Fish

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

Reference: PA4-1478

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the fish ponds at the recreation grounds, New Plymouth. Handwritten note on back reads: Fish Ponds, Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth. - This is from a first class negative, but the paper is old Carbona - two years in dark room - and does not do it justice - but I had run out of P.O.P. J.H [I? H] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2603

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1830 - 1840

By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s

Reference: A-209-033

Description: The upper view shows two black men walking with a long stick between them on their shoulders. Large fish are suspended from the stick. They are followed by a black woman, a baby on her back and a large basket of fruit on her head. The lower view shows a single man with a similar long stick, holding suspended dead birds. He is observed by another man, possibly Chinese, with a long plait down his back. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: 2 pencil & watercolour on one sheet of paper, 244 x 171 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: 1810

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1856 (Collector) :[Illustrations of fish, drawn by several artists] 1768-1830

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-021-011

Description: A drawing of a fish lacking colour. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Watercolour, 250 x 340 mm

Date: 1991

From: [Posters and ephemera of around A2 and A1 size relating to fish, fish species and fishing in New Zealand and the Pacific. 1990-1999]

By: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand; Grace, Roger, active 1991

Reference: Eph-D-FISH-1991-01

Description: Poster showing a photograph of a fish near the ocean floor, and a diver looking on from the background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 700 x 490 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Mary Newman, Wellington, in 2004; one by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1987

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-733-033/054

Description: Newsclippings of cartoons on New Zealand and international politics. Quantity: 22 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings of black ink cartoons, various sizes.

Date: 1820 - 1850

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852. Collector :[Fossil remains, England, 1800-1850]

Reference: A-142-018

Description: Drawing of various fossil remains including fish. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1851

By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852; Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927

Reference: Objects-0565

Description: A small prehistoric fish with large jaws, lying in sandstone, mounted on plaster. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Recto - Monte Bolea, June 1851 by Dr Benjamin Silliman. G. A. Mantell [in ink, inscribed on plaster backing] On the verso, a small printed label glued on '627' Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Fossil, stone, plaster, 18 x 16 x 223 mm. Provenance: Collection of Dr Gideon Mantell, passed via his son Walter to his grandson Walter. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-028-041. Previous title: Maker unknown :Monte Bolea, June 1851 by Dr Benjamin Silliman. G. A. Mantell [Prehistoric fossil fish in sandstone, mounted].

Date: 1830 - 1860

By: Dinkel, Joseph J, active 1830s-1860s; Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852

Reference: B-063-034

Description: An almost complete fossilised fish Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Jos Dinkel fec. Also verso in ink in the hand of Gideon Mantell: Organic remains of Sussex Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 177 x 321 mm

Date: 1810

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1856 (Collector) :[Illustrations of fish, drawn by several artists] 1768-1830

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-021-004

Description: Shows a fish with a brown body on the top half and orange and blue stripes on the bottom half of the fish. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Watercolour, 229 x 303 mm

Date: 1927

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

Reference: B-131-02-051

Description: Drawings of fish Quantity: 1 published book. Physical Description: 9 photolithographs with text, in envelope

Date: 1822

By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852; Mantell, Mary Ann, 1795-1869

Reference: B-063-012

Description: Shows a single fossil of a fish in a good state of preservation A proof sheet, untrimmed to fit the page size of the publication Extended Title - From Gideon Mantell's 'The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex. The engravings executed by Mrs Mantell from drawings by the author'. London, Lupton Relfe, 1822. Plate 36 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching with aquatint, 221 x 272 mm (platemark) on sheet 272 x 385 mm

Date: 1810

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1856 (Collector) :[Illustrations of fish, drawn by several artists] 1768-1830

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-021-009

Description: Shows a long brown fish with small fins. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Watercolour, 220 x 295 mm

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2602

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1822

By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852; Mantell, Mary Ann, 1795-1869

Reference: B-063-015

Description: Shows a side view of a fossil fish A proof sheet, untrimmed to fit the page size of the publication. This plate is folded in the published version Extended Title - From Gideon Mantell's 'The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex. The engravings executed by Mrs Mantell from drawings by the author'. London, Lupton Relfe, 1822. Plate 38 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching with aquatint, 268 x 426 mm (platemark) on sheet 272 x 385 mm

Date: 1865-1874

Reference: MS-Papers-2995

Description: Various letters and also prayers and a waiata. Includes translations done by Elsdon Best. Also includes a letter with a sketch of a large fish or lizard caught and eaten by Maori - the fish or lizard appears to be three or four times the length of a man. Language - (Letters have English translations by Elsdon Best) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 letters and 5 sheets of translation). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Provenance not known Letter from Perahama Tioreke includes a sketch

Date: ca1880-ca1935

By: Nielson, Debbie, active 1996

Reference: PAColl-5036

Description: 5 albumen prints of New Plymouth and Waitara, 46 snapshots and postcard photographs of the thermal district, Napier, Waitomo caves and other places in the North Island Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Found at Hunterville dump in January 1996 by Ms Neilson, who offered them to the Whanganui Regional Museum, giving them permission to dispose of as seen fit.

Date: 1898 - 1974

By: Hutton, David Edward, 1866-1946

Reference: C-083-008-b

Description: Shows a group of fisherman on a wharf where some small boats are tied up. One man sits with a black and white dog at his feet, and talks to a man standing beside two barrels full of fish. One of the barrels has the initials JM in large letters on the side. Some shallow baskets of fish with one or two fish in them, lie in the foreground. Further away on the right, a man hoses down the wharf, in front of a flagstaff with a blue and red flag flying. A red buoy floats in the left foreground, and there are some abandoned fishing rods on the wharf at the left. Some buildings at Port Chalmers are visible in the left background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated on original]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 380 x 510 mm.

Date: 1980

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-336-010

Description: Shows a man and a woman looking into a bath full of fish. 'Over the sea to Skye' is the title given by the cartoonist. Refers to his holiday in Skye, and a woman he stayed with, who kept herrings in her bath tub. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 190 x 185 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1830 - 1850

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852. Collector :[Fossil remains, England, 1800-1850]

By: Mounsey, James, active 1800-1850; Erxleben, Johann Christoph, active 1830s

Reference: A-142-012

Description: Ten numbered drawings of various parts of the fossilised belemnites and belemnoteuthis (type of squid). Some are drawn the actual size and others are magnified. Another copy at A-142-041 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Recto - above image - Publication details Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 438 x 298 mm