Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927

Date: 1851

By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852; Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927

Reference: Objects-0565

Description: A small prehistoric fish with large jaws, lying in sandstone, mounted on plaster. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Recto - Monte Bolea, June 1851 by Dr Benjamin Silliman. G. A. Mantell [in ink, inscribed on plaster backing] On the verso, a small printed label glued on '627' Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Fossil, stone, plaster, 18 x 16 x 223 mm. Provenance: Collection of Dr Gideon Mantell, passed via his son Walter to his grandson Walter. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-028-041. Previous title: Maker unknown :Monte Bolea, June 1851 by Dr Benjamin Silliman. G. A. Mantell [Prehistoric fossil fish in sandstone, mounted].

Date: ca 1867-1898

Reference: PAColl-7223

Description: Photographs of: the front of the second St Mary's Cathedral on Hill Street ca 1870; St Mary's ca 1880; Mantell and his son Walter in Mantell's garden with St Mary's behind it ca 1868; Mantell, John Buchanan, Mantell's son holding a croquet mallet and James Hector in Mantell's garden with St Mary's behind ca 1868; view from Mantell's garden of St Mary's on the right and two and three storey houses on Hill Street on the left ca 1890s; St Mary's ca 1890s; and Mantell next to a tree in his garden with another man and St Mary's above it ca 1890s. Photographer unidentified. The first church on the site was built in 1851. The second, with a tower and spire was built in 1867. Between 1880 and 1885 the spire was removed and the tower redesigned but it burned down in 1898. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is the third building on the site. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1989-1995

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-133

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Selected names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1898-1899

From: Swan family : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0109-027

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1800 - 1880

By: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669

Reference: B-132-003

Description: Etchings at A-308-001/028 were mounted 3 or 4 to a sheet. The mats therefore contain rectangles cut to fit the etchings. Etchings at A-308-029/033 were mounted individually, each in a mat and backing sheet, and contain handwritten titles by the owner at the time, and references to the work of cataloguer Hind. Quantity: 33 b&w art print(s) , backings and mats thereof.. Provenance: Provenance uncertain; may have been previously owned by William Swainson and by Mantell.

Date: 1925

From: Various architects: Collection relating to William Gray Young architectural firms and successors

By: Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927

Reference: Plans-GY-M1

Description: House for W G Mantell, Sydney Street, Thorndon, Wellington. Title and date taken from information on original enclosure and index card. Plan count taken from School of Architecture Library listing on enclosure. Arrangement: Record is in the envelope in which it was placed by the School of Architecture Library. The replacement envelope contains the original envelope as well as the plans, and has the firm's original reference number and any identifying details from the original envelope on the front. There is also a typed sheet affixed to the back of the envelope listing the types of plans and noting their condition. Quantity: 1 container(s) envelope containing 7 plans..

Date: 1896-1905

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-416

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (15 letters). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.

Date: 1895, 1921, 1927, 1931

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-418

Description: Letter from Lord Glasgow re death of W B D Mantell, from Sidney Spokes re Mantell family history (includes Mantell family tree), and Yale University acknowledging gift of portrait of Benjamin Silliman Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.

Date: 1957

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-2539

Description: Notes originally inserted by Andersen in his copy of Sidney Spokes's Gideon Algernon Mantell: surgeon and geologist (London, 1927). Comments on the Mantell family tree in the book. Two of the notes are dated 1957. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 leaves and envelope). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: Oct-Nov 1934

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-162

Description: Letter relating to Gideon Mantell papers and Mrs W G Mantell Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant:Family photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-327

Description: Album of cartes de visite of people with links to the Mantell family. Identifiable people are entered in name field. Additional names include E A Bonney (photographed in August 1804 when aged 10), D S Buchanan, Constantia C Wood (nee King), J W Hamilton, Mrs D Reid (Alice C Reid, nee Fulton), and Thos. Mackay. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Heavily embossed brown leather-bound cartes de visite album, with brass clasps; 15.5 x 13.0 cm

