Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878

Date: 1841

Reference: MS-Papers-3707

Description: Account of life on board the `Oriental' on which Brown emigrated to New Zealand. Contains his condemnation of the idleness of passengers, with suggestions for avoiding it. Includes also the draft of a letter to Captain Liardet and Captain King concerning Brown's alleged insult to Mr Eastfield, 11 March 1842, some shorthand notes by Brown, a passage of lyrical description prose and details of the ship's progress each day. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1830 - 1850

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878; Allen, N G (Mrs), active 1967

Reference: B-077-010

Description: Skeletons of horses and riders reaching a graveyard with a derelict church, flying the skull and crossbones on its steeple. A sunset shows beyond the hills in the background Possibly done before Liardet came to New Zealand, hence suggested date of 1840s Inscriptions: Recto - Title and a lengthy dedication below image. Lower right: "By WFEL". The dedication refers to the introduction of horse-racing as a sport in England in 1831 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of lithograph 185 x 370 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs N G Allen, Wellington, 1967

Date: 1912-1923

By: Liardet family

Reference: MS-Papers-0864

Description: Papers and letters about the Liardet family history; includes "Old time reminiscences of the early dawn of Melbourne, Victoria, written by an octogenarian still living in Wellington NZ", by J A Macdonald, whose father, W F E Liardet, is regarded as being the founder of Port Melbourne; includes letter by Turnbull about sketches by W F E Liardet family in New Zealand Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (photocopies)

Date: 1839 - 1865

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878; Broad, Jose Doreen, 1910-1988

Reference: G-578

Description: Shows hotel built at Liardet's Beach, later Sandridge, later the Port of Melbourne. There are outbuildings, including a watch-tower with flagpole, a bathing shed on wheels at the water's edge, a jetty, two row-boats, two horses pulling a carriage, dogs, a couple with a samll girl promenading at the water's edge and extensive bush beyond the buildings. The scene is viewed from the sea Inscriptions: Title in ink on decorative border below image Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with touches of ink and watercolour on gold-edged scalloped card, mounted on decorative embossed card border 120 x 175 mm Provenance: Liardet family; donated by Mrs J D Broad, Wadestown, 16 December 1975 Donation: Mrs J D Broad, Wellington, 1975

Date: 1799-1939

By: Liardet family

Reference: MS-Papers-1424

Description: Letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, family tree and notes on the Liardet, Macdonald and Venables families. Includes material on W F Liardet who emigrated to Melbourne 1839, and photographs of some of his water colours; letters from St Clare Evelyn Liardet with impressions of New Zealand in 1892 Included in the papers is a manuscript `The Life of Goldsmith". Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others

Reference: MS-Papers-2260-046

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1869 - 1901

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878; Anderson, Nora, active 1901; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: C-126-006

Description: Extensive view framed by tree ferns and flax in the foreground, looking down unto a small river winding through cultivated fields and scattered houses, with the kainga mentioned in the title presumably the cluster of buildings to the right. There is a ridge of low hills beyond the near river valley then the extensive plain of the Waihou River, formerly called the Thames, with mountains in the distance The original watercolour by Liardet is at C-137-005. The Thames River, named by Captain Cook, is now known by its original Maori name as the Waihou River. The "Kawaeranga" River is the Kauaerangi. Mt Pukekawa does not appear to be a name used in the area depicted any longer - the closest Pukekawa is some 50 kilometres to the west on the far side of the Waikato River. On the verso is a pencil and faint watercolour drawing of a pair of pink dancing shoes and a fan. Other Titles - Embouchure, Kauaerangi River, Waihou River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title, both artists' names and dates, in brown brushpoint in cursive calligraphic style.; Verso - "Mrs Anderson Coromandel sc" plus framing instructions dating from the 1960s. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 315 x 467 mm. Provenance: Owned by Warren Sisarich, 1960s. Sold at Dunbar Sloanes, Wellington, to Dr Neville Hogg of Dargarville.

