House plants

Date: 1860 - 1862

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-016/017

Description: Shows a view of Waitemata harbour, framed by a scene in the sitting room. A man at the extreme left sits beside a cello, possibly playing a mouth organ. A woman sits at the extreme right. There is a planter hanging from the ceiling at the right. The man at the left is possibly the artist's husband, Bishop Charles Abraham. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on pages of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil sketch, on double page spread 126 x 346 mm.

Date: 1981

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Bailey, Margaret Lockhart (Dr), 1945-

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1981

Description: Includes calendars: D Anderson Motors Ltd. Firestone calendar 1981. Guide to indoor gardening; your houseplant calendar for 1981. Tanner Couch. Moon calendar 1981, researched written and designed by Gretchen Lawlor. Mount Victoria calendar 1981. Layout Rosamund Empson, Published by Raewyn MacDonald. New Zealand graffiti calendar 1981. Master Art Productions. (2 copies) Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway pictorial calendar 1981 Salvation Army. Supplement to the New Zealand War Cry. Calendar 1981. Zusters photos for 1981, by Jane Zusters. Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s) sets on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: One calendar donated by Dr Margaret Bailey, Wellington, in 2006; one by Mr & Mrs Stan Smith, Avalon, in 2006.

Date: 1897

From: Ephemera and auction catalogues, up to quarto size, for auctions held in New Zealand]

By: Harcourt & Company; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-AUCTION-1897-01

Description: Lists 390 items for sale at the auction, including the contents of the yard, kitchen, bathroom, back hall, breakfast room, front hall, dining room, drawing room, four bedrooms and the conservatory (with many named pot plants) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Catalogue of 12 pages, photocopied on to 8 sheets, each 297 x 210 mm.

Date: 1882 - 1888

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane, 1867-1950 :[Sketchbook. Between 1882 and 1888]

Reference: E-034-3-001

Description: The artist's mother, seated in a wicker chair, probably in the corner of a porch, with knitting (or possibly sewing) in her hands. She wears spectacles. There are shelves with pots and pot plants behind her to the right, a window behind her to the left. At her feet is a basket, probably containing knitting wool and needles The view is likely to be at the Hodgkins' family home `Waira' at Ravensbourne Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, page size 138 x 218 mm

Date: 1882 - 1888

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane, 1867-1950 :[Sketchbook. Between 1882 and 1888]

Reference: E-034-3-023

Description: One of the artist's younger brothers, seated in a wicker chair, probably in the corner of a porch, with his feet up on the chair, reading a book. He wears a cap. There is a window and shelves with pots and pot plants behind him. The view is likely to be at the Hodgkins' family home `Waira' at Ravensbourne Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, page size 138 x 218 mm

Date: 1985 - 1989

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons, some for the "New Zealand times", and "Listener". ca 1985-1989]

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: B-154-175

Description: A office scene featuring a woman working at a computer and smiling. She is wearing a floral dress and is surrounded by pot plants. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on paper, 365 x 290 mm

Date: 1985 - 1995

By: Farr, Gareth, 1968-

Reference: E-420-q

Description: Sketchbook contains a sketch of a cockle shell and a jandal, a sketch of a room with green plant wallpaper, hanging ferns and balustrade; and a portrait sketch of the face of a dramatically made up woman or drag queen. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 7 leaves, 250 x 310 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gareth Farr, Wellington, in 2009. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into manuscripts. Some also transferred to the Photographic Archive..

