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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Engraved print of a thatched village in Samoa beneath banana plants and a large tree, with figures in the foreground.

A native village in Samoa

Samuel Calvert, 1876

Monochrome botanical drawing of a branch with oval leaves and clusters of small white flowers.

Lumnitzera littorea (Jack) Voigt

Sydney Parkinson

Monochrome botanical drawing of a Vittadinia australis plant with small daisy-like flowers on a cream sheet.

Vittadinia australis A. Richard

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Two men in blue shirts gaze up at a periscope inside a curved submarine interior with ladder and dials.

Submarine observation

Eric Ravilious, 1941

Hand-colored plate of two portrait heads: a Yuri figure with dark face paint and a Botocudo figure wearing a red bead necklac

Yuri and Botocudos From: The natural history of Man by James Cowles Prichard

Hippolyte Baillière, 1842

Pencil sketch of an elderly bearded man in a cap and robe, looking upward with hands clasped near his chest.

Untitled. [Study of an elderly man at prayer]

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pencil sketch of a standing cavalier in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat, with a gloved hand gripping a sword at lower right.

Two studies of a cavalier: 1. Seated, leaning against a table. 2. Standing with sword drawn

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a seated figure in a headscarf beside a small group of standing figures.

Sketch of a group of figures. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Sepia lithograph of The Bluff Harbour showing a sailing ship and steamship at a wharf beside a shore with cottages and hills.

New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. Plate V. The Bluff Harbour

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1877

Botanical drawing of a slender Helichrysum plant with three flower heads on a cream sheet, labelled Helichrysum filicaule.

Helichrysum filicaule Hooker f

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Engraved botanical plate of a fern frond with a detached leaflet and rhizome, labelled Nephrodium velutinum at bottom.

Lastreopsis velutina (A. Richard) Tindale

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Ink cartoon for stained glass showing the Visitation: two embracing women with halos, two men behind, brick wall and flowers.

The Visitation. Design for stained glass (cartoon)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1861

Etching of palm-covered islets with wading fishermen in the foreground and a sailing ship on calm sea.

Océanie: IÎots a Uvea (Wallis): Pêche aux palmes, 1845

Charles Meryon, 1863

Black and white botanical print of a spiny Berberis branch with white flowers, dark leaves and berries.

Berberis Ilicifolia Linnaeus f

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil sketch of mountain ridges and a valley with small figures and trees, labelled Heathcote, from an 1893 sketchbook.

Sketch of Heathcote, in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil botanical drawing of a small branching plant with flower heads on a cream page, with faint studies below.

Nassauvia pygmaea (Cassini) Hooker f

Sydney Parkinson

Watercolour sketch of a decorated shipboard theatre with flags, chandeliers, a stage and elegantly dressed guests.

Sketch of the performance played on board "HMS Galatea" (looking towards the stage)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1869

Pen and wash drawing of a man seen from behind, wearing a wide hat and loose gray robe, holding a folded umbrella.

Rear view of oriental man

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms framing riverside wooden houses, figures on a balcony, and a small boat on green water.

Hayase

Hiroshi Yoshida, 1930

Watercolor of sailing boats on a lake below misty mountains, with a castle and lakeside village in the distance.

Château de Chillon, Lake of Geneva

William Delamotte, 1827

Pencil portrait of a man with combed hair and moustache, wearing a suit and tie, on cream paper.

Untitled (portrait of a man)

Etching of a great windswept beech tree with twisted roots, two figures and a dog on a path, and a cloudy sky.

The great beech, with two men and a dog

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650

Botanical drawing of a slender plant with narrow leaves, small buds along branching stems, and exposed roots, on cream paper.

Indigofera linifolia (Linnaeus f.) Retzius

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil botanical drawing of a branching plant with small leaves and floral detail studies at lower right.

Rotala densiflora (Roth ex Roemer & Schultes) Koehne

Sydney Parkinson

Etched portrait of a standing man with tousled hair and moustache, hands in pockets, wearing jacket and waistcoat.

A.L. Smith, Master of Balliol

Francis Dodd, 1915

Grey botanical print of a Beilschmiedia tawa branch with long leaves and a small cluster of flowers.

Beilschmiedia tawa (Cunningham) Bentham & Hooker f. ex Kirk

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Sepia print of a barefoot woman in flowing drapery scattering flowers across a garden path toward stone steps.

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

Edward Burne-Jones, 1868

Grey-toned botanical illustration of a branching plant with lobed leaves, small flower heads and roots on cream paper.

Epaltes australis Lessing

Sydney Parkinson

Sepia print of Hokitika River with a paddle steamer at a wharf, a sailboat, town buildings and snowy mountains behind.

New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. Plate IV. Hokitika River

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1877

Watercolor of a ruined stone building with an arch, cattle drinking from a stream, and a woman walking past trees.

Landscape with ruined building

Henry Gastineau