Date: 1869

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878

Reference: C-137-005

Description: Shows an extensive view with a small river in the foreground, settled farmland beyond, a ridge of low hills, and further away the extensive plain of the Waihou River, formerly called the Thames, and distant mountains. There are tree ferns, ferns and flax in the lower right and left corners, canoes on the river, and farmhouses with fields of planted rows. The kainga of the title may be the cluster of houses at the far right. The Thames River, named by Captain Cook, is now known by its original Maori name as the Waihou River. The "Kawaeranga" River is the Kauaeranga. Mt Pukekawa does not appear to be a name used in the area depicted any longer - the closest Pukekawa is some 50 kilometres to the west on the far side of the Waikato River. Other Titles - Pukekawa, embouchure, Kauaerangi River, Waihou River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 280 x 455 mm, stuck to backing sheet with title, 315 x 465 mm.

Date: 1865 - 1875

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878

Reference: B-035-019

Description: View of the Hokitika Bar from the north bank looking south, with shipwrecks, a paddle steamer, jetty and sheds in the foreground, Mount Cook in the distance On the verso, a note in ink by the artist, two small drawings in pencil of possibly the same large two-storied house seen from different angles, pencil notes in another hand 'By W. F. Evelyn Liardet' and '?1870 c' A visitor to the Library on 10 September 2013 suggested that the paddle-steamer in the view was the 'Lioness' captained by George Whitford, a relation by marriage to the artist. The ship's name is not visible on the watercolour. The paddle-steamer Lioness, a similar-looking vessel, with its name visible on its starboard side, appears in a lithograph by Liardet 'View of the North Shore, Port of Melbourne, 1862' (Ref D-002-015) on the right, in the foreground. Mount Cook / Aoraki had a height of 12,349 feet, not 14,000 feet at the time this view was painted. Other Titles - Hokitika Inscriptions: Verso - View of Hokatiki Entrance to the River Hokatiki. Distant view of Mt Cook 40 m from coast, 30 m from Hokatiki, 14000 F, seen 100 m on clear day. S. spit dirty gray colour headland of the shore timbered opposite side of the low land densely timbered. Mt Cook gully steep and hazy. The ocean rolls in with fearful surges and has carried away great parts of the township always in danger. The black birch timber grows [text ends here. In ink, in the hand of the artist] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 250 mm

Date: 1866

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878

Reference: B-035-018

Description: Flax and toitoi in the foreground, a group of Pakeha and Maori to the right, the Tuamarina Hotel with verandah and a shed in the middle ground, the Picton-Blenheim road with horse-drawn carriage, telegraph poles alongside and the hill with a monument where the Wairau Affray occurred in 1843 Liardet painted two copies of this scene. The Library holds an almost identical watercolour at C-030-017 Liardet was passing through Tuamarina to investigate iron sand deposits in the Nelson area when he painted this view. Quantity: 1 photograph(s) black & white. Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour 240 x 350 mm Provenance: Cowan left the painting with the Rutherford family at Canvastown and when their possessions were dispersed, an aunt of the owner bought the picture, said to be an "oil and watercolour with Indian Ink" [i.e. probably watercolour with Indian ink, possibly with gum arabic]. Information from the donor of the photograph, Tuamarina, 11.7.1955

Date: 1866 - 1868

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878

Reference: C-030-017

Description: Flax and toitoi in the foreground, a group of Pakeha and Maori to the right, the Tuamarina Hotel with verandah and a shed in the middle ground, the Picton-Blenheim road with horse-drawn carriage, telegraph poles alongside and the hill with a monument where the Wairau Affray occurred in 1843 Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. The monument to the victims of the Wairau Affray was unveiled in March 1866. This watercolour may show part of the unveiling ceremony Liardet painted two copies of this scene. A photograph of a privately-owned oil and watercolour is held at B-035-018 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 305 x 480 mm

Date: 1862 - 1870

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878

Reference: D-002-015

Description: Shows the port of Melbourne full of ships. Pencilled MS notes name ships, landmarks etc Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - on a barrel, floating in the harbour: W F E Liardet delt. 1862. Also ship names inscribed in ink along the base of the image below the name of the relevant ship One of the ships is described as the Donald McKey. This is correctly Donald McKay. The ship names are hand-written below the image Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone 520 x 1000 mm (Severely damaged with sections missing, especially in the sky area)