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Date: 1849 - 1855

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Taranaki Museum; New Plymouth Public Library

Reference: A-284-031/035

Description: Show Taranaki scenes: Interior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Exterior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Alpha flourmill, Huatoki Valley and Victoria Road from Marsland Hill, New Plymouth; Henui (Weekstown) from the coastal dunes; Unidentified New Plymouth outskirts (possibly now Tukapa St / Westown). Attribution based on style. George Curtis arrived in New Plymouth in 1849 on the 'Pekin'. "As soon as a raupo house could be erected by the Maoris at Omata, George Curtis and his family went to live on his farm". (NZ Biogs, 1967, vol. 1, p. 53). Supplied titles. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Recto - beneath image - [Titles as supplied by donor]. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, black and white, varying sizes. Provenance: Original drawings in New Plymouth Public Library tipped into a book, until 1992, then transferred to Taranaki Museum.

Date: 1863

By: Hanhart, Michael, active 1870-1882

Reference: A-104-005

Description: A whare to the right, with four Maori outside, two men tending to a small fire, a couple reclining by the door of the whare with a dog. There are tall tree ferns beyond the whare. The river winds past and through bush towards the sea in the background Extended Title - From Carey, G. J. Narrative of the late war in New Zealand by Lieut. Col. Carey. London, R. Bentley, 1863. Frontispiece Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 88 x 162 mm

Date: 1863

By: Hanhart, Michael, active 1870-1882

Reference: A-104-005-a

Description: A whare to the right, with four Maori outside, two men tending to a small fire, a couple reclining by the door of the whare with a dog. There are tall tree ferns beyond the whare. The river winds past and through bush towards the sea in the background Extended Title - From Carey, G. J. Narrative of the late war in New Zealand by Lieut. Col. Carey. London, R. Bentley, 1863. Frontispiece Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 88 x 162 mm

Date: 1877

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waitara sketchbook]

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-357-012/013

Description: Shows the White Cliffs, looking south, a man with two dogs, the boulder-covered beach and a distant settlement. See also E-357-023: Pukearuhe, May 21, 1878. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 110 x 320 mm

Date: [1900s]

From: Henry, P C (Mr), fl 1976 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-225

Description: Photograph album belonging to Pat Henry [i.e. Herbert Henry], containing views around Rodney District. Scenes include a gum diggers' camp, and a bullock team. The Waiwera Bridge, Waiwera, Wade (now known as Silverdale) and Wade River (Weiti River), and Dairy Flat are shown. One view shows `Our house', a weatherboard house with verandahs around two sides, set behind a large macrocarpa tree and smaller Norfolk pine. One portrait shows a young girl in a tug-of-war with a dog, and the other is that of two young women, identified as Annie and Bessie. Inscriptions: Album page - `To Pat, wishing you many happy returns of your birthday' (Original inscription); Album page - `Pat = Herbert Henry. Killed in action, 2nd battle of Somme, 1916 (Youngest son of James Henry, Duthie Road, Matapu, Taranaki' (Inscription added later) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown card cover; 14 x 22 cm

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039557-G

Description: Group at Urenui Pa, with dogs and fowl. A turkey is sitting on the roof of the nearest whare. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Urenui Pah, Taranaki Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1905]

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-003541-G

Description: Scene in Midhirst, showing a motor car, bicycle and butcher's delivery cart in front of the premises of the Bank of New Zealand and Christiansen & Nielsen, family butchers. Photograph taken 1907-1908 by James McAllister of Stratford. Chris Christiansen and Carl Christian Nielsen operated a butchers shop in Midhirst 1907-1908. (Source: Stone's directories) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-146-009

Description: Shows the ornately carved frontage of a storehouse on two poles, with a notched climbing pole for access. In the left background sit a Maori man and women with a cooking pot and a dog in front of a large whare. There is a wooden enclosure fence with carved posts at the right and behind, including one human figurehead, a pipe in his mouth. There are woven bags of food possibly kumara stacked beneath the storehouse. Mount Egmont, its height and symmetry exaggerated, is in the background Lithograph, entitled "Wata or Provision house at Otumatua" (neg. 1/2-150220-F), was made by an unknown lithographer, after this watercolour, and included as an illustration in Wakefield, E. J. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand (London, 1845). A watercolour by Heaphy in the Hocken Library, Dunedin, is titled by the artist 'Gateway at Otumatia Pa'. The correct form of the name is not known Other Titles - Wata or provision house at Otumatua. Pa. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Chas Heaphy; Recto - bottom left - Portfolio D; Recto - top centre - [New Zealand Company stamp]: Mar 23 1842 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 315 x 260 mm Provenance: Purchased with other New Zealand Company material by Alexander Turnbull, Francis Edwards, London, 1915.

Date: 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-008

Description: Settlers firing felled trees, with a fire raging in the background, two children with burning brands running from the flames, their father, a brand in his hand, watching the extent of the fire in consternation. There is also a dog in the foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 200 x 350 mm

Date: 1881

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-024

Description: Shows group of wooden buildings in the foreground, possibly barracks, with people talking. A barrel, a trunk, a dog and a gun carriage are amongst the main group of people. Two men on horseback on a path to the left may be soldiers.There are horses in a corral in front of a large shed to the left. A path with steps leads past a telegraph pole to buildings on a rise in the middle ground, one building possibly being a church. Mount Egmont in the background. The constructions and people are probably associated with the raid on nearby Parihaka in November 1881. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Pungarehu Inscriptions: Title in pencil on separate label (formerly part of backing board) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 235 mm Provenance: By descent to the Wilkie Family

Date: 1861 - 1862

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of a trip up the Wanganui River, December 13, 1861-Jan 8, 1862]

Reference: E-041-009

Description: Shows a group of Maori sitting around a fire and cooking pot, with a hut in the background. In the right foreground a woman is bent over with a small leafy branch on her head. A dog or pig stands in the centre background. The name of the location appears to be written two different ways, and is not entirely clear. Other Titles - Papatahi Other Titles - Popotahi Other Titles - Popatahi Quantity: 1 drawing(s) In his sketchbook of a trip up the Wanganui R. 1861-62.. Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 130 x 177 mm