Moresby, Matthew Fortescue, 1828-1918

Date: 1851, 1868

By: Moresby, Fairfax (Sir), 1786-1877

Reference: MS-Papers-5779

Description: Comprises copy of letter to Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby requesting that he visits Pitcairn Island, from a group of islanders (1851) with note re Pastor Nobbs; and letter to Admiral Moresby (son of Sir Fairfax) also from a group of Pitcairn Islanders who had moved to Norfolk Island thanking him for his assistance in their conflict (1868) Accompanying material - Letter from High Commissioner for Australia to Library enclosing list of material provided for Library by Phyllis Mander-Jones re Samoa and from A G Bagnall re this donation (1969) Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-0766 has same material Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopies) Provenance: Copies of two letters given by Mrs Moresby about 1965 to Colonel A Murray, Greenhill, Rownhams, Southampton and the typescript was lent by him to Australia House in May 1968 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 18 photographs from the US Archives relating to Samoa transferred.

Date: [22 March 1859]

From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family

By: Moresby, Matthew Fortescue, 1828-1918

Reference: PA1-f-019-03

Description: Photograph of the Ngauranga Gorge, taken on 22 March 1859 by Matthew Fortescue Moresby, paymaster on HMS Iris, which was in Wellington Harbour at the time. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Ngahauranga Valley, Wellington N Z The diary of Wynne Albert Bankes, an officer on HMS Iris, which is held in the Dorset County Record Office, records that on 22 March Bankes went \"with Paymaster Moresby and Chaplain Campbell to take photographs up the Nerangai (sic) Gorge, beautiful scenery\". PA1-f-019-07, taken on the same occasion, bears the inscription \"MFM\". PA1-f-019-36, also taken on the same occasion, bears the inscription \"22 Mch 1859\". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 28.9 x 21.8 cm mounted on album page

Date: ca 1890

From: Merryweather, Alan, active 1994-2000s: Minature portraits

Reference: Objects-0949

Description: Artist not identified. Shows a head and shoulders profile miniature portrait of Edith Hinshelwood, the grand-daughter of Charles Emilius Gold. She has red hair, and wears a mauve high-collared puff-sleeved dress or blouse Inscription on the back of the portrait reads: 'Edith Hinshelwood nee Moresby. Eldest daughter of Capt. MF Moresby RW and his wife Caroline Moresby nee Gold. Born 30 Nov 1865. Married 1888 Capt. SB Hinshelwood RW. Grandmother. MBR' Accompanied by a copy of Edith Hinshelwood's marriage certificate Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Painting on ivory, encased in oval metal frame, with glass front and back; 87 x 60mm (diametre), 6mm (depth). Provenance: Bought by the donor at an antiques market in Cirecester, in August 1994 Processing information: Description updated as part of curios/objects survey March 2023: Previous reference: Curios-051-002 Previous title: Artist unknown :[Miniature portrait of Edith Hinshelwood, nee Moresby. ca 1890].

Date: 22 March 1859

From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family

By: Moresby, Matthew Fortescue, 1828-1918

Reference: PA1-f-019-07

Description: Photograph of the Ngauranga Gorge, taken 22 March 1859 by Matthew Fortescue Moresby Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - MFM The diary of Wynne Albert Bankes, who served on HMS Iris in the South Pacific, records that on 22 March 1859 he went "with Paymaster Moresby and Chaplain Campbell to take photographs up the Nerangai (sic) Gorge, beautiful scenery". The diary is held in the Dorset Country Records Office. PA1-f-019-36, taken on the same occasion, has the date "22 Mch 1859" inscribed on the image. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 28 x 22 cm mounted on album page

Date: [Between 1858 and 1870]

From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Moresby, Matthew Fortescue, 1828-1918; Stock, Arthur Henry (Rev), 1823-1901

Reference: PA1-f-019

Description: Album compiled in the late 1850s and early 1860s by James Coutts Crawford (1817-1889). The photographs fall into distinct groups, interspersed through the album, as follows: Portraits of the Dundas and Moreton families, and scenes in Anverara, Dalmally, Overton and other localities in Scotland, as well as views of Barton Court, Tortworth Court (Gloucestershire) and Kintbury (Berkshire) in England. These photographs were probably taken during Crawford's residence in England during the 1850s. Photographs of the Crawford, Clifford, Weld and Levin families in Wellington, and views around Molesworth, Mulgrave and Hobson Streets, taken in the late 1850s and early 1860s. The photographer is unknown, but possibly Crawford himself. Views of Wellington from the Terrace, taken in 1858 by the Reverend Arthur Stock (1823-1901). Views of Ngauranga Gorge taken on 22 March 1859 by Matthew Fortescue Moresby, paymaster of HMS Iris. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, dark green leather spine, 42 x 31 cm

Date: 1857-1859

By: Bent, Thomas, 1833?-1887; Moresby, Matthew Fortescue, 1828-1918

Reference: PA1-f-217

Description: The photographs of Greece and Mount Etna were taken by Georges Wilson Bridges Album belonged to Thomas Bent, Lieutenant in the Royal Marines Light Infantry aboard HMS Iris. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1858

From: Ruck, Charlotte Steward, 1840?-1916 :[Scrapbooks, ca 1860 to ca 1899]

By: Moresby, Matthew Fortescue, 1828-1918

Reference: E-309-q-1-017

Description: View from the hill behind Russell, looking along the beach-line, showing European houses, a wharf and Maori waka pulled up on the shore. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Sepia photograph, 134 x 201 mm on album page 256 x 205 mm