Pipe smoking

Date: 1869

From: Various artists :[Eight engravings from the "Penny illustrated paper", 7 November 1868 - 6 February 1869]

Reference: A-423-003-1

Description: Top left illustration on page shows a half-length portrait of an African witch-doctor smoking a pipe which he holds to his lips with his left hand. He wears his long hair in pony-tails, one on either side of his head. He wears several necklaces and a broad armlet on his left forearm. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 100 x 83 mm, on sheet 328 x 230 mm.

Date: [Between 1903 and 1906]

By: Mair, John Thomas, 1876-1959; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts

Reference: PA1-o-321

Description: Album of scenic photographs, chiefly taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, with views of the North Island and South Island. North Island scenes include a number of tourist views of Maori, showing carved meeting houses; a group performing a haka; two women demonstrating the hongi; a young woman wearing a feather cloak, hei tiki and huia feathers, and holding a mere; a group of young boys in a haka pose; a woman smoking a pipe; a group of children bathing in a hot pool at Ohinemutu; and Mr. Nelson's carved house at Whakarewarewa. Other North Island scenes show Mount Taranaki, the Auckland wharves, Lake Waikaremoana, and a man fishing at the Ohau Channel, Rotorua. South Island views cover Lakes Wakatipu, Manapouri and Te Anau; the Tasman Glacier; peaks in the Southern Alps; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; a team of four horses with a laden Cobb & Co coach on a ferry, crossing the Mangahua [i.e. Inangahua] River, the Lyell River Bridge and Hawks Crag, all in the Buller Gorge. The last few images are exterior and interior views of the Dunedin Railway Station soon after it was finished in 1906. Inscriptions: Album page - John T. Mair, Wellington, New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, entitled `Photographs' lettered in gold; 26.0 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1918 - 1919

By: Harry & Angela Nolden (Köln, Germany)

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-WI-Hennessy

Description: Three postcards showing a silhouette portrait of a soldier, probably Tod Hennessy, in a "lemon squeezer" hat, and smoking a pipe. The verso of one of the cards has the handwritten message: "Kia ora. Guess who this is?" As the cards show an Allied soldier and were made in Cologne, it is likely that they were done during the Allied occupation in Germany after the end of the War. Other Titles - Shadow pictures Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: College on cards, each 144 x 96 mm. Provenance: Donated by Bernadette Morriss, the great-niece of Tod Hennessy, in 2014. Transfers: Collection as a whole received in Photographic Archive and transfers made from there.

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-029-2

Description: A half-length profile view of a Maori man smoking a pipe in a train carriage. He wears a wide-brimmed European hat, a long piece of greenstone in his left ear, and has a long scarf knotted around his neck. He sports moko on his chin. There appear to be no other passengers in the carriage, and he seems to be unaware of being sketched Other Titles - Wanganui Other Titles - Whanganui Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and pencil on paper, 94 x 116 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-o-331

Description: Album of New Zealand views by Thomas Pringle, in two sequences. The first sequence are scenic views of famous beauty spots; the second sequence are tourist photographs of young and old Maori women. Other Titles - Art photos of New Zealand Other Titles - Maori studies Inscriptions: Album page - Art photos of New Zealand. 18 exquisite photos of famous beauty spots in N.Z. Copyright Thos. pringle, Wellington, N.Z."; Album page - Maori studies. Permanent carbonette photos. Copyright Thos. Pringle (Sequence after the landscapes) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan suede cover with poker work design and title, and embossed hei tiki, coloured green; entitled Maoriland pictures; 26 x 32 cm

Date: 1913

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961

Reference: A-064-002

Description: A three-quarters frontal head and shoulders portrait of Australian poet Christopher Brennan. He is looking to the viewer's right and smoking a pipe Copy no 2. Edition size not known Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: etching 158 x 107 mm

Date: 1860 - 1957

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-003

Description: Shows a soldier from the 65th Regiment of Foot with his jacket unbuttoned and smoking a pipe Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on greeting card 140 x 85 mm

Date: 1840 - 1850

By: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936

Reference: A-036-002

Description: A small shelter inside a fenced area with kowhaiwhai patterns painted on a back wall, a roof, a barge-board and carved columns, both with carvings or paintings on them. Beyond a fence at the back, a man or woman with moko and a child on the back is walking by. In the right foreground is a stylised pataka Attributed to Gilfillan by J.E. Paul, 1974, but this attribution is no longer considered correct, given the naivety of the style. By the same artist (and with the same provenance) as A-036-003 'Pa Gnarro Gnarro, Wanganui N Z' showing Upokongaro Pa. On back: "Drawn about 1842 artist not known". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil 157 x 195 mm Provenance: Donation: R.W. Holmes, 31.1.1922.

Date: 1916 - 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-291-q-013

Description: Shows a half-length profile portrait of a bearded man in a jacket and cap, smoking a pipe. There is a faint sketch of a sailing boat at lower right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 220 x 164 mm, mounted on album page, 336 x 238 mm.

