Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Date: March 2013 - 01 Mar 2013

By: Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: OHColl-1073

Description: Talks by Paul Diamond, Roger Blackley, Vincent O'Malley, and Hamish Clayton given at the National Library of New Zealand in March 2013, as part of the 'Head and Shoulders: Portraits of Maori by Isaac Coates' exhibition in Turnbull Gallery, which ran from 21 January to 16 March 2013. The talks are in English and feature an opening mihimihi and introduction in Maori. The exhibition, Head and Shoulders: Portraits of Maori by Isaac Coates, was curated by Paul Diamond and ran at Turnbull Gallery from 21 January to 16 March 2013. It was the first time that the twenty-four portraits by Coates at the Alexander Turnbull Library had been exhibited together, more than 160 years after they were painted. Little is known about why Coates painted the portraits during the brief two-year period he lived in Nelson between 1843 and 1845. Most of the subjects in the portraits came from Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Maui, the top of the South Island, but figures from other tribal areas also feature in the portraits. Quantity: 4 digital sound recording(s). 4 event(s). Search dates: 2013

Date: 1844

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: E-106-f-002-2

Description: Head and shoulder profile portrait of Te Rangihaeata, wearing two feathers including a peacock feather in his top-knot, a scallop shell ear adornment and a fine flax cloak. Copied from drawings fowarded by Mr Joseph Greaves of Nelson. Engraving first mentioned (as being for sale as a separate engraving or lithograph) in an advertisement in the Hobart Town Courier, October 1843, as 'Taken from life by Mr Cootes, artist' Other Titles - Rangihaeata Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, Vol 4 No 112, June 22 1844, p 412 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 105 x 80 mm on cutting 130 mm x 83 mm

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: E-204-q-032/048

Description: Copies of 17 profile portraits of Maori, most facing the left of the page and most from Nelson or Queen Charlotte Sound. Names are given as E Manu, Rupene, Iwikau, Pitoki, Hingatu and child, Cootia, Piki, E Ranguera, Rangihaeta, A youth of the Motuwaka tribe, Potie, E Piro, E Piko, Panni, Takup, A lad of the Motuwaka Tribe, and Rauparaha. The Library has watercolours of all of the same subjects (and one or two not included in this group), mostly located at A-286. They have been shown to be the work of Isaac Coates, a resident of Nelson from 1842 to 1846. Quantity: 17 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographs, black and white, 255 x 205 mm (10 x 8 inches)

Date: 1844

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: E-106-f-002-1

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of the chief Te Rauparaha shown in side profile wearing a scallop shell ear adornment. Portrait is copied from a drawing by Isaac Coates [?] and forwarded by Joseph Greaves of Nelson. Extended Title - From Illustrated London news. Vol 4, No 112 June 22 1844, p 412 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 105 x 80 mm in cutting from newspaper 200 x 83 mm

Date: 1842 - 1844

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-009

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of an unidentified Maori youth, attending Charles Reay's school for Maori students, which opened in Nelson in April 1843 The young man may possibly be Tamati Tikao (also known as Tamati Pukurau) of Ngai Tahu, who studied with Reay, then returned to the Banks Peninsula area by 1849. However, his description as being 'of the Motuka tribe' does not fit with other known information about Tamati Tikao. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits, in: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990 for further information. Other Titles - A youth of the Motueka tribe studying with the Reverend Charles Reay for the ministry ca 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title cf portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachussets with same title. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits from same source (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-004

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Iwikau, a Maori man, from Wakapuaka pa, near Nelson Iwikau's wife, Hingatu, and child are shown in another portrait in this group (A-286-005) See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, vo.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Iwikau is likely to have been converted by the Rev. Charles Reay of Nelson Other Titles - Iwikau. Wakapuaka. Remarkable for his piety. 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. (Coates, I. Remarkable for his piety...). Library has file print Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-255-017

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Te Rangihaeata, a peacock feather in his top-knot, an albatross feather ear adornment and a fine flax cloak. One of a series of portraits of at least twenty Maori men and women done by Nelson artist Isaac Coates. Rangihaeata & Rauparaha, with their wives and whanau, visited Nelson in March 1843, the likely date of this portrait. The artist made various watercolour copies of this portrait, but this appears to be an earlier version than the one held in the Library's collection at A-286-014 and the one in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachussets. There is a (probably) still earlier version in the Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum. Other Titles - Rangihaeata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 284 x 191 mm Provenance: Purchase: Nigel Tully, Terra Australis, Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, 1985.

