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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a seated woman in a red headscarf and yellow dress, eyes closed, working in her lap.

La tricoteuse

Brown wash drawing of a stone courtyard with gabled buildings, arched doorways, and figures near the entrances.

Plas Mawr, Conwy

David Cox the elder

Engraving of standing Jesus Christ with halo, surrounded by cloud border, Greek and Latin inscriptions, and two putti at the

Jesus Christ. Plate 12. From: Christ and the Apostles

Lambert Suavius, 1548

Black and white engraving of a seated hooded woman gazing at waves and a low sun, with a reclining figure on rocks below.

Proserpinè

John Buckland-Wright, 1943

Watercolour of a harbour town on a curved bay, with many moored ships and boats and wooded hills behind.

Wellington

John Bunney, 1858

Moonlit landscape with rounded haystacks, tall pine trees, and moon reflecting on a river, painted in muted browns and greys.

Stackyard, Moulinearn

Pencil sketch of hills and a hazy distant range across a pale, misty landscape on a sketchbook page.

Sketches of hiils in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with white hair, white cravat and dark coat against a shaded background.

The Duke of Wellington

Henry Ryall, 1845

Brown wash drawing of seated nude Apollo gesturing to draped Daphne as Cupid flies above with a bow in a landscape.

Apollo, Daphne and Cupid

Fedele Fischetti

Painted landscape of harvest fields with grain sheaves, grazing sheep, a shepherd and trees under a pink-tinged sky.

Harvest time near Lamlash, Arran

Waller Paton, 1864

Pencil and wash sketch of a mountain valley with a rider, a walker and pack horses on a track, dated 1866.

Porters Pass

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Etching of two large moths centred on the page, surrounded by a butterfly, a bee and several beetles in fine line work.

Muscarum scarabeorum ... varie figure. Plate 8. Three moths, a butterfly and four insects

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Six seated women in classical robes on a stone bench before a hilly landscape, one playing a lyre, in a sepia print.

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

Edward Burne-Jones, 1882

Monochrome print of a hooded woman holding a book beside a fire, with bare trees and birds behind a curtain.

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

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Etching of a riverside view with buildings, a church tower, a barge, a rowboat, and two men on a wooden embankment.

Millbank

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Etching of a canal in Amiens with rowers in boats, a stone bridge, old houses and a Gothic cathedral behind.

Marché aux légumes à Amiens (Vegetable market at Amiens)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1907

Watercolour of a rugged mountain above a forested valley, with a waterfall and a winding river in the foreground.

Mount Tutoko

Ernest Arthur Chapman, 1876

Latris lineata (NZ) : Common Trumpeter

Frank Edward Clarke, 1867

Watercolour drawing of two figures on rocks overlooking a stream, with a ruined castle on a hill and mountains beyond.

Mountain stream

Watercolor of a rocky coastline with turquoise sea, boulders in the foreground, and green-blue hills under a pale sky.

Kaikoura coast

Alfred Walsh, 1910

Etching of a colonnaded government building and a city square with an obelisk, with fantastical flying carriages and figures

Le Ministère de la Marine (The Ministry of the Navy)

Charles Meryon, 1865

Etching of gondoliers poling gondolas on a calm lagoon with a distant city skyline and tall bell tower.

The gondoliers

Sydney Mackenzie Litten, 1928

Etching of Amiens Cathedral's Gothic west facade with a large rose window, with a crowd gathered in the foreground.

Amiens Cathedral: Jour de l'Inventaire (Inventory day)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1907

Grey wash drawing of a moonlit lake view with wooded hills, palm trees, and a stone balustrade in the foreground.

View from Mr Brandon's residence in the late sixties

Etching of an old brick windmill with lattice sails, bare trees, a thatched shed and a wooden fence in the foreground.

An old landmark, Auckland. (Partington's Mill )

Trevor Lloyd, 1926

Watercolor of a calm lake framed by rocky shores and wooded slopes, with snow-capped mountains and small boats in the distanc

Southern lake

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1871

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table, a glowing halo, a candle, and a city view behind.

The Last Supper, plate 1 from The Passion of Christ

Hendrick Goltzius, 1598

Pencil drawing of an old barn interior with exposed roof timbers, resting pigs, barrels and chickens on the floor.

Old barn, interior

William Mulready, 1805

Lithograph portrait of Frederic North, Earl of Guildford, seated in a double-breasted coat with gloved hands.

Frederic (North) Earl of Guildford

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1815

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono standing together beneath a hanging potted plant.

Two women reading

Isoda Koryusai, 1760