Ordained minister, and missionary with the London Missionary Society in the Pacific in the 1820s. He was also an artist. He painted scenes in the South Pacific, 1821-1824, and Wesleydale mission station in Northland, New Zealand, on a one-day visit in 1824. Joint author of Journal of voyages and travels ... with George Bennett, published London, 1831 and illustrated with engravings from his watercolours and drawings.
Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
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Letter from Daniel Tyerman to William White and Nathaniel Turner
Date: 7 September 1824 - [ca 1990s s- 2020s]
From: Frankcom, Margaret, active 1991-2023: Collection of New Zealand missionary and pioneer mail
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
Reference: MS-Papers-12917-1-1
Description: Lot description from Spink Auction House: “1824 (31 Dec.) entire letter to Pioneer Missionaries William White and Nathaniel Turner written in Sydney, 1824 (7 Sept.) from Daniel Tyerman but not posted from there. […] Carried on the Asp to England”. Refers to converting people to Christianity. Item includes transcript. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to Library in a Spinks Auction House folder labelled with lot number "2002". Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains letter, and supporting research documentation.
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Tyerman, Daniel 1773-1828 :[Scene in Fare, Island of Huahine 1823]
Date: 1823
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
Reference: A-263-003
Description: Shows a mission station and other buildings set in bush. The trees include coconut palms and pandanus Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 230 x 300 mm Provenance: Formerly estate of Miss Montgomery, Surrey, England
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Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828 :[Bunaauia. Island of Tahiti 1823]
Date: 1823
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
Reference: A-263-002
Description: Shows a mission station, a long low building with a verandah, beneath lofty mountains. There are coconut palms and other trees around the building. In the middle distance, a man carries bunches of coconuts on both ends of a pole on his shoulder Original watercolour for an engraving illustrating Bennet and Tyerman's Journal of voyages and travels ... London, Snow, 1831, Vol 2, facing p 50 The settlement named in Bennet and Tyerman as Bunaauia is now known as Punaauia Rev Daniel Tyerman was with the London Missionary Society when acting as a missionary in the Society Islands in the early 1820s Other Titles - Punaauia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 277 mm Provenance: Previouly estate of Miss Montgomery, Surrey, England
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Tyerman, Daniel 1773-1828 :Wesley Dale, New Zealand / drawn by John Dennis from a sketc...
Date: 1824 - 1831
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828; Fenner Sears & Company; Dennis, John, active 1800-1832
Reference: A-259-031
Description: Wesleydale (Methodist) mission station at Whangaroa (Far North district) shown as a group of dwellings in the right middle distance. A river intersects the view and mountains surround the site. In the foreground a group of missionaries and Maori are conversing The Library holds Tyerman's original watercolour for this view at A-263-001. The original lacks the group of people. The height of the surrounding hills is exaggerated in both views. The engraving is from Tyerman's book Journal of Voyages and travels by D. Tyerman and G. Bennett (London, 1831), Vol 2, Plate 11, p. 138 Tyerman was at Wesleydale in 1824 Ellis no. 155 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 98 x 141 mm on sheet 140 x 230 mm
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Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828 :[Papetoai, Island of Eimeo 1821]
Date: 1821
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
Reference: A-263-005
Description: Shows three European buildings forming a mission station near a river. Tall mountains behind, a bridge over the river, coconut palms in the foreground Original watercolour for the engraving of the same title illustrating Bennet and Tyerman. Journal of voyages and travels ... London, Snow, 1831, volume 1, facing page p 95 The island referred to as Eimeo in Bennet and Tyerman is Moorea, Tahiti, one of the Society Islands Other Titles - Moorea Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 220 x 280 mm Provenance: Previously from the estate of Miss Montgomery, Surrey, England
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Tyerman, Daniel 1773-1828 :[Opoa, Island of Raiatea 1822]
Date: 1822
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
Reference: A-263-004
Description: Shows mission station on shore and native canoes in harbour, amongst tall palms and mountains Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 220 x 295 mm
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Tyerman, Daniel 1773-1828 :Missionary settlement, Island of Borabora [1822?]
Date: 1822
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
Reference: A-093-019
Description: View across water towards a mountainous island with buildings and a wharf along the waterfront. Several small canoes, with and without sails are in the water. Coconut palms and other trees are visible around the settlement Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone ink and wash 108 x 148 mm on sheet 127 x 162 mm
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Tyerman, Daniel 1773-1828 :Wesley Dale, New Zealand [1824]
Date: 1824
By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828
Reference: A-263-001
Description: Shows Wesleydale mission station established in 1823 by Samuel Leigh and William White. The view is from above, looking down, with the mission buildings and fences to the right, tall trees (possibly kauri), the Kaeo River and exaggerated surrounding peaked hills, including the terraced conical shape of Pohue, at that stage the pa of the chief 'George' who blew up the Boyd in Whangaroa Harbour. The original for an engraving 'Wesley Dale, New Zealand' published in Bennet, George & Daniel Tyerman. Journal of voyages and travels ... London, Snow, 1831, v. 2 facing p. 138 Other Titles - Wesleydale Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 205 x 285 mm Provenance: Previously etate of Miss Montgomery, Surrey, England.