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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,734 works

Charcoal-style sketch of a woman embracing a soldier at left as other soldiers with packs and rifles stand waiting nearby.

Seuls quand même

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1916

Watercolour of two men dancing in a panelled room with a table, jug, and a woman watching from a window.

Twelfth Night

John Massey Wright

Watercolour of a rocky river junction with blue-grey cliffs, boulders, a shallow stream and hills under a pale sky.

Junction of Thomas and Porter Rivers

James Crowe Richmond

Oval engraved portrait of Charles I in a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar, with a city view behind him.

Charles I.

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Grey watercolour of a cliffside villa above a bay with sailboats, a small rowboat, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

In the Bay of Naples

Jean Claude Nattes

Botanical drawing of Veronica hectorii with three green stems bearing white flowers and a detached enlarged flower.

Veronica hectorii Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Botanical drawing of a slender branching plant with narrow leaves and oval seed capsules, with a small floral detail at lower

Anthobolus triqueter R. Brown

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil and wash drawing of a fox hunt with riders in red coats, hounds, and a fallen rider beside a riderless horse.

The hunt

Pencil sketch of a lake with jagged mountain ranges above and a small group of huts on the shore.

Hawea Lake

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Botanical drawing of a Boronia alulata sprig with small leaves and flowers, with enlarged flower details beside it.

Boronia alulata Banks & Solander ex Bentham

Sydney Parkinson

Engraved botanical plate of a flowering branch with narrow leaves, white flower spikes, and small dissection details.

Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan var. macrocarpa

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Pencil botanical drawing of a low plant with fern-like leaves and a flowering spike, with a small detail sketch at right.

Acaena pumila Vahl

Sydney Parkinson

Black-and-white botanical print of a flowering Polygala branch with narrow leaves and roots, labelled at lower left.

Polygala rhinanthoides Banks & Solander ex Bentham

Sydney Parkinson

Pencil and wash drawing of an orchid with pseudobulbs, trailing roots and a stem of white flowers on cream paper.

Rodriguezia rigida (Lindley) Reichenbach f

Sydney Parkinson

Botanical drawing of a Microtis unifolia orchid with a long leaf, flower spike, roots and two detached flowers.

Microtis unifolia (G. Forster) Reichenbach f

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Engraved botanical plate of Aciphylla squarrosa with spiky leaves, a tall flowering stalk and small seed pod studies.

Aciphylla squarrosa Forster & G. Forster

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Engraved botanical print of a flowering branch with white clustered blossoms and large shaded leaves on a curved stem.

Clerodendrum floribundum R. Brown

Sydney Parkinson

Monochrome botanical print of a Hibiscus branch with two open white flowers, buds and lobed serrated leaves.

Hibiscus meraukensis Hochreutiner

Sydney Parkinson

Engraving of fowlers trapping small birds under an oak, with owl decoys, cages and a mountain landscape behind.

Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium (Hunts of wild animals, birds and fish). Plate 68. Trapping warblers

Jan Collaert the Younger, 1596

Grey-toned botanical drawing of a branching plant with oval leaves and small white flowers on a cream sheet.

Scaevola calendulacea (Kennedy) Druce

Sydney Parkinson

Watercolor interior of a vaulted hall with a fireplace, sword rack, and seated man in red robe among standing figures.

Treasury Hall, Ghent

Engraved botanical print of a branching Lepidium flexicaule plant with serrated leaves, flower clusters and a small