhaps a conservatory) on the left. Retaining wall between the house and lawn at a lower level. Flower beds around the drive and some set into the lawn. Variety of established trees all around, including rhododendrons, palms and cabbage trees. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Overdale" New Plymouth 1923; Photographer's title on negative - R P Moore's circular business stamp; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] R. Cock. New Plymouth 3; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 115.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2473-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Hawera Hospital, looking across a road and footpath to a collection of single-storeyed buildings behind a hedge. Various trees and shrubs in the hospital grounds, including cabbage trees. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Hawera Hospital 12-40x10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 82.3 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: King, Newton, 1855-1927

Reference: Pan-2852-F

Description: Panoramic view of gardens at Brooklands, home of Newton King in the 1920s. Shows expansive lawns, flower beds, established trees including cabbage trees, bare deciduous trees, and tree ferns. Driveway leading up to large glasshouses centre left. Also seen along the driveway are the remains of the fireplace of the original homestead built by Captain Henry King in 1842 which was destroyed by fire in 1861. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Newton King. New Plymouth; Photographer's title on negative - R.P. Moore's circular stamp Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 113.0 cm

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-008

Description: A view from near the top of a hill, which is fenced into paddocks, near Mokoia in Taranaki. Cabbage trees and tussock grass feature, and a herd of cows can be seen in the distance; mountains can be seen in the far distance Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - View from the hill at Mokoia / Lysaght c 1880 [in pencil, different hands] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 127 x 176 mm

Date: 1878

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-010-1/2

Description: A view of the farm at Mokoia, from in front of the house. On the verso is a view looking out towards the sea, with two cabbage trees, probably also Mokoia See also a similar scene painted by Sophia Augusta Moore, at B-190-001 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Mokoia 1878 [in pencil] Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 139 x 229 mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Shepherd, Leopold, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1599-F

Description: Panoramic view of a single-storeyed house in the centre of the image with bull-nosed verandahs around three sides, and steps up to the front door in the centre. Lawn in foreground with raised rock garden in the middle. Row of cabbage trees with garden beds beneath inside a high trimmed hedge on the right. Fenced tennis court to the left of the house, and rounded areas of shrubs including camellias, rhododendrons and palms on left and right. Gravel path from left up to the house. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Mr L. Shepherd. Kaponga. 3 copies Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 120.0 cm

Date: 1910

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-008

Description: A view from the lake in Pukekura Park, also known as the New Plymouth Recreation Grounds. Mount Taranaki rises in the distance, and the Poet's Bridge is seen in the middle distance. On the verso, a pencil sketch of the same view from a similar vantage point, omitting the mountain, and with a figure in a rowboat going under the bridge Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 127 x 172 mm

Date: 1909

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-003

Description: A river running through cabbage trees and native bush in the foreground, with Mount Taranaki rising in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - centre - 1909 / M.W. [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 127 x 122 mm

Date: 1888

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-173-007

Description: Mt Taranaki, snow-clad in the background, hills and bush in the middle ground, and flat farmland in the foreground, showing two farm houses, grazing cattle, and five figures riding horses near a rushing stream. Trees depicted include cabbage trees and tree ferns Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D Barraud 1888 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour with pencil and Chinese white on artist's paper, 400 x 623 mm (sight) Provenance: Originally gifted by the artist to Mr Henry Ireson Jones of Whanganui, the vendor's great-grandfather. Private collection, Manawatu