Date: 1848 - 1851

By: Illustrirte zeitung (Periodical)

Reference: A-438-016

Description: Shows three portraits of Maori, one based on a William Hodges image, one on an Augustus Earle portrait of a Maori herald and one profile portrait, said to be of Te Rauparaha but in fact after an Isaac Coates portrait of Rangihaeata. The view of Kororareka is after Augustus Earle. Illustrirte Zeitung was published 1843-1944. If this page is from volume 6, it may date from around 1848-1850. Other Titles - Illustrated Times. A New Zealand warrior, Te Rauparaha, chief of the New Zealanders; a New Zealand herald; Kororareka Bay [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white engraving on page, 378 x 268 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-019

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a Maori man, possibly Wiremu Potiki, of Queen Charlotte Sound, who signed the Treaty of Waitangi. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v. 23, no. 1, May 1990, p.47-47 for further information. Pitoki may be Potiki, a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi on 5 May 1840 at Cloudy Bay. He was baptised in Dunedin at the end of 1843 and died in 1880 - see artists' file under Coates for biographical information from a descendant, Marlene McDonald of Dunedin. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass (Coates, I. One of the Council...). Library has file prints Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic, 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1843 - 1849

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878; Hall, R, active 1840s

Reference: A-114-051

Description: Profile head and shoulders portrait of Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake, also known as Whiti, a signatory of the Treaty of Waitangi. He is shown wrapped in a cloak or blanket and with full moko Same hand as A-114-046 and based on a pencil drawing in RNK collection, National Library of Australia RNK v. 7 p14 Pict cat. NK 10010/5 Copy after Isaac Coates, who was resident in Nelson New Zealand between 1843 and 1845. Other Titles - Te Whiti, Waikanae. Wiremu Kingi te Rangitake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 198 x 140 mm Provenance: P D Hutchinson

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-012

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of the Ngati Toa war chief Te Rauparaha wearing an albatross feather (pohoi toroa) earring in his left ear. Almost certainly drawn in Nelson between 10 & 14 March 1843 See; Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information Other Titles - Te Rauparaha, chief of Kapiti; e Raha; etc etc. 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title cf almost identical portraits in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., Bett Collection, Nelson, ATL (A-255-018); RNK collection, Canberra, etc - see article cited above for details. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-114-053

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of E Piko, chief of Motueka pa, wearing a kiwi feather cloak This work inscribed in pencil at top "John? Cleavely" and on verso "James Clevely artist with Captain Cook": these inscriptions appear to be the work of a recent owner, who assumed that the monogram read J. C. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record. v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67. Piko was a chief at Motueka and a regular visitor to Nelson in the early 1840s Other Titles - E Piko, Motueka, Blind Bay, 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; also monogram I. C. inside a circle. Similar works held by Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., in a private collection in New Zealand, and by the Library at A-288, with title E Piko, Kafir [Kawhia] chief & at A-114-048, a copy by an artist called R. Hall Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 178 x 148 mm (image) on sheet 330 x 240 mm Provenance: Previously lot 294 at Christie's, London, 10. 6. 1986.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-001

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Wiremu Katene te Puoho, also known as te Manu or Manu, son of te Puoho o te Rangi and Kauhae of Ngati Tama tribe, and chief of one of the pa in the Whakapuaka district in the 1840s. Shown in European dress See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v.23, no. 1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information Other Titles - Wiremu Katene te Puoho, Te Manu or Manu, chief Whakapuaka, Wakapuaka, 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title cf preliminary drawing in Rex Nan Kivell Collection, Canberra ("E Manu. Blind Bay" / I.Coates) and similar watercolour in Peabody Museum, Salem Mass. with same title. Library has file prints Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 157 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-282-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-007

