Dillon, Peter, 1788-1847

Date: 1838-1847, 1870

By: Archives Nationales (France)

Reference: MS-0795

Description: Extracts made by R McNab, of New Zealand material in French National Archives. Chiefly correspondence and reports of Lavaud and Langlois, also from A Berard, P Dillon, P Marguy, J A Durauchelle and others, concerning French exploration in the Pacific and plans for colonization Quantity: 1 volume(s) (415 pages). Physical Description: Mss (27 cm; ¼ blue calf, blue morocco)

Date: 1852 - 1851

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; Dickinson & Company

Reference: C-054-006

Description: A group of Maori in front of a tent shelter. The group includes two seated women, one breast-feeding an infant, a naked toddler reclining in front and two young men standing behind, one with a rifle and cartridge case. A tewhatewha (weapon) lied in fron on top of a pile of cloaks. A third woman kneelds to the right, her back to the artist and her face hidden. According to Oliver's accompanying text, the scene is at Kororareka (modern Russell) in 1851, during the feast (hakari) put on by Tamati Waka Nene for Governor George Grey. 'The man on the right with the musket is Neddy, who fought against us under Heki [Hone Heke] at Ruapekapeka. The girl next to him is Maria ... the woman with the baby is said to be the daughter of Chevalier Dillon; and on the left is Jane, who was famous for her personal attractions ... The old lady kneeling on the right is "Na Nuia" Pomare's wife, who placed herself in that becoming attitude to avoid having her portrait taken' From: Oliver, R A A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand [London, 1852, plate 6] The Library holds an original watercolour version of this lithograph at C-054-021 The hand-coloured version of this lithograph is catalogued at PUBL-0032-6 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (two-tone) 269 x 396 mm

Date: 1820-1840

By: Dillon, Peter, 1788-1847

Reference: MS-Papers-0651

Description: Assistance of Lord Stuart de Rothesay, British Ambassador in Paris, sought in negotiations with Prince de Polignac over compensation for expenses incurred in discovery of fate of La Perouse and publication of his Narrative... ; to Lord Russell (8 Apr 1840) expressing views on relations between Maori and missionaries from 1814 and effect of land purchases, with strong criticism of New Zealand Company settlement and officials, especially activities of E G Wakefield Other - Microfilm (MS-Copy-Micro-0373) contains an additional letter to Rev J Pratt dated 13 Oct 1820) re property in Dublin Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 24 May 1834

By: Dillon, Peter, 1788-1847

Reference: MS-Papers-0730

Description: To M Chaigreau; refers briefly to "voyages, charts, maps etc...very acceptable to me in my present undertaking" (studying La Perouse's voyages?) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1847 - 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; Goodman Fielder Wattie (N.Z.); McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985; Oliver, G C S (Mr), active 1970s

Reference: C-054-021

Description: Shows two women seated outside a thatched shelter, the one on the right suckling a baby. At right reclines a small child watching, beside a resting dog (head only visible), and a red-cloaked woman on hands and knees attends a fire behind the group. Behind the 2 seated women, stands a woman with green pendant earring and two feathers in her hair, wearing a white beribboned blouse, and native cloak. The seated woman watching the mother wears her hair with centre part in Victorian style, pulled gently back, looped under the ears. She also wears a European white blouse under a Maori cloak, and over her right ear are two short black and white feathers and a long white plume. There is bush in the left background. Relevant notes by Oliver, to accompany his lithographs in "Sketches in New Zealand" (London, Dickinson Bros, 1852): "Those represented in the drawing belong to Pomare's Pah near the Bay of Islands and were sketched at Koroaiki [Kororareka] at the famous feast of 1851 given by Tamati Waka Nene [Thomas Walker]... The girl [standing behind] is Maria, a remarkably fine girl, and now married to a native. The woman with the baby is said to be the daughter of Chevalier Dillon, and on the left is Jane who is famed for her personal attractions [possibly Jane Gray]. The old lady on the right is Nahuia, Pomare's wife, who placed herself in that "becoming" attitude to avoid having her picture taken". Described in a list of Oliver paintings in the possession of Mr G.C.S. Oliver, as "Four women, baby and child with dog in front of hut". Certificate of verification, signed by Madeleine McClintock on 17 May 1985, on verso of backing board. Similar to "[Half castes New Zealand]" 1851 (privately owned, and illustrated on the front cover of McArthur & Co auction catalogue, 20 October 1983); and the 1852 lithograph "Half castes of Pomare's Pah" (London, Dickinson Bros, 1852). The latter is held at ATL C-054-006, and also as one of the lithographs bound in Richard A. Oliver's "Sketches in New Zealand" (London, Dickinson Bros, 1852). Note that the only legitimate daughter of Chevalier Dillon was not in New Zealand during the period when this picture was executed; she died in Australia in 1849. However this young woman may be illegitimate The only "Nga Huia" found in biographical files (no "Nahuia" found) was a daughter of Pomare rather than a wife. 'Jane, famed for her personal attractions' may be Jane Gray, daughter of Alexander Gray and Kotero Hinerangi. Other Titles - Four women; baby and child with dog in front of hut. A group outside a tent, Pomare's Pa, Bay of Islands [former title] Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Halfcasts - Pomare's Pah / Bay of Islands. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 252 x 356 mm (sight). Provenance: Passed down through the Oliver family to Mr G.C.S. Oliver of Rutland, England. Exhibited at New Zealand House, London for about 20 years, to the early 1980s. Inherited by G.C.S. Oliver's daughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock of Sheffield, England, and then sold in October 1985, McArthur and Co auction, Auckland, to the Goodman Group.

