Yosemite

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-337

Description: Shows a high waterfall cascading over a rock face, with hill above and beyond. A large redwood frames the view in the left foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 355 x 255 mm

Date: [Circa 1914-1919]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-115

Description: Album includes a large section of British naval ships, some travelling in convoy, some camouflaged, with closeup views of armaments and naval personnel, taken by unidentified photographers during World War I. It appears that the creator of the album was serving on the SS Parattah. A section in the album covers a port-of-call by the Parattah to Nauru and the Loyalty Islands, showing scenes and aspects of life on the islands, including several related to the phosphate industry on Nauru. There are a number of images of a group on camels near the Spinx and pyramids in Egypt, dated 1919, followed by a section on the Yosemite area, California, with scenic views of mountains and valleys, and several showing the "largest tree in the world". The last section in the album covers the royal tour of HRH The Prince of Wales in 1920, in Sydney. Views of decorations in the city, crowd scenes, and night scenes of decorative lighting and fireworks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon album, 23 x 34 cm

Date: [August to October 1947, June 1958 and June 1959

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-199

Description: Album in two sequences. The first 12 pages are contacts from 35mm film relating to a John Tenison Salmon's Carnegie Travelling Fellowship in 1958-1959; the second sequence (pages 13-41) contains prints relating to his trip to Australia to attend the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science Congress held in 1947. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: [18--]

By: Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PAColl-D-0739

Description: View of the mountains and river. Taken by Taber, San Francisco, date unknown Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 62. The Half Dome, 4,953 feet, Yosemite, California Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 520 x 404 mm on card

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-223

Description: A group of towering rocks resembling cathedral spires Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 256 x 358 mm

Date: 1852 - 1875 - 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-225

Description: Shows a grassy plain with tall conifers, a huge rock formation in background. The Half Dome is seen from its "cut" side Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 357 x 256 mm

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-345

Description: Shows trees, mountains with snow in background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white over pencil 357 x 256 mm

Date: 1930

From: Gibbens, Ken :Photographs of New Zealand, Australia, California, Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji

By: Gibbens, Ken, active 1920s-

Reference: PA1-o-836

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1864 - 1878

From: [The George Henry Wood collection of prints]

By: Pritchett, Robert Taylor, 1823-1907; Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909; Cooper, James Davis, 1823-1904

Reference: A-416-098/123

Description: Images featuring pastoral scenes, the seasons, landscapes, medieval tales, agricultural implements on Skye, the Rock of Gibraltar, the Pad Inn at Lancing, the Bridge at Old Shoreham, Cathedral Spires at Yosemite, the Coupee at Sark, the Vale Church at Guernsey, Cromlech at L'Ancresse. Engravers include J Cooper and Joseph Swain. Quantity: 26 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white prints mounted on sheets, sizes approximately 335 x 223 mm

Date: [18--]

By: Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PAColl-D-0758

Description: View of the mountains reflected in the lake in the foreground. Taken by Taber, San Francisco, date unknown Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 475. The Three Brothers .... Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 520 x 404 mm on card

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-224

Description: Shows a towering rock bluff Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 357 x 255 mm

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-227

Description: Shows a tall rock formation with trees in foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 357 x 256 mm

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-221

Description: Shows tree tops Fox visited the USA twice, the first time in 1852-1853. His second visit was in 1875 and included a visit to Yosemite and Calaveras. The redwoods at Yosemite were first described by Europeans (and became a tourist attraction) in 1857, hence the dating on this work. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 357 x 256 mm

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-226

Description: A mountain resembling three leaping frogs. Connifers at its base Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 356 x 257 mm

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-336

Description: Shows trees, waterfall, rainbow, and two figures in foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 355 x 255 mm

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-222

Description: The mountain in Yosemite National Park resembling a Phrygian cap as used in the French Revolution Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 254 x 305 mm