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023534

Description: A woman sits working at a computer surrounded by plants inside a hothouse labelled CCC. Context: A news article revealed that Christchurch City Council spends $48,000 a year on the 2445 plants in its civic offices in Hereford St - equating to two plants for each employee. (Stuff.co.nz, 21 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1898

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-48

Description: The drawing room at Elmwood, the vice-regal residence in Christchurch, photographed in 1898, during the incumbency of Lord Ranfurly, by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top right - "Elmwood" Christchurch. 1898. The drawing room Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 278 x 381 mm mounted on album page 286 x 416 mm

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020645-G

Description: Potted plants, photographed circa 1915 by Henry Wright. Shows a caladium in the centre with orchid species Phalaenopsis schilleriana. A Miconia calvescens is on the left. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020685-G

Description: Potted plant, photographed circa 1915 by Henry Wright. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-06

Description: Drawing room, Government House, Wellington, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Shows the architectural details of the walls and ceiling, the carpet, arm chairs with loose covers, and a variety of house plants. Taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Drawing room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 236 x 294 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: 1895

From: Pharazyn : Photographs relating to the Pharazyn family

Reference: 1/2-028753-F

Description: Interior of the sitting/living/parlour room at Longwood Station farmhouse in Featherston, 1895. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-13

Description: View of Lady Ranfurly's sitting room. Richly patterned wallpapers and fabric form the background. Flowers are a feature. There are family photographs and prints of paintings on the mantelpiece above the cast iron and tiled grate. The mantelpiece is draped with swags of fabric. Books, fabric covered and wicker arm chairs and a large oak table are also part of the furnishings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Lady Ranfurly's sitting room, Wellington [inscription runs across two pages] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 156 x 209 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-28

Description: The drawing room of Government House, Auckland, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Large groupings of house plants feature in this room. Armchairs, the sofa and some of the cusions are covered with a large patterned floral fabric. There are wicker armchairs, scattered occasional tables, and a patterned carpet. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Drawing Room, Auckland [Inscription runs across two pages] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.9 x 28.7 cm, mounted on album page 27.2 x 35.9 cm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-27

Description: The drawing room of Government House, Auckland, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Large groupings of house plants feature in this room with vases of camellias. Armchairs, the sofa and some of the cusions are covered with a large patterned floral fabric. There are wicker armchairs, scattered occasional tables, and a patterned carpet. Photographs, books and vases of flowers occupy the tables, and two easels support landscape paintings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Drawing Room, Auckland [Inscription runs across two pages] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.2 x 28 cm, mounted on album page 27.2 x 35.9 cm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-12

Description: View of Lady Ranfurly's sitting room. Richly patterned wall papers and fabric form the background. Flowers are a feature. There are family photographs and prints of paintings on the mantlepeice above the cast iron and tiled grate. The mantelpiece is draped with swags of fabric. Books, fabric covered and wicker arm chairs and a large oak table are also part of the furnishings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Lady Ranfurly's sitting room, Wellington [inscription runs across two pages] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 156 x 209 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-09

Description: View of Lady Ranfurly's sitting room. Richly patterned wall papers and fabric form the background. Flowers are a feature. They include potted Azaleas and Cinerarias, and vases of Tulips, Freesias, Spraxias, and Jerbera. Some of the vases and plant pots fall into the contemporary category of "art pottery". There are also ebonized, rush seated "art chairs". There are carved maori boxes (waka huia) on some of the tables, and family photographs and prints of paintings around the walls and on the mantlepeice above the cast iron and tiled grate. The mantelpiece is draped with swags of fabric. Books, fabric covered and wicker arm chairs and a large oak table are also part of the furnishings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Lady Ranfurly's sitting room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 240 x 294 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-07

Description: Drawing room, Government House, Wellington, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Shows the architectural details of the walls and ceiling, the carpet, arm chairs with loose covers, and a variety of house plants. A model pataka may be seen to the left of the room. Taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Drawing room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 238 x 287 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-26

Description: The drawing room of Government House, Auckland, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Large groupings of house plants feature in this room with vases of camellias. Armchairs, the sofa and some of the cusions are covered with a large patterned floral fabric. There are wicker armchairs, scattered occasional tables, and a patterned carpet. Photographs, books and vases of flowers occupy the tables, and an easel supports landscape paintings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Drawing Room, Auckland [Inscription runs across two pages] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 28 cm, mounted on album page 27.2 x 35.9 cm