Date: 1851, 1852

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand

Reference: PUBL-0032-6

Description: A group of Māori in front of a tent shelter. The group includes two seated women, one breast-feeding an infant, a naked todler reclining in front and two young men standing behind, one with a rifle and cartridge case. A tewhatewha lies in front on top of a pile of cloaks. A third woman kneels to the right, her back to the artist and her face hidden. According to Oliver's accompanying text, the scene is at Kororāreka (modern Russell) in 1851, during the feast (hākari) put on by Tamati Waka Nene. Text reads: 'The man on the right with the musket is Neddy, who fought against us under Heki (Hone Heke) at Ruapekapeka. The girl next to him is Maria ... the woman with the baby is said to be the daughter of the Chevalier Dillon; and on the left is Jane, who was famous for her personal attractions ...The old lady kneeling on the right is "Na Nuia" Pomare's wife, who placed herself in that becoming attitude to avoid having her portrait taken.' 'Jane, who was famous for her personal attractions' may be Jane Gray, daughter of Alexander Gray and Kotero Hinerangi. Title transcribed from item. The Library has an original watercolour version of this lithograph at C-054-021. The Library has an uncoloured version of the tinted lithograph at C-054-006. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 hand-coloured lithograph, 268 x 391 mm

Date: 1823 - 1829

From: Dillon, Peter, 1788-1847 :Narrative and successful result of a voyage in the South Seas, performed by order of the Government of British India to ascertain the actual fate of La Perouse's expedition ... In two volumes. London,; Hurst, Chance & Co., 1829.

By: Ingrey, C, active 1829

Reference: PUBL-0177-1-front

Description: Shows Captain Peter Dillon, Martin Bushart and William Wilson, on top of a small hillock in the left foreground, defending themselves against a group of Fijians. Other members of the ship's party are being killed or cooked near a fire at the extreme right. According to Dillon's book, the incident took place on 6 September. Other Titles - Fiji Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 157 x 229 mm, on page 225 x 273 mm (folded frontispiece)

Date: 1937

By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949

Reference: A-452-022

Description: Shows a three-masted sailing ship at anchor in a bay. The coastline is densely covered in bush and trees. A waka rows out towards the ship; other figures stand on the shore Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts Probably intended as an illustration for one of James Cowan's stories, destined for the Enzed Junior, the 1930s children's supplement to the "Auckland Star". It might have been about Captain Peter Dillon, who solved the mystery of the disappearance of the French expedition ships Astrolable and Boussole at Vanikoro Island in the New Hebrides, in 1827 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - M / 37 [in ink]; Verso - top left - Enzed Junior [in pencil]; Verso - top right - Return to J Cowan [in pencil]; Verso - bottom centre - For story of the(?) Timber Ships / (Capt Dillon) [in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on laid paper, 217 x 253 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2097.