IMAGE
[Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
- Date
- 1840 - 1845
- By
- Hobson, Eliza Ann, 1811?-1876; Rendel family
- Reference
- E-216-f
- Description
Views of the Bay of Islands, Auckland, Wellington, Bay of Plenty, Thermal area and Waikato, scenes of Maori life, portraits of Maori, poems, prepared for Mrs Eliza Hobson, widow of Captain William Hobson, New Zealand's first Governor. The text, written in English and in Maori also includes Maori proverbs, a description of Maori songs and letters from Wiremu Hoete and Te Wherowhero and a speech by Maketu Waretotara.
Other Titles - Mrs Hobson Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, March 1843. Costumes, scenery, specimens of literature etc of the North Island of New Zealand 1841 1842 1843. The Hobson album
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, ink, ink and wash and watercolour on embossed paper pages. Binding blind embossed leather with gold tooling
Provenance: Passed by Eliza Hobson to her daughter, Eliza, Lady Rendel. Donated by Lieut-Colonel R. M. Rendel, great-grandson of Hobson, to the New Zealand Government in 1940, at the time of New Zealand's centennial of European settlement.
Transfers: Several pages removed from album for conservation reasons, 1990. They are stored at A-275.
- Additional description
In fragile condition.
Alternative form available: Fully copied in black and white and in colour.
Facsimile (q993.1 MRS 1989)
Use facsimile (q993.1 MRS 1989) wherever possible.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required - Original may be viewed at the discretion of the Curator.
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Sketchbooks, Pencil, ink, ink and wash and watercolour on embossed paper pages. Binding blind embossed leather with gold tooling
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Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1816?-1854 :[The Hobson album]. View of Perongia and Kokapuka f...
Date: 1843
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: E-216-f-177
Description: Pirongia Mountain in the left background and the volcanic cone of Kakepuku to the right. A line of trees in the middle distance, flax and low scrub in the foreground, with part of the fenceline of Rarowera Pā on the right (also known as Raroera Pā). Rarowera Pa was on what is now Wallace Terrace, about a mile from the centre of modern Te Awamutu Other Titles - Pirongia Kakepuku There is a similar drawing by Merrett in the Grey Album, British Library, Add. MS 19953, p. 36 plate 95 with title The mountain of Perongia from Rarewera. In the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia is Merrett's watercolour, also from a similar perspective, View from Rarewera, Waipa. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black ink and wash, 161 x 254 mm
Connell, B :[The Hobson album]. Te Aro Flat Wellington [1842?]
Date: 1842
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843
Reference: E-216-f-087-2
Description: View from above Te Aro Flat wotj houses and other buildings on the flat landl, a few houses, a fence and trees (including a cabbage tree) in the foreground, Pipitea Point and its houses visible in the distance to the left, six sailing ships in the harbour, Somes Island and the Hutt Valley in the distance. Another drawing by B. Connell (E-216-f-069) 'Wellington from the London' suggests that the artist arrived on board the London, in 1842. The state and number of the houses shown also suggest a date not before 1842 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B. Connell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, glued to album page, 153 x 236 mm
Connell, B :[The Hobson album]. Kiwarra Warra from the Petoni Road, Wellington [Between...
Date: 1840 - 1842
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843
Reference: E-216-f-087-1
Description: The Hutt Road (a cart track) at the bottom of the steep bush-clad Western Hills on the right. The buildings of the Scottish settlement at Kaiwharawhara can be seen on flat land in the middle distance to the right, with suggested outlines of a few houses in Thorndon beyond. There is a Maori canoe near the road, and three figures on the road. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara, Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B. Connell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, glued to album page, 155 x 233 mm
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1816?-1854 :[The Hobson album]. Wakatani. [ca 1843]
Date: 1842 - 1844
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: E-216-f-009-1
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a young Maori woman with short curly hair, moko and kaka-beak flowers in her right ear. She is wearing white clothing. The title suggests she comes from Whakatane Other Titles - Whakatane Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title in ink in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 174 x 120 mm
[Mitford, John Guise] 1822-1854 :[The Hobson album]. View of the town of Auckland from ...
Date: 1843 - 1844
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854
Reference: E-216-f-033
Description: Looking east across the harbour and beaches of the North Shore towards the city showing the buildings of the town centred on Point Britomart with Mount Eden in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome watercolour, 246 x 356 mm
[Mason, William], 1810-1897 :East front. Side elevation. [1844]
Date: 1844
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Mason, William, 1810-1897
Reference: E-216-f-122
Description: An upper drawing showing the east end with three lancet windows of St Paul's Church, Auckland. A lower drawing showing the side of the same church Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - titles in upper case The Metropolitan Church of St Paul's was designed and built by architect William Mason using an almost exact copy of his earlier Church of St James, Brightlingsea, Essex. The foundation stone was laid in Emily Place on 28 July 1841. The steeple was not completed until July 1844. The building was enlarged in 1864 and demolished in 1885 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on wove paper, 152 x 209 mm & 150 x 209 mm
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1816?-1854 :The Hobson album. The pah of Oinamutu on the Rotor...
Date: 1840 - 1848
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: E-216-f-023
Description: Shows a view of the pa from the lake with two Maori canoes in the water in the foreground. Figures stand or bathe in the water on the shore, which is lined with a palisade around the pa dwellings and carved posts. Steam from hot springs rises behind the pa. Other Titles - The pa of Ohinemutu Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 161 x 244 mm
Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1816?-1854 :[The Hobson album]. The Waipa near its source at Ra...
Date: 1843
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: E-216-f-129
Description: The Waipa River in the foreground, with nine Maori men crossing it with poles, a further group of six standing or seated on the left bank. Ferns or bracken in the left foreground, raupo at the river's edge, two tall slender trees on the right, a larger clump of trees in the middle distance to the left, and the hills of the Rangitoto Range in the background Merrett was in the Waipa River area in 1841 and joined Dieffenbach's party in its explorations of the area There is a similar drawing by Merrett in the Grey Album, British Library, Add. MS 19953, p. 79 plate 222, with title Waipa. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black ink and wash, 162 x 258 mm
[Mason, William], 1810-1897 :West front. 1st church at Auckland. 1844
Date: 1844
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Mason, William, 1810-1897
Reference: E-216-f-120
Description: The steeple, front entrance and west end of St Paul's Church, Auckland. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in upper case; also 1st church at Auckland. 1844 in cursive script The Metropolitan Church of St Paul's was designed and built by architect William Mason using an almost exact copy of his earlier Church of St James, Brightlingsea, Essex. The foundation stone was laid in Emily Place on 28 July 1841. The steeple was not completed until July 1844. The building was enlarged in 1864 and demolished in 1885 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 228 x 149 mm
Maori songs. [A collection of ruriruri, haka, puha, ngeri and waiata with comment and n...
Date: 1842 - 1843
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Shortland, Edward, 1812?-1893
Reference: E-216-f-083
Description: The third page of a 4-page grouping of Maori songs, written out in copperplate script with explanations. This page, headed Maori songs, explains haka and war songs with one example The full text covers album pages 81 to 84 Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Ink on cream wove paper, 170 x 120 mm