Date: 1916 - 1918

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-291-q-022

Description: The two pencil sketches are likely to be profile self-portraits of McFarlane. In the top sketch he sits in the river washing his own clothes. Below is a head and shoulder profile portrait of him in a pith smoking a pipe like me now? Haven't seen my face for months so excuse flattery". At top right is a ticket (probably for a bus) in Bombay, listing 278 stops, including: Sassoon Dock, Grant's Building, Museum East, Ballard Pier, Bori Bunder, Dhobi Talao, Prince's Dock, Girgaum P Ch, Pydhonie, Nall Bazar, Charni Rd Jn, Grant Rad, Foras rd, Tardeo, Mazacon. The two handwritten envelopes show several forwarding addresses. Other Titles - Dhobi Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches, printed ticket, handwritten envelopes, mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm.

Date: [ca 1930s] and 1938

From: Singleton family: Photographs, particularly relating to Wellington signwriting business 'Singleton Signs'

By: Singleton, Claude Edward, 1897-1988

Reference: PAColl-10429

Description: Loose prints, taken by amateur photographer Claude Singleton in 1938 and circa 1930s. Comprises: - Image of men in military uniform, and a canon, on Lyall Bay beach with seven Vildebeest biplanes in the sky, dated 8 May 1938 - A person reading in the shade under an awning attached to a building (probably the family bach at Judgeford). - Two men in military uniform standing next to a car and a trailer outside a building (probably the family bach at Judgeford). Inscription reads "Pauatahanui, U.S soldiers". - Image of the Cook Straight ferry 'Tamahine' at sea and image of a car being loaded or unloaded to the ferry by crane. - Image of two people sitting on a park bench in front of the boat harbour near Oriental Bay in Wellington. Mount Victoria and the St Gerard's Monastery are visible in the background. - Image of the interior of the Bank of New Zealand, shows a man, smoking a pipe, and writing at one of the desks. Inscription reads "Bank of N Z, North" - Image of Makara, near Wellington, titled "Scintillation" and accompanying note. Note written by Singleton says that this image won him prize money at A&P shows which allowed him to buy new equipment. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera note that was on back of framed print. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, various sizes Processing information: Image of Makara, near Wellington, titled "Scintillation" was de-framed by Library and accompanying note is retained with the print.

Date: 1975

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-313

Description: A man seated in his living room, puffing on a long-stemmed pipe. He is reading a book. His cat rubs itself on his armchair Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper

Date: 1849 - 1851

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889

Reference: A-114-014

Description: An unfinished sketch, showing four seated Maori women inside a hut, watched by a tame kaka on a perch, above to the right. Two women are weaving flax, one left of centre is smoking a pipe, one to the left, has her back to the viewer. A cooking pot and gourd are on the floor in the left foreground Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink, possibly in the hand of Mr Robin Oliver Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 8 x 10 inches Provenance: Part of this collection originally owned by the artist's grandson, Mr Robin Oliver of Nottingham. The bulk of this collection was purchased in 1967 by Mr G.C.S Oliver.

Date: 1841 - 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-053

Description: Four drawings on one page. 'A girl at Ra Ru Arahe' is a head and shoulders watercolour of a young woman. The title is not fully legible. [Maori youth] is a seated boy, a pipe in his mouth. 'Native carving' is a wood carving of a human figure, possibly a gate post. 'Tolni' a faintly written name, not fully legible is below a young woman seated and wrapped in a cloak. The Library holds only photographic copies of originals in the British Library Add MS 19953, folio 53 (155 to 158) Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of four drawings, various media

Date: 1957

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-133

Description: Shows seven frames which illustrate the following text: 'A change-over could be for the better in many ways. There's nothing distinctive in a cigarette, whereas a pipe expresses personality... is economical... and cheering. Camouflages facial abnormalities (such as yours truly's), advises mum what sort of a day his nibs has had at the races etc. Yes! There's a lot to be said for (and against!!) pipes.' The first six frames show people enjoying smoking through pipes. The final frame shows three people who are annoyed that smoke is being blown into their faces by a man smoking a pipe Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1975 - 1976

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-263

Description: A man in a deerstalker hat, about to light a large pipe in his mouth. He is watched expectantly by his cat Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper

Date: 1975 - 1977

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-266

Description: A street scene showing people reacting with shock to a man wearing a floral shirt and swinging a handbag (or a bag containing his pipe and tobacco, with a small pipe on the outside). He is oblivious to the reactions of those around him. May be a comment on gay men or camp behaviour Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper

From: Brodie family: [Sketchbooks, albums, and ephemera relating to the family of Captain Francis Brodie (1837-1916)]

Reference: E-112-q-1-18

Description: Four Māori people sit in front of an unidentified wharepuni. Two of them hold greenstone mere, one of them is smoking a pipe. The meeting house has a tekoteko (carved figure on the gable) and amo (carvings to the left and right sides of the front of the meeting house). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on page, 100 x 172 mm.

From: Brodie family: [Sketchbooks, albums, and ephemera relating to the family of Captain Francis Brodie (1837-1916)]

Reference: E-112-q-1-13

Description: Two people sit outside a canvas tent, they are both smoking pipes. Another person is carrying a billy and a frying pan. A campfire can be seen near the tent. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Camping at Tamaki [in pencil]; Recto - bottom right - "Mac" thinks he will make an omelette [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on on page, 100 x 172 mm.

Date: 1899

From: Brodie family: [Sketchbooks, albums, and ephemera relating to the family of Captain Francis Brodie (1837-1916)]

Reference: E-112-q-1-56

Description: An Irish terrier dog sitting on a wooden chair with a pipe in its mouth. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - E. B. Brooke-Smith's irish terrier - Auckland 1899 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on on page, 100 x 172 mm.