Cliffs

Date: 1892

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1953 :[Sketchbook ca 1890]

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: E-390-009

Description: A scene on the Mangahao River Other Titles - White cliffs on the Mangahao River .. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - White cliffs on the Mongohao R. Feb 7 1892 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 176 x 253 mm

Date: Between 1910 and 1930

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1976-1/4-G

Description: View looking down on what appears to be clouds of gases on White Island, with bush on the hills in the distance. Photograph taken by A P Godber. This image is part of a sequence of photographs which all appear to show aspects of White Island. For other images in the sequence see APG-1975-1/4 to APG-1983-1/4. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1887

From: Hands, Alfred Watson, 1849-1927 :[Scenes in New Zealand] 1865, 1881, 1887

By: Hands, Alfred Watson (Rev), 1849-1927

Reference: A-254-042

Description: Coastal view looking towards rocks with trees on top Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 175 x 250 mm Provenance: Donation; Mrs M S G MacLeod, Tunbridge Wells, 12 August 1977

Date: 1980

By: McKinlay, D M A, active 1970s-1980s; Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988

Reference: A-285-004

Description: A rocky landscape with cliffs and conifers, possibly Central Otago Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - D McKinlay 30.12.80 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 187 x 285 mm

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-058/059

Description: Shows riverbed boulders in foreground, cliffs and waterfall in background. Verso describes in diary form the events of 11-13 April: the finding of a damaged surfboat taken against express orders; a retreat commenced leaving 300 men in Redoubt - reached Tongahoe and camped. Next day marched to Patea - cold rainy weather - comment on ineffectiveness of steamer communication along coast. Dated by reference to B-045-055. Other Titles - Waingongoro Left recto has manuscript diary notes for 1-10 April 1865. Verso has diary notes for 11 to 13 April 1865. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 138 x 300 mm.

Date: 1882

From: [Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :Akaroa Heads 29/1/82. Akaroa from Bruce's Hotel 30/1/82. Akaroa 30/1/82

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-029-029-1

Description: Shows a precipitous headland projecting from the right side. A small amount of vegetation in left foreground. On verso are: two pencil drawings of Akaroa showing wharf from Bruce's Hotel, 30.1.82. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 253 x 352 mm

Date: 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

By: LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851

Reference: C-082-038

Description: View of the village of Maupiti (Tahiti) showing dwellings, coconut palms, canoes in the water, and a backdrop of a rocky hillside. On the far right there is a row of cliffs overlooking the ocean. Redrawn by Chazal from original by Lejeune, & engraved by Tardieu for publication as plate in Duperrey, L I Voyage... sur la Coquille... 1822... 1825... Histoire du voyage. Atlas (Paris, Arthur Bertrand, 1826) (fr910.4). Inscriptions: Recto - A Chazel Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 130 x 200 mm on sheet 340 x 500 mm

Date: 1882

By: Hutchison, William, 1820-1905

Reference: A-095-056

Description: Cartoon showing Wellington Mayor, George Fisher, as Sinbad attempting to steal the roc's egg, which is marked Mayoralty. The bird, an eagle, has wings marked 'Public opinion' and is attacking him, while a woman (Fortuna) suspends him by a rope from the cliff above. The bird's nest is on a ledge near the top of a cliff. Extended Title - Supplement to The Daily Advertiser, Wellington, 21 October, 1882 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 278 x 229 mm

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-021/022

Description: View from Whanganui township looking south across the river towards the cliff known as Shakespeare Cliff, or Shakespeare's head. The layers on the cliff are annotated, e.g. 'blue clay' at base. A small bridge crosses a stream to the right of the cliff and a road rises up the side of the right-hand hill. A larger bridge crosses the river below the cliff Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 430 mm (double spread)

Date: 1882

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :Sketches by A. L. Haylock, 1882.

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: E-060-1-035

Description: View along a beach towards a hill, possibly Sumner Beach looking towards Scarborough Extended Title - from Sketches by A L Haylock, 1882. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 117 x 195 mm

Date: 1882

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :Sketches by A. L. Haylock, 1882.

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: E-060-1-036

Description: Sumner Beach, with a few houses at the foot of Richmond Hill, looking towards Shag Rock and Redcliffs Extended Title - from Sketches by A L Haylock, 1882. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 117 x 195 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]

By: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936

Reference: PA1-o-1544

Description: Album compiled by civil engineer Robert West Holmes or a family member, ca 1880s-1910s. Shows North Island Main Trunk Railway works at Poro-o-tarao, Waiteti Viaduct, Huiroa Saddle, camp near Piriaka, Sew Hoy Dredge on Shotover River in 1890. Includes named portraits of railway engineers, family and friends in New Zealand and England. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 205 x 175 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-004-002

Description: Shows a view from a low vantage point on the beach around, or slightly to the west of, the present Queen's Wharf (perhaps from around Freeman's Bay). View looks towards Rangitoto Island with cliffs of the North Shore, and Mount Victoria and North Head visible behind the masts of several sailings ships and a steamship anchored at the wharf area at right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - CDB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 183 x 342 mm.

Date: 1880 - 1887

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-005-3

Description: Shows a flock of birds flying over cliffs and a sailing boat in the distance. Probably a scene close to Dunedin Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - WMH Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 87 x 170 mm

Date: 1852

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-007

Description: Other Titles - Wollongong Inscriptions: Signed Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5 x 8 ins

Date: 1865

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook. 1865-1867].

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995

Reference: E-511-010

Description: Shows the narrow gorge of the Taieri river with a steep bank (Maori Leap) at left, and another headland at right mid-distance. A mountain is in the background. A sailboat with three people aboard is in the right foreground. Name of river assumed, because of other works done on the Taieri River on the same day. The name Maori Leap is no longer in current use. Another W M Hodgkins drawing in the collection, undated, shows the same area, E-035-q-1-005 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. 6.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ink and wash, 123 x 205 mm. Transfers: Transfer from Manuscripts and Archives, A95-145..

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Underwood & Underwood (Firm)

Reference: PA4-0588

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Bold Axenstrasse, hewn from the cliffs 360 feet above Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, taken by a staff photographer of Underwood and Underwood ca 1900. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - left of image - Underwood & Underwood Publishers.....; Backing board recto - right of image - Works and Studios, Arlington NJ, Littleton N.H. Washington, DC; Backing board recto - beneath image - The Bold Axenstrasse, hewn from the cliffs 360 feet above Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1865

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook. 1865-1867].

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995

Reference: E-511-007

Description: Shows steep cliff bank of river (probably Castle Rock) at right, and another headland at left mid-distance. Mountain in the background. See E-511-008 which is entitled "Castle Rock..." and seems to show same cliff at right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. 6.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 123 x 85 mm. Provenance: Estate of Eric McCormick, 1995. Transfers: Transfer from Manuscripts and Archives, A95-145..

Date: 1844

From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882

By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886

Reference: E-122-q-013

Description: A view into a wooded valley with a steep cliff to the right, houses in the valley. The title of this drawing is not clearly written. No geographical location 'Quam or Quancomport' has been found Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm

Date: 1892

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1953 :[Sketchbook ca 1890]

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: E-390-010

Description: A scene on the Mangahao River Other Titles - On the Mangahao River Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - On the Mongohao R. Feb 92 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 176 x 253 mm