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Piki Warra, principal chief of Motueka pa See; Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Piki Warra ( the name is mistranscribed in this portrait) was also known as Bigwallo, Atopikiwara and as Piggiwalli by his Pakeha contemporaries Other Titles - Piki Warra, chief of Motueka. 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title cf almost identical portrait in Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum, negs 47077 1/2, 44258 1/2, 85091 1/2, 85093 1/2 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-003

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori man, Rupene (Reuben or Rupert), from Wakapuaka pa, north of Nelson See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Other Titles - Rupene, Whakapuaka, 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait at the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass (neg. 85107 1/2) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-005

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori woman with baby in red cap asleep on her back Hingatu's husband, Iwikau, is shown in another portrait in this sequence, A-286-004. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the emigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v. 23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67, for further information. Baptism likely to have been at Wakapuaka or in Nelson, by the Rev. Charles Reay. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., :Coates, I. As they appeared...". Library has file print Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer

Date: 1843 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-255-018

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of Maori chief and warrior Te Rauparaha, in profile. He wears an albatross-feather ear adornment, a feather in his hair and a cloak. The artist, Isaac Coates, had the opportunity to observe Te Rauparaha in Nelson in March 1843, when Rauparaha, Rangihaeata and their wives visited Nelson. A number of copies of this portrait were made, particularly after Te Rauparaha became notorious amongst Pakeha settlers after the Wairau Affray in June 1843. Coates left Nelson in 1845 and moved to Australia, so may have taken this version with him, although he appears to have made copies on demand and could have made this for somebody else, rather than himself. Some of the later copies are rather carelessly done, however, and this version appears to be an earlier and more accurate one, comparable in quality to the version in the Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum. It gives a clear view of Te Rauparaha's aquiline nose and prominent upper lip, confirmed by contemporary descriptions. The Library holds other versions of this portrait and there is a version, along with seventeen others by Coates, in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachussets. See also "The enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits" by Marian Minson, in "Turnbull Library Record", Vol 23, no. 1, May 1990, p 47-67, especially p. 55 & 56. This version may be the original for awood engraving in the Illustrated London News of 29 June 1844 p 412, since the title is the same. Other Titles - Kawhia Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink, probably in the hand of the artist. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 277 x 185 mm

Date: 1842 - 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-017

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a Maori woman in European clothes, wife of William Wright, licence holder of the Nelson Hotel, 1842-1846 See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Potie and William Wright moved to Nelson in 1842, after living in Wellington. A likely date for this portrait, given that it was drawn in Wellington, is 1842 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass, bearing the additional title information about Potie's relationship to W.H.Wright Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Hall, R, active 1840s; Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-114-046

Description: Shows head and shoulders profile of left side of this Maori chief, with hair pulled back and with decorative rolls. He wears feathers including a peacock feather in his hair, and wears large albatross feather earrings. His face has a moko. See TL 3/1/1/ 5 Dec 1978. See also TL Record v. 23 no. 1 p. 49-67. See also Bett Collection (A-114-052/056) Thought to be a copy after Isaac Coates of Nelson. cf a similar portrait in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass., and several similar portraits in the Alexander Turnbull Library Other Titles - Isaac Coates. Rauparaha's. Rangihaeata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 250 x 130 mm Provenance: P D Hutchinson

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Hall, R, active 1840s; Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-114-050

Description: Shows Pipi Kutia, daughter of Te Akau and Hapekituarangi. She was Te Rauparaha 's step-daughter & he married her ca 1838. See Burns, P. Te Rauparaha.. (Wgtn, 1980) p. 195. Pipi Kutia is shown in profile, head and shoulders only, wrapped in a blanket, her hair in a distinctive high mass above her head. Same hand as A-114-046 to A-114-051. See TL 3/1/1/ Dec 1978. See also TL Record v. 23 no. 1 p. 49-67. A copy after Nelson artist Isaac Coates, who met Cootia in Nelson in March 1843. Compare similar portraits by Coates in the Alexander Turnbull Library, the Nelson Provincial Museum and the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., USA Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 198 x 138 mm Provenance: P D Hutchinson