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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Etching of a large arched gateway with a small cloaked figure in a wide-brimmed hat standing on the street below.

Gate of Justice, Granada

Sydney Mackenzie Litten, 1930

Watercolour of cattle on a path below trees, with a hazy mountain range and valley beyond.

Vale of the Lludwy

David Cox the elder

Open sketchbook page with a loose pencil landscape of rolling hills and a distant ridge.

Landscape sketch in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated beside a fluted classical column under an entablature, with another figure at rig

Man talking to others by a column

Monochrome botanical illustration of a Brachyglottis repanda branch with clustered flowers and large serrated leaves.

Brachyglottis repanda Forster & G. Forster

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Brown wash drawing of two setter dogs, one seated and one crouching, beside a small shrub on a toned paper ground.

Setters

Brama brama (NZ) - Ray's Bream

Frank Edward Clarke, 1872

Engraved interior with a seated man by a fireplace, a woman at a tea table, and a standing man with books near a column.

Marriage à-la-mode. Plate 2. The tête-à-tête

William Hogarth, 1745

Loose charcoal sketch of clouds over a dark shoreline with rocks and water, on a sketchbook page.

Landscape sketch in an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Sardinops neopilchardus (Tas) : Pilchard

Frank Edward Clarke, 1869

Watercolour botanical study of a small rimu sprig with red fruits and fine roots on cream paper.

Rimu

Fanny Richardson, 1924

Grey wash drawing of a tree-lined avenue with a lone figure walking toward a bright opening in the distance.

The Broadwalk, Oxford

Black and white print of a haloed kneeling figure before a crucifix, with a second kneeling figure and the inscription AVE IE

Madonna and Child with crucifix

Eric Gill, 1917

Black and white print of a cottage beside dark trees, with reflections in flooded ground and a figure at right.

Willy Lott's house

David Lucas, 1832

Pencil sketch of two figures in a rowboat on rippling water, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat, in a sketchbook.

Sketch of figures in rowboat in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Pencil sketch of a river valley with steep slopes and snow-capped mountains, annotated with handwritten notes including Arthu

Arthurs Pass

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Engraving of a crowd circling performers in a clearing with thatched huts and palm trees under a cloudy sky.

The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee

James Heath, 1784

Etching of cattle and goats led by a herdsman past a classical ruin, with a hilltop castle and mountains in the distance.

The herd returning in stormy weather

Claude Lorrain, 1651

Watercolour of a rocky bay with a rock arch, small figures on the beach, calm sea and distant headland under a blue sky.

Breaker Bay

Samuel Birch, 1937

Etching of a seated woman under a fringed parasol in a grassy field, with a basket beside her and a striped shawl.

En plein soleil. From The French set

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of a woman in a patterned flamenco-style dress dancing with raised arms and a flowing train.

Gipsy of Seville

Troy Kinney, 1926

Woodblock print of a brown eagle diving over snowy pine trees against a pale grey sky.

Eagle in flight against a snowy sky

Ohara Koson, 1933

Watercolour of two riders on horseback and a woman in a red skirt with a greyhound in an open landscape.

Hunting scene

Charles Cattermole

Pencil panoramic sketch of a valley with mountain ranges and hills, annotated with handwritten notes, drawn across three join

Untitled (McKenzie Country)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor of shepherds herding sheep down a track past birch trees toward a hazy valley and distant village.

Leith Hill, Surrey

Frederick Hines, 1875

Watercolor of a wooded park landscape at dusk, with dark trees on the left, golden trees on the right, and a distant lake.

Richmond Park, near Langston Gate

John Linnell the Elder

Watercolour of a seated woman with a dog and a man in a blue coat conversing in an arched interior room.

Conversation piece

Alfred Crowquill

Watercolor sketch of a hunter in a wide hat aiming a rifle while lying prone on a slope.

Hugh Gully shooting goats

John Gully, 1888

Panoramic pencil sketch of Mt Torlesse with snow-capped peaks, a river valley, trees and farm buildings.

Mt Torlesse on the River Kowai from Edw. Curry's Esq. station

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Brown wash drawing of a sailing boat in a harbour beside a church tower and waterfront buildings.

Harbour

Augustus Callcott, 1827