Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-278-q-061

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Robley depicting a preserved Maori head and detail drawings of the tattoes Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 150 x 114 mm

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-278-q-061-B

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Robley depicting a preserved Maori head and detail drawings of the tattoes Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 150 x 114 mm

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-278-q-061-A

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Robley depicting a preserved Maori head and detail drawings of the tattoes Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 150 x 114 mm

Date: [ca 1883-1935]

By: Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945

Reference: MS-Group-0028

Description: Papers collected by Donne relating to his interest in aspects of Maori culture and to his work in the Tourist Department promoting tourism in Rotorua. Also contains correspondence notebooks and notes on Donne's collection of Maori artifacts Part of the papers consists of material relating to Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley, 1840-1930. Includes annotated photographs and magazine cuttings illustrating Robley's collection of dried Maori heads - also photograph of Robley with his dried head collection. See MS-Group-0027 Quantity: 23 folder(s). 6 volume(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1870 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Dutton, Nellie, active 1922-1938; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Haggett, Frank C, active 1930s; Hamilton, Augustus, 1853-1913; Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920; Jones, Hubert (Rev), active 1904-1950; McAuslan, Gordon S, 1913-1996; Mills, Marjory Hinemoa, 1896-1987; Norwood, R D, active 1904; Reid, E M (Miss), active 1939; Renton, David Proctor, -1945; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-D

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: I Dallas (by McAuslan, ca 1935), Ray C & Anne E Davies (by David P Renton of Timaru, 1936), Stella Davis (by Hilda Wiseman), Stella M Davis (by Hilda Wiseman), R A Davison (by F C Haggett, 1931), Jean & Graham Dawson (by E Mervyn Taylor), Louise C Diehl (2 commercial? plates), Dilworth School (designed by Rev. Hubert Jones, drawn by R D Norwood, engraved by Ferguson & Mitchell, Dunedin ca 1904), Ethel Mary Dobson (by Marjorie H Mills ca 1953?), John Mills Dobson (by Marjorie H Mills, 1953), Dominion Museum Wellington (2 plates by August Hamilton, ca 1910?), Dominion Museum Wellington (by J L Martin, ca 1910), A E Donne (by W S Percy), T E Donne (design by H G Robley), Russell Duncan (by Hilda Wiseman, based on H G Robley picture), Dunedin Public Library (2 typographic plates and one by Robert Hawcridge, 1914), Wm Marsden Du Rieu (heraldic, 19th century), Nellie Dutton (by Miss E M Reid, 1939). Quantity: 21 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.

Date: 1900

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: E-280-051

Description: Copy of a carving of a chief and his wife greeting each other. The woman has more tattooing on her face than was customary in Robley's day in the 1860s. The forehead moko is `Maketu' and the mouth moko is `Ngaiterangi'. Shoulders are covered with whakairo. The carving was taken to England by Lord Onslow and put up ay Clandon Park, Surrey. Similar images at E-280-016 (1-7) See notes on verso of E-280-016-2 Inscriptions: Verso - Hongi. Chief and spouse with tattooing of rank Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on postcard 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1880 - 1900

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: E-280-043/048

Description: Scenes of India and possibly Sri Lanka Inscriptions: [Some signed] H. Robley. Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings 137 x 87 mm

Date: 1865

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: A-280-012-a-4

Description: Head and shoulders three-quarters frontal portrait of fully-tattooed Maori chief Tomika te Mutu From M. S. papers 16 See also: "Moko", p. 22, fig. 15. Photographs of another version of E-280-012 This version is placed centrally on the postcard. The other versions at A-280-012 are placed on the left side of the card Inscriptions: Verso - in ink 'Tomika te Mutu, finely tattooed chief of Tauranga. A photograph of a sketch taken from life by General Gordon Robley in 1865'. Below are crossed out notes: 'When our present King and Queen met 7000 Maoris at P. O. on June 18. 14. 5. 1906 [sic] the Artist sent it in an enlarged painting in rem' [crossed out note ends abruptly] Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard

Date: 1865 - 1900

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Tutu Ngarahu. Maori war dance. [ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-052-01

Description: Shows a leaping Maori warrior with tewhatewha, wearing a feathered loin cloth, full tattoo on face, and thigh (puhoro) performing a haka. The haka is called tutu ngarahu Similar images at E-280-011 (1-5) Inscriptions: G.R.; Recto - beneath image - Tutu Ngarahu Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1867 - 1864

From: Illustrated London news :Various scenes of early New Zealand published in the Illustrated London News. 1860s

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: B-070-011

Description: A Maori man and two women seated outside a carved gateway and the palisade of Maketu Pal, near Tauranga. The woman in the white skirt has been identified as Hineaturama, Phillip Tapsell's third wife. The seated man with the spear to the right is Hikaroa. The dog in the foreground was sent from Denmark to Philip Tapsell in New Zealand by his brother. It was a Dutch barge dog. The gate shown in this view is now in the Vienna Museum. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 50, p. 27, 1867. Robley's watercolour on which this wood engraving is based is in the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust Museum, accession number MMC 808. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: 1880 - 1865 - 1890

