Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824

Date: 1870 - 1880

By: Hetley, Georgina Burne, 1832-1898; Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-073-019

Description: An Australian lyre bird, with its tail feathers on display. Probably a copy of Samuel John Neele's engraving 'Maenura superba' published 1802 in David Collins' An account of the English colony in New South Wales, Vol II. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 160 mm Provenance: Probably one of a group of watercolours (B-073-016/021) purchased by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull from the artist in 1889 for £3.

Date: 1817

From: Nicholas, John Liddiard, 1784-1868 :Narrative of a voyage to New Zealand. London, James Black, 1817

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824

Reference: PUBL-0111-frontis

Description: Standing frontal portrait of a Maori chief, wearing a kiwi feather cloak, a skirt with a patu through the belt, a large tiki and three feathers in his hair. In his right hand he holds a taiaha. The roofs of dwellings can be seen behind him Loosely based on Sydney Parkinson's engraving from his visit with James Cook in 1769 'A New Zealand warrior in his proper dress'. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 148 x 106 mm

Date: 1815

Reference: A-080-061

Description: Copy of drawing by a Maori chief of Ngapuhi (Te Morenga) of his own moko. Illustrated in: Nicholas, John Liddiard fl 1817. Narrative of a voyage to New Zealand ... London, 1817. Ellis no. 232. illustrated p.72. Ellis suggests that the engravings in the book may be the work of Samuel Neele, an antiquarian engraver of London. This could be his redrawing for publication from the original drawing by Te Morenga Reproduced by H. G. Robley in his book 'Moko, or Maori tattooing' (London, Chapman & Hall, 1896, p. 12, Figure 7, with the title Sketch of his own moko, drawn by the chief Themoranga' Other Titles - A facsimile of the moko Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title + (Nicholas Voyage to New Zealand) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone watercolour 167 x 227 mm