Date: 1920-1932

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-058

Description: Names of correspondents not added to Name Field include: Margaret Mahar; F A Malcolm; Manawatu Philosophical Society; Percy J Marks; Marks & Co (secondhand booksellers, London). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1910s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 17

By: Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911

Reference: PAColl-7489-12

Description: Head and sholders of Walter Godfrey Mantell ca 1910s by the photographer Robert Bartlett. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927

Reference: E-281-q-045

Description: Facial portrait probably of an imaginary figure from an earlier age. Shows a man with long dark hair, a full moustache. Possibly the drawing of a teenager Inscriptions: Signed: WM; Verso - "drawn by Walter Godfrey Mantell." Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 185 x 231 mm

Date: 1768 - 1830

By: Baron, Acarie, active 1800-1830s; Bock, H, active 1800; Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927; Nodder, Richard Polydore, active 1786-1820; Pass, John, 1783?-1832; Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-021

Description: Drawings of European fish by a range of artists, including Swainson, J. W. Bennett, Gideon Mantell, R. P. Nodder, Acarie-Baron, J. Swaine, Thomas Pennant, and H. Bock. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 135 drawings, watercolours and hand-coloured prints, sizes vary Provenance: Collection of William Swainson and of Walter Mantell. The whole group has at some stage belonged to Mantell and is accompanied by a MS list in Mantell's handwriting, dated 16. 12. [18]80 and headed "Fish drawings and engravings, Swainson donation" in Mantell's hand.

Date: 1844-1857; 1915-1917

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: Series-1315

Description: Diaries, journals, apprenticeship papers, articles of agreement, papers concerning legal proceedings over the Allahabad affair, engineering sketches, notes, jottings and some correspondence. Also two folders of papers relating to Walter Godfrey Mantell. Quantity: 22 folder(s).

Date: 1803 - 1839

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927

Reference: A-022

Description: Drawings of fish, many, possibly most by William Swainson, possibly copied from other sources, possibly drawn from life, with annotations added later. Chiefly freshwater fishes, mostly catfish from South America and India. There is also a collection of drawings of marine rays. There is also a list of names with the collection, made by Walter B. D. Mantell from the names inscribed by Swainson on each drawing The annotations refer to Spix, Gray and Russel, i.e the following publications: Agassiz, Louis Jean Rodolphe. Selecta genera et species piscum quas in itinere per Brasilium annis 1817-1820 ... collegit et pingendas curavit Dr J. B. de Spix ... Monachii, 1829; Gray, John Edward. Illustrations of Indian Zoology ... from the collections of Major-General Hardwicke. London, 1823-1834; Russel, Patrick. Descriptions and figures of two hundred fishes collected at Vizapatam on the coast of Coromandel. London, 1803. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 166 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour and pencil on 167 sheets (some with multiple images), sizes vary Provenance: According to the note on Mantell's alphabetical list of the fish, it was donated to a previous owner (WBD Mantell?) on 16 December 1880.

Date: 1601

By: Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637; Burre, Walter, active 1597-1622; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927

Reference: REng-JONS-Foun-1601-Acc.292,899

Description: STC(2ed) 14773; ESTC s109229; without the extra dedication leaf. Bookstamps and bookplates of Walter Mantell. 18th century speckled calf, spine replaced. Quantity: 1 volume(s) .. Physical Description: [92] p., 4to. Provenance: Former owners: Walter B.D. Mantell (1820-95); Walter G. Mantell (1864-1927).

Date: 1768 - 1777

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1856 (Collector) :[Illustrations of fish, drawn by several artists] 1768-1830

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927; Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798

Reference: A-021-106/121

Description: Engravings of various fish The artist was known for his book illustrations of British zoology, published between 1768-1777 Quantity: 16 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, ca 195 x 260 mm

Date: 1895-1915

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-415

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 letters). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.