Burns, Barnet, 1807?-1860

Date: 1926

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-171

Description: Newspaper cuttings concerning the cases of John Rutherford of the brig Agnes, who in 1816 was captured by East Cape Maori, and of Barnet Burns in 1829, both of whom claimed to have been made chiefs. The cuttings have been taken from the `Gisborne Times'. Includes articles on early Pakeha/ Maori relationships and cannibalism and some handwritten notes on Hongi. The volumes are labelled `7' and `8', but no other volumes in this sequence have been found. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items.

Date: 1 May 1845-4 Sep 1846

By: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 1820-1879

Reference: MS-2210-2211

Description: Diary kept by J Wakefield in London after his return from New Zealand Diary refers to a public address by Barnet Burns, an English sailor who lived among East Coast Maori, 1827-ca 1836, in London on 6 Sep 1845. Source of title - Transcribed title Relationship complexity - Typescript available at MS-2209 Arrangement: MS-2211 is a photocopy of MS-2210 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (160 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (25cm)

Date: 1906

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-143

Description: Holograph drafts, proof sheets, clippings, and maps, mainly relating to Kimble Bent, Gustavus von Tempsky, and Barnet Burns. The maps are ink drawings by A H Messenger and comprise a 'Sketch showing attack on Katikara Entrenchments June 4 1863'; 'North Island of New Zealand "Te Ika a Maui" Scenes of principal engagements in Maori Wars 1845-1872'; and 'Map showing the lines of Military posts between the Thames Gulf & the Waikato River. 1863'. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Folder of holograph drafts, printer's proofs, clippings, and maps drawn in ink.

Date: 1842 - 1843

Reference: B-032-016

Description: Shows full-length portrait of Barnet Burns, in Maori dress, holding long spear in left hand. In right background is a grass dwelling, and in left background is a sailing ship. Another copy held in Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, Cat. no. U/35. Extended Title - Lecture Room, Nelson Street. Extraordinary attraction. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Lecture Room, Nelson Street. / Extraordinary attraction. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Broadside, black and white 505 x 190 mm.

Date: 1849 - 1850

By: Sutcliffe, J, active 1840s-1850s; Monkhouse, W, active 1840s

Reference: B-110-061

Description: Shows Barnet Burns, a European, in Maori costume and with his head heavily tattooed. He wears a feather cloak, short fringed skirt, and laced sandals, and has an axe tucked into his belt. His shoulder length hair is partially bound in a topknot, with feathers standing up from it. He wears a tiki around his neck, and holds a taiaha in his right hand. At the left a dog sits on the ground beside him. Dating: This lithograph has been dated 1844, probably on the basis of Barnet Burns' booklet, A brief narrative of a New Zealand chief ... printed in Belfast, in 1844. However the lithograph is 'drawn from life' and published in York. Burns visited York to lecture only once, in December 1849 to January 1850. The publication date of 1849 or 1850 appears to be more likely than 1844. Barnet Burns gave lectures in Britain during a visit from New Zealand. The first lecture mentioned on NZBN was in 1842. A book reproducing a version of this portrait, was published in 1850. Other Titles - Pahe-A-Range Inscriptions: Verso - top left - R 180 - Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 383 x 266 mm, on sheet 506 x 379 mm. Provenance: Previously from an Australian source. The inscription R 180 on verso, may indicate an Indian or Russian provenance.

Date: 25 Jan-31 May 1836

By: Nott, T (Rev), active 1836

Reference: MS-1724

Description: Includes account of Maori life and customs as related by Barnet Burns, a sailor who left England for Australasia in 1827, married a Maori woman and lived for some time among East Coast Maori. He left New Zealand in 1834 and later made public appearances in England and Australia describing his experiences; Thomas Morgan also heard him in Southampton in 1836, and E J Wakefield attended his lecture in London in 1845. Also contains material for sermons and other religious commentary Source of title - Supplied title Reverend Nott was a Southampton minister of religion Quantity: 1 volume(s) (356 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (20 cm; marbled boards, in phase box)

