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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Misty watercolour of a mountain lake with trees, rocks, grazing cattle and figures on a grassy slope.

Mountain lake

Benjamin Barker the Younger, 1809

Pencil sketch of a rocky shore with distant boats and seabirds flying over the sea, on a sketchbook page.

Marine sketch in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Sepia lithograph of a Gothic great hall with a timber roof, a bonfire on the floor and costumed figures gathered around.

Hall, Penshurst, Kent

Joseph Nash, 1841

Hand-colored portrait print of a young woman wearing a tiara, lace veil, pearls and a blue gown with red sash.

The Princess Royal, Princess of Prussia

George Baxter, 1858

Pencil sketch of rocks and boulders beside ferns and slender trees on grey-green paper, numbered 81.

Sketch of a rock formation in an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Lithograph of ruined stone castle walls and towers on a rocky hill, with two riders and a walker on a path below.

The Dungeon of Polignac

Eugène Isabey, 1831

Engraved-style print of winged angels, a lute player, and nude figures inside a glass sphere, framed by feathered wings and f

The Days of Creation: The Sixth Day. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, 1876

Etching of a woman in a long light dress standing in an open doorway beside a potted plant, by Francis Dodd, 1916.

Hilda (Mrs Bonavia)

Francis Dodd, 1916

Watercolour of a turquoise lake between dark blue mountains and a wooded hillside under a pale sky.

Outlet of Rotoiti

James Crowe Richmond

Etching of a river scene with a stone building on a cliff, bare trees at right, a seated man and a dog on the bank.

Whitby. From 48 plates to Liber Studiorium

John Sell Cotman, 1838

Watercolour of green, white-striped hooded orchid buds on slender stems with pink filaments against a grey wash.

Untitled [Pterostylis]

Fanny Richardson

Print of Christ rising with a red-cross banner above four sleeping soldiers, framed by columns and a wooded landscape.

The Resurrection of Christ

Piero della Francesca

Grey line drawing of a small Ranunculus plant with roots, three-lobed leaves and white flowers on an ivory sheet.

Ranunculus acaulis Banks & Solander ex de Candolle

Sydney Parkinson, 1769

Watercolor of an Auckland waterfront street with wooden wharf, boats, barrels, pedestrians and colonial buildings under a clo

Auckland

Walter Scarlett Hatton

Watercolour landscape of a green meadow, dark tree line, winding stream and pale moon in a grey sky.

Rising mist near Salisbury

Etching of a round stone bath house with conical roofs, a tower, pedestrians and tram tracks in a city street.

The Edinburgh set. Queen Mary's Bath House

Albert Fullwood, 1906

Orange-toned print of a haloed figure preaching to a crowd of fish and sea creatures on a shore, with a tree and birds.

Fischpredigt

Oskar Laske, 1919

Black and white engraving of a woman and a striped-costumed clown meeting at a garden gate under a leafy arch.

Maria and clown

Eric Ravilious, 1932

Pencil sketch of two figures in headwear standing in an interior, with a third figure seen through a doorway at left.

Sketch of scene with figures. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Botanical drawing of a jointed, segmented plant branch with small flower and seed detail sketches below on cream paper.

Sarcocornia quinqueflora (Bunge ex Ungern-Sternberg) A.J. Scott

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Watercolor of a steep glen with a waterfall and blue mountains under a pale sky.

The glen

Henry Pidgeon, 1856

Engraved print of barefoot winged angels on a pebbled shore, the foremost holding a reflective sphere with a swirling pattern

The Days of Creation: The Fifth Day. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, 1876

Etching of a farm scene with a cow, a calf, a woman holding a sieve, a rooster, and a man with a basket.

Country life scene

Claude Mellan, 1636

Botanical drawing of a branching plant with narrow leaves, small flowers and a long root on cream paper.

Spergularia media (Linnaeus) C. Presl

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Watercolour of a forested river with leaning trees, rocky rapids in the foreground, and a cabbage tree at left.

Untitled (River scene, Porirua river?)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Hand painted plate XIV showing five numbered beetles and a larva with scale bars, arranged on a cream mount.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Beetles [Plate XIV]

George Hudson, 1934

Hand-painted entomology plate showing numbered insects: a winged adult, larvae, a moth, and a pupa with scale bars.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XIV]

George Hudson, 1886

Etching of the Holy Family with the infant Christ and young St. John, Mary seated beside a column and Joseph behind her.

The Holy Family with St. John

Pierre Brébiette, 1620

Engraving of a young woman dancing in layered dress and a decorated cap, with palm trees and a thatched hut behind her.

A Young Woman of Otaheite, bringing a Present

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1784

Etching of ruined stone and brick buildings with rubble, a church spire behind, and a cloaked figure at left.

Castor

Frederick Griggs, 1927