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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Engraved botanical print of Dendrobium cunninghamii with slender stems, narrow leaves, white flowers and aerial roots.

Dendrobium cunninghamii Lindley

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Engraved oval allegory of Colouring: a seated woman raises a brush toward a rainbow beside a palette, chameleon at her feet.

Colouring

Angelica Kauffmann, 1780

Watercolor drawing of a spotted silver trout (Galaxias gracilis) in side view with handwritten fin counts above it.

Galaxias gracilis ( dwarf inanga)

Frank Edward Clarke, 1866

Grey-toned botanical drawing of a shrub branch with narrow willow-like leaves and upright spikes of white flowers.

Hebe salicifolia (G. Forster) Pennell

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Hand-coloured 1805 naval plan showing British warships in two columns attacking a curved enemy fleet at sea.

Plan of the attack by Lord Nelson, on the combined fleet, October 21st 1805

Robert Dodd, 1805

Pencil sketchbook page with dense hatching, outlined boat-like forms, and a handwritten word, numbered 6.

Sketches and words. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Black and white botanical engraving of a trailing plant with oval leaves, small flower clusters and long seed pods.

Glycine tabacina (Labillardiere) Bentham

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil drawing of a young boy with frilled collar seated by a tree, chin resting on hand, dated 1813.

Untitled [portrait of David Frazer]

David Wilkie, 1813

Watercolor of a settler's wooden cottage with chimney among tall trees, tree ferns, hens and distant mountains near Dunedin.

A settler's new home near Dunedin

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Engraved botanical print of a flowering Olearia paniculata branch with shaded leaves and clusters of white flowers.

Olearia paniculata (Forster & G. Forster) Druce

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Etching of robed lamas seated in a dim monastery with long ritual horns, hanging banners, and an altar with offering vessels.

The Lamas. From: Ladaki plates

Ernest Stephen Lumsden, 1919

Watercolour of an old stone church with a bell turret among trees, with a woman in a long dress standing on a dirt road.

Old church among trees

A Blanchard, 1824

Grey-toned botanical illustration of a branch with large pointed leaves and clusters of small flowers on cream paper.

Coprosma australis (A. Richard) Robinson

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Grey wash drawing of coastal rocks, a sea stack, figures at a cave arch, and a sailing boat on distant water.

Cliffs and rocks

William Bartlett

Etching of a ruined gothic building with tall open arches, carts and workers gathered at its demolition site in the street.

Demolition of St. James' Hall, exterior

Muirhead Bone, 1907

Engraved botanical print of Gratiola sexdentata with several leafy stems and small flowers, plus dissection details at right.

Gratiola sexdentata R. Cunningham ex Cunningham

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Pencil drawing of a bearded man in a robe resting his head on his hand beside a table with a skull.

The master

Petrus van der Velden

Watercolour of a curly-haired cherub with pink wings holding a white dove, in a circular vignette against a blue sky.

Cherub with dove

Thomas Stewart Monkhouse, 1860

Monochrome print of a barefoot woman in a flowing gown holding blossoms, beneath a flowering branch and draped curtain.

Spring. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, 1869

Pencil sketch of grey clouds over a row of buildings with chimneys and a small cow in the lower left corner.

Sketch with sky, buildings and cow in A wellington sketchbook c 1908-12

Petrus van der Velden, 1908

Soft grey sketch of a coastline with a sailing boat, distant buildings, figures on the sand, and a heavy stormy sky.

Flamborough Head

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo reading an open book in a stone arched niche.

St Simon. Plate 4. From: Christ and the Apostles

Lambert Suavius, 1545

Pastel drawing of women in long dresses and hats walking by water with glowing evening lights reflected.

On the banks of the Serpentine

James Herald, 1905

Sepia print of a robed woman drawing a lot from an attendant while women in flowing gowns stand in an arched hall.

Princess Sabra Drawing the Lot. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, 1865

Watercolour of a hayfield with haystacks, two small figures working, trees on the horizon, and a large cloudy blue sky.

Landscape

Margaret Stoddart

Botanical drawing of a morning glory vine with funnel flowers, buds, and heart-shaped leaves in grey tones.

Ipomoea species (Ipomoea longiflora auct. non R. Brown 1810 [non Willdenow 1809])

Sydney Parkinson, 1810

Watercolor street scene of a old town lane with a well, people in period dress, timber houses and a distant spire.

Street scene, France

Etching of barges and a sailing boat on a misty river, with a sun glowing through fog above a city skyline.

From Waterloo Bridge: Sun bursting through fog

C. R. W. Nevinson, 1924

Grey botanical drawing of a leafy branch with oval leaves and small buds on a cream sheet.

Myrsine australis (A. Richard) Allan

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Pencil sketch of a draped seated figure with loose folds of cloth on tan paper.

The draped figure, seated

James McNeill Whistler, 1893