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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Watercolour botanical illustration of Ranunculus buchananii with two white flowers, divided leaves and roots, labelled below.

Ranunculus buchananii Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with arched bridges, classical ruins, a temple and tall trees.

Landscape with ruins

Grey wash drawing of a river flowing through dense forest toward a snowy mountain peak under a cloudy sky.

Looking up the Karangarua Range from above the Great Cataract

George Sturtevant, 1895

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering stem with white violet-veined blossoms, green leaves and pencil sketches.

Sisyrinchium chilense

Fanny Richardson, 1921

Pseudocaranx dentex (Tas) : White trevally

Frank Edward Clarke, 1868

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap, looking to the side with a serious expression.

Bust of an old man with a fur cap and flowing beard

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Watercolour of white silica terraces descending to a lake, with a canoe in the foreground and mountains beyond.

The White Terraces

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1881

Black and white print of a pale limestone cliff above a stream, with a wooden footbridge on stone piers and a tree at left.

The limestone rock

Sydney Lee, 1904

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of two young girls with windswept hair, one turning her head to the side.

Sketch of two young girls in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil drawing of a shirtless man in dark bathing trunks seated with one leg extended, looking toward the viewer.

Untitled (Man, seated, in bathing suit)

Elizabeth Berry, 1926

Woodblock print of five white egrets standing together among falling snow over blue water.

Five white egrets

Ohara Koson, 1927

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing man in a draped cloak raising a cup, on blue-grey paper.

Standing male figure holding a cup

Palma il Giovane

Pencil sketch of a lake with steep mountains behind it and a small wooden building with a jetty on the left shore.

Lake Taylor

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor of stormy waves breaking on a sandy shore beside grassy dunes, with dark rocks and seagulls under a grey sky.

The wind and the sea

Watercolour landscape of a tree-lined road with riders and a dog, a ruined castle on a distant hill under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

David Cox the elder, 1830

Grey wash drawing of a lake with rocky mountains, ruined buildings on the shore, and trees in the foreground.

Lake and mountains

Woodcut of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, angels and a star above a stable.

The Adoration of the Magi. From: The life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, 1501

Botanical engraving of a Pseudopanax branch with serrated leaves, flower clusters, and detail sketches of flower and fruit.

Pseudopanax arboreus (Murray) Philipson

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Pencil sketch of several figures bent over digging in a flat field, with distant trees and buildings on the horizon.

Digging roots

Petrus van der Velden

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with boulders and grass, calm water, and steep hillsides rising behind it.

Island Bay

James Crowe Richmond, 1869

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a well, with a town and figures in the background.

Christ and the woman of Samaria: an arched print

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1657

Watercolour and pencil sketch of a tray with a teapot, jug and covered pot on a white bed against a mauve background.

Watercolour sketch of a tray on a bed

Gertrud Kauders, 1905

Pencil sketch of rolling hills on a tan sketchbook page, numbered 29, with shaded slopes and loose ground strokes.

Sketch of hills from An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Watercolour of sailing boats at a quay with fishermen and fish in the foreground under a stormy sky.

A windy day

Etching of ragged poor people, including a hooded woman with a basket, a barefoot child and elderly figures in a doorway.

The Cause of the Poor

William Strang, 1890

Loose pencil sketch on a tan sketchbook page showing a girl with a cat, drawn in quick diagonal hatching.

Sketch of girl with cat in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Sepia watercolour of a tidal estuary with mudflats, two sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and rocky cliffs.

Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, Wales

Black and white engraving of a nude model beside an easel with a line drawing, a pitcher, and draped fabric in a studio.

Artist and model no. 1

John Buckland-Wright, 1935

Pencil sketch of a river with rowing boats, riverbank trees, windmills and birds under a pale sky.

River scene

Petrus van der Velden

Watercolour of a river with a hill, tree line, and thatched hut on stilts at right, under a pale sky.

Mount Rochfort from the Buller

James Crowe Richmond, 1862