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An incident during a Hau-hau raid on a settler’s farm.
On label verso mount: An incident during a Hauhau raid on a settler’s farm. Painted by Major von Tempsky. Presented by Mrs N Kettle (née von Tempsky)
Camp Te Papa, Tauranga.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Camp Te Papa, Tauranga 23 April 64 5; verso in ink: My tent has a black patch. The general’s quarters in the left hand house I have nothing to colour with and have done what I could with a steel & quill pen. I hope…
The Dusthole at Maungatautere.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: The dusthole at Maungatautere 2 April 64; verso: 47
English picket watching native position - Nukumaru Wanganui.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: 26.1.65
Fort Robert 28 June 1864. Coast of New Zealand - Taranaki.
Left - right in pencil: Fort Robert 28 June 1864. Coast of New Zealand. Taranaki; a. verso: [unfinished pencil sketch] b. verso: [watercolour titled:] Oakura 28 June.
Taranaki. Fort Robert.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Taranaki Fort Robert 28th June 1864; verso: 19
Headquarters Camp. N.Z.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Hd. Qur. Camp. N.Z. 14/4/64; verso [two pencil sketches]; in pencil: The Brute, copy; in ink: 75; [pencil & wash drawing] 75
Tags: Horses, Image, Military camps, Nineteenth century, Still Image, Wars, Works of Art
Headquarters Camp. Te Awamutu.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: Hd Qu.rs Camp. Te Awamutu 19 March 64. On the Munga Piko River, the Artillery on the right and our Mess is in the Shanty behind the 3 gun; verso: [letter dated Sunday 20 March]
Henry Jones, 50 th Regt.
Lower left (l.l.) - right (r.) in pencil: Henry Jones 50.th Regt. 24 March 1865; verso: 103
Interior of our headquarters shanty at Te Awamutu.
Upper left (u.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in ink: March 19th 1864, My dear little Janet, I wish you many happy returns of the day and hope you will be a good little girl and sometimes think of your Papa, who often wishes to see you all again - as I am…
Interior of our mess whare - Te Awamutu. N.Z.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: interior of our mess Whare Te Awamutu. N. Z. 19 March 1864; on boxes below figures in pencil: Medical Comforts No 1, carcase 4 2/5 How.z Amm.n, 750 Enf.d Rifle; in pencil: Dr. Temple, Lt. Col. Williams, Lt. Col. Barstow,…
John Lawrence. 50th Regt.
Lower left (l.l.) - right (r.) in pencil: John Lawrence 50.th Regt. sketched from life on Tongahoe River, Wanganui N. Z. 24 March 1865; verso: 103.
Landing at Pukerimu.
Margin below image r. in pencil: Landing at Pukerimu - April 64; on original mount: Sir Havelock’s charger drowned here
Looking up the Wanganui River from sandhills near the town.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Looking up the Wanganui River from Sandhills near the town 16 January 65
23 January. The Mowhanau Stream. Close to Alexander’s Farm.
Lower left (l.l.) - l.r. in pencil: 23 Jan.y. The Mowhanau Stream. Close to Alexander’s Farm High Water
Tags: Coasts, Image, Kai Iwi (N.Z.), Nineteenth century, Paintings, Rivers, Still Image, Wars, Watercolors, Works of Art
Mount Egmont and the Waitara Plain.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: M.t Egmont and the Waitara Plain; verso: 29; on mount: Visited some natives with Col. Warre in … 1864 June. This gives a very fair idea of Mount Egmont from the Waitara Plains. The sea is behind Spectator. The scene of…
Mount Egmont from Oakura.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: M.t Egmont from Oakura 28 June 1864; on original mount: Oakura stream on the Coast near Taranaki. Capt. Trajet & Surgeon Hope 57 Reg.t were shot here in an ambush early in 1863. This began the war -
One of our Brasier’s non fighting days, so we air our kits, and old Timefuze gets his horses shod. Waitotara.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: 2; l.l. - l.r. in ink: One of our Brasier's non fighting days, so we air our kits, and old Timefuze gets his horses shod. Waitotara 14 Feb 65; through image (on tent) in ink: 4 B 7/A; through image (on a box) in opaque…
Patea. Our seige train and flying artillery.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Patea EW [monogram]; verso in pencil: The gun park of the H.D Qu.r Column on the Patea 20 Feb.y 65; verso with brush: Patea; On original sketchbook mount: Our Seige Train & flying Artillery
The picket, Nukumaru. 30 Jany. 65 - near Wanganui.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: The Picket, Nukamaru 30 Jan.y 65 near Wanganui; on original sketchbook mount: J. Johnson of 40th Reg.t killed here. The Scene of a brisk skirmish with the Maories - on 29 January 1865
Portrait of a Captain of Infantry on the march. New Zealand.
Lower left (l.l.) - right (r.) in ink: Portrait of a Captain of Infantry on the march New Zealand 1865. O Tempora O Mores!!!; l.l. - r. in pencil: EW [monogram] Sir R. Douglas B.t Cap.t 57th Reg.t; verso in pencil: 94, 94
Pukerimu, Landing place.
On original sketchbook mount: Pukerimu, Landing Place April 1864; verso in ink: Looking down the Waikato from the landing place, commissariat stores - the steamer coming up with flats in tow…[letter continues]…I read your letters looking on the…
Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Pukerimu.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: R.A. & R.E. Pukerimu 13 April - 64; verso: 75 [unfinished sketch of boats]
Seige train on Pukerimu Flats, Waikato.
Verso in pencil: No 4 Seige train on Pukerimu Flats, Waikato