Date: [1990s?], ca 1843

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1843

Description: Copy of an advertisement for a lecture by Barnet Burns, a Pākehā-Māori man also known as Pahe-a-Range. Photocopy made circa 1990s. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1840 - 1842

By: Bull & Turner (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-059-007-a

Description: Portrait of tattooed Pahe-a-Range (Barnet Burns) clipped and glued to paper backing along with the title of the broadsheet on which it appeared and part of the associated text for Burns' first lecture Bagnall item no. 795. Ferguson copy has bottom line: A beautiful panoramic view of New Zealand will be exhibited. Ferguson copy also lacks bottom border. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Broadside, black and white, trimmed and glued to sheet 230 x 102 mm Provenance: Purchase: Collection of K A Webster, London, 1970. Includes stamp on recto: Webster Collection, with inked number 2044

Date: 1840 - 1842

By: Bull & Turner (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-059-007

Description: Portrait of a tattooed European man Pahe-a-Range (Barnet Burns) at the head of a broadsheet advertising two lectures in England on 'the manners and customs of the New Zealanders' (Maori). Bagnall item no. 795. Ferguson copy has bottom line: A beautiful panoramic view of New Zealand will be exhibited. Ferguson copy also lacks bottom border. Another copy held at A-059-007-a, but this is fragmented, and mounted on broadsheet. Bull & Turner engraved similar image of Barnet Burns - see A-059-002. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Broadside, black and white 340 x 185 mm. Provenance: Purchase: Collection of K A Webster, London, 1970

Date: [194-]

From: Mackay, Joseph Angus, 1882-1952 : Notes on early settlers in Poverty Bay

Reference: MS-Papers-1006-02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1836 (transcribed Aug 1911)

By: Morgan, Thomas, active 1836

Reference: qMS-1396

Description: An attempt to enlist the sympathy of the British government in the colonising schemes of Burns. Contains much biographical information on Burns, an English sailor who lived among East Coast Maori between 1827-1834, returning to England afterwards and giving lectures in Southampton and London, and also Australia, on his travels and experiences. Original documents at the Public Record Office, London; CO 208/2 New Zealand, 1836 and 1837. Transcriber is unknown. Source of title - Title page Thomas Morgan was a Southampton (England) resident Quantity: 1 volume(s) (28 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; ½ green morocco, light green boards; by Riviere and Sons) Provenance: Acquired by A H Turnbull.

Date: 1904-1906 [n d]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-73

Date: 1989

From: Starke, June, 1923-2006 : Research papers

Reference: 2001-060-25

Description: Research notes toward an essay on Barnet Burns Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1 May 1845-4 Sep 1846 (1953)

By: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 1820-1879

Reference: MS-2209

Description: Diary kept by E J Wakefield in London after his return from New Zealand Mentions hearing address by Barnet Burns, an English sailor who lived among East Coast Maori between 1827 and ca 1836, in entry for 6 Sep 1845 Source of title - Transcribed title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (57 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (25cm, red linen)

