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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Watercolor of cattle and two figures on an open common, with a distant city skyline and dome under a hazy sky.

London from Wandsworth Common, 1835

Gordon Bradley, 1835

Etching of Notre-Dame cathedral's apse and towers seen across the Seine, with a bridge, horse cart and boats in the foregroun

The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris (L'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1854

Watercolor of a seated man in a red waistcoat reading with a child beside him, with banana plants behind them.

The English Meissonier

Edward Killingworth Johnson, 1865

Wood engraving of a nude woman bathing in a pool among tropical plants and palm trees, seen from behind.

Prospectus for 'Love Night, a Laotian Gallantry' by Powys Mathers

John Buckland-Wright, 1936

Watercolour of a mountain range rising over a flat plain, with a small green tree in the lower right under a pale blue sky.

From the accommodation house, Bealey

James Crowe Richmond

Illustrations of Argyropelecus intermedius / Aegæonichthys appellii / profile and dorsal aspect

Frank Edward Clarke

Etching of an interior where a seated woman leans on a table beside a glass, with a standing woman and a bed behind her.

Ennui

Walter Sickert, 1915

Pen and ink drawing of a boy with his back turned facing three adults in an ornate room with china on shelves.

A terrible infant

Georges du Maurier

Sepia watercolor of rolling hills, distant mountains, framing trees and a winding river in a valley.

Landscape, North Wales

Botanical drawing of a branching plant sprig with oval leaves and clusters of small flowers on a cream sheet.

Ditassa banksii R. Brown

Sydney Parkinson

Black and white botanical print of a trailing Dichondra repens branch with rounded leaves and small flowers.

Dichondra repens Forster & G. Forster

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Pencil sketch of house rooflines and chimneys on a diagonal hillside, with loose hatched strokes below, on cream paper.

Pencil sketch of house rooflines from A wellington sketchbook, c1908-12

Petrus van der Velden, 1908

Grey monochrome botanical print of a Dodonaea viscosa branch with leaves and seed capsules, plus small floral detail sketches

Dodonaea viscosa Jacquin

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil panorama of a river gorge and mountain range with native trees and flax in the foreground.

Gorge of the Waimakariri

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch study with hands holding a frying pan, a reaching hand, a partial face, and a sketched cat on aged paper.

Untitled [studies of a cat, hands, frying pan, face]

Petrus van der Velden

Pen and brown wash ceiling design with a central panel of God and putti surrounded by coffered and ornamental framing.

Ceiling design: God and putti with symbols of the Passion

Hand-coloured plate of a young Mandan woman with long dark hair, beaded necklaces and a beaded fringed garment.

Mi-neek-ee-sunk-te-ka, the mink, a Mandan girl. From: The Natural History of Man by James Cowles Prichard

John Harris, 1842

Botanical drawing of an Acacia branch with long narrow leaves, round flower heads and curved seed pods on cream paper.

Acacia legnota Pedley

Sydney Parkinson

Graphite sketchbook page with a rough landscape study of hills, trees and shaded rocks above a horizon line.

Landscape sketches. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Vah-ta-ah, the Feejeean Princess

Pencil sketch of tall trees framing a bay with hills and a small boat on the water, labelled Pigeon Bay.

Pigeon Bay

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Grey botanical illustration of a branch with serrated, deeply veined leaves and clustered buds, labelled Elatostemma rugosum.

Elatostema rugosum Cunningham

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Botanical print of a branching plant with narrow leaves and white flowers, plus a detached flower at lower right.

Justicia juncea R. Brown

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil botanical drawing of a small rosette plant with a thin stem and tiny white flowers, centered on cream paper.

Stylidium uliginosum Swartz ex Willdenow

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil sketch of two sailing boats on water in a sketchbook, with a larger two-masted ship and a smaller sailboat.

Sketch of boats in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Watercolor of a calm lake reflecting hazy mountains, with flax plants in the foreground and trees and a tent on the right.

Lake scene (Lake Te Wharau?)

John Gully, 1873

Monochrome botanical print of a Melaleuca branch with narrow leaves, round flower heads, and a small flower detail.

Melaleuca nodosa (Solander ex Gaertner) Smith

Sydney Parkinson

Charcoal sketch of a dark barge on water with a standing figure at right and faint outlines of boats on the left.

Funeral barge

Petrus van der Velden, 1875

Botanical print of a slender plant with narrow leaves and small white flowers, roots shown, on cream paper.

Lindernia subulata R. Brown

Sydney Parkinson

Botanical drawing of a slender plant with narrow leaves, small white flowers at the top, and roots, on cream paper.

Stackhousia monogyna Labillardiere

Sydney Parkinson