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-011-3

Description: Shows a Maori warrior performing a haka. He is holding a tewhatewha. There is detailed tattooing known as `puhoro' on his left thigh. Tutu ngarahu is the name of the type of haka See also "Moko", p. 32, fig. 27. Almost identical drawing of Tutu Ngarahu on E-280-011-5 has the inscription on verso `carved gate at Maketu 1865'. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of a drawing on postcard 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1864 - 1900 - 1865

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :[Postcards. ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-078

Description: Shows a leaping Maori warrior with tewhatewha, wearing a feathered loin cloth, full tattoo on face, and thigh (puhoro) performing a haka. The name of the haka is tutu ngarahu Similar images at E-280-011 (1-5). Same image at E-280-052-1 Inscriptions: G.R.; Recto - beneath image - Tutu Ngarahu Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1865 - 1900

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Tutu Ngarahu. Maori war dance. [ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-052-07

Description: Shows a leaping Maori sentry with tewhatewha, wearing a feathered loin cloth, four huia feathers in his hair, full tattoo on face, and thigh (puhoro) performing a haka. The haka's name is tutu ngarahu Similar images at E-280-011 (1-5) Inscriptions: [Signed] G. Robley; Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 90 x 140 mm

Date: 1864

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: A-033-008

Description: At the top, a plan view of two lots of trenches at Gate Pa with water shown at 150 yards distance on both sides. The rear of the pa and a breach are both marked. In the centre, an elevation of the palisade in front of the pa, with the flag flying above the palisade to the left. Below, a cross-section showing several Maori men sheltered inside dug-outs, with a palisade beyond; a detail of the palisades, bottom centre; a detail of the Ngai Te Rangi 'fighting flag' bottom right. The flag shows a red ground with white cross, crescent and star. There are also some dimensions given below and a key to the covered passages shown on the plan view. See also a very similar but more roughly-drawn version of this view at A-033-008-1 Other Titles - Lieutenant, regiment Light Infantry Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - [Signed] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash drawing 250 x 310 mm

Date: 1860 - 1900 - 1869

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Tutu Ngarahu. Maori war dance. [ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-052-02

Description: Shows a leaping Maori warrior with tewhatewha, wearing a feathered loin cloth, full tattoo on face, and thigh (puhoro) performing a haka. The haka's name is tutu ngarahu Similar images at E-280-011 (1-5) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - G.Robley; Recto - beneath image - Tutu Ngarahu Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1864 - 1900

From: [Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Waka Taua. Maori war canoes, Tauranga Harbour. Christmas Day, 1864. ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: E-280-059-6

Description: Shows one waka near the shore with another in pursuit close behind. Possibly in Tauranga Harbour and the man in the centre is possibly Hikaturia Te Mea Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 83 x 140 mm Provenance: Donne/Fuller

Date: 1864 - 1900

From: [Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Waka Taua. Maori war canoes, Tauranga Harbour. Christmas Day, 1864. ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: E-280-059-5

Description: Shows one waka near the shore with another in pursuit close behind. Possibly in Tauranga Harbour and the man in the centre is possibly Hikaturia Te Mea Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 140 mm Provenance: Donne/Fuller

Date: [1880s-1900s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Iles, James, active 1878; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-518

Description: Includes photographs of Maori artefacts in museum context. Possibly created by James Edge-Partington, an anthropologist who studied artefacts in New Zealand and the Pacific. This volume is in the same style of album, with similar photographs and articles as Webster album 4 (PA1-o-519) which has Edge-Partington's named bookplate inside the front cover. Studies of a variety of artefacts including an instrument giving a decoy call for kiwi; a sea leopard's tooth carved and worn as a pendant (from Stewart Island); whale teeth pendants; weapons; tools; carved waka, prows of waka; carved meeting houses; Te Kooti's house "Te Waho"; carved storehouses; a Maori kite; eel traps and fish hooks. The artefacts are from various collections in New Zealand and overseas, including the Chapman Collection, the Hamilton Collection, the Hocken Collection and General Robley's Collection. Cuttings from articles written by James Edge-Partington from anthropological journals are inserted in the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Abum with dark grey cover; 26 x 21 cm

Date: 1864

Reference: A-080-029-1

Description: Shows ground plan, details of fence, trenches and flag. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - [Signed] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 212 x 335 mm

Date: 1865 - 1900

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Tutu Ngarahu. Maori war dance. [ca 1900]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-280-052-08

Description: Shows a leaping Maori sentry with tewhatewha, wearing a feathered loin cloth, full tattoo on face, and thigh (puhoro) performing a haka in front of a carved entranceway gate. The haka's name is tutu ngarahu Similar image at E-280-011-5 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: watercolour 140 x 90 mm on postcard