Date: [1907-1915]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935

Reference: PAColl-10460-19

Description: Photographs relating to Māori people, whare, and landscapes, taken by various photographers including Thomas Andrew, between circa 1907 and 1915. Some of the images are photographs of artworks including paintings and sketches. Includes: - Images of Kipa Hemi Wharo and his mother Haromi - An image of Lieutenant H. S. Bates [?] - An image of a Māori battle scene (possibly from the filming of 'Rewi's Last Stand') - A whare in Ruatoki - Tamasese photographed by [Thomas?] Andrew - A photograph of a sketch by S Percy Smith dated 1858, of Rotomahana - A photograph of a painting of Ruapekapeka dated 1846 - James McDonald dated 1925 [unclear whether he is the photographer or subject] - A photograph of a painting of a young [Sir] George Grey - Te Rauru wharenui, Whakarewarewa, dated 1886, by J. M. - A photograph of a sketch of Te Rauparaha "during his visit to the College June 6th 1847" which also includes an inset of his mark - A photograph of a sketch of an [unknown] stockade - An unknown Māori man dressed in a pākē (rain cape) and pōtae tauā (mourning cap) - A whale surfacing - A photograph of a sketch of an unnamed pā near Te Rore and Te Rangiawhia drawn by E. Brooke - A photograph of a sketch of Te Whiti - A photograph of Lindauer's painting of tā moko, the annotation on the back says that Tupotahi is chanting in the image - The interior of an unknown carved whare - Images of Kauri trees in Waipoua Forest - The carved door of Te Puea's meeting house 'Te Paki o Matariki' - Interior of "the Maori War Memorial Church at Kahukura, Waiapu Valley, East Cape" - A photograph of a sketch of Barnet Burns - Images of Māori men performing haka with both Māori and European style weapons - Te Arawa chief Kiharoa of Rotorua and Maketu - Three Māori women whitebaiting on the Waikato River - A pātaka - Tupotahi wearing European style clothing - A kōtuku (white heron) Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 Other printed ephemera item(s). Transfers: Drawings removed for storage reasons. See A-472-026, 027, 034, 038, and 039..

From: Burns, Barnet, b.1807 :A brief narrative of a New Zealand chief. Being the remarkable history of Barnet Burns, an English sailor, with a faithful account of the way in which he became a chief of one of the tribes of New Zealand ... Belfast, Printed by R & D Read, 1844.

Reference: PUBL-0074-front

Description: Head and shoulders three-quarters frontal portrait of English sailor Barnet Burns, with his face fully tattoed. He is wearing European clothes Extended Title - From The same image also appears on a broadside published England, 1842, advertising Barns' lecture at the Lincoln Mechanics' Institute, in May and June 1842. Copy at A-059-002 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 95 x 155 mm

Date: 1842

By: Bull & Turner (Firm)

Reference: A-059-002

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Barnet Burns within text. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Bull & Turner Sc. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of broadside. Text area 350 x 100 mm (same size as original).

From: Burns, Barnet, b.1807 :A brief narrative of a New Zealand chief. Being the remarkable history of Barnet Burns, an English sailor, with a faithful account of the way in which he became a chief of one of the tribes of New Zealand ... Belfast, Printed by R & D Read, 1844.

Reference: PUBL-0074-26

Description: A standing full-length portrait of Barnet Burns, an Englishman who, after being shipwrecked, lived amongst the Maori in 1829, and had himself tattooed. He is wearing feathers in his hair, a fur or feather cloak, a flax skirt, a weapon (probably meant to be a patu) in his belt, a taiaha in his left hand and neck adornments, including a version of a tiki. He has a full facial moko and moko on his calves. Beside his left foot lies a human leg-bone and beyond that is a small hut. In the background, at sea, a European ship is foundering. Below the portrait, a range of Maori spears, bludgeons and clubs forms a decorative pattern Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 120 x 105 mm

Date: 1849 - 1850

By: Sutcliffe, J, active 1840s-1850s; Monkhouse, W, active 1840s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-110-061-a

Description: Shows Barnet Burns, a European, in Maori costume and with his head heavily tattooed. He wears a feather cloak, short fringed skirt, and laced sandals, and has an axe tucked into his belt. His shoulder length hair is partially bound in a topknot, with feathers standing up from it. He wears a tiki around his neck, and holds a taiaha in his right hand. At the left a dog sits on the ground beside him. Dating: This lithograph has been dated 1844, probably because Barnet Burns' booklet 'A brief narrative of a New Zealand chief ...' was published in Belfast in 1844. However the lithograph was 'drawn from life' in York, and Barnet Burns visited York only once, in December 1849 to January 1850. The publication date of 1849 or 1850 seems more likely than 1844. Barnet Burns gave lectures in Britain during a visit from New Zealand. The first lecture mentioned on NZBN was in 1842. A book reproducing a version of this portrait, was published in 1850. Other Titles - Pahe-A-Range Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 383 x 266 mm, on trimmed sheet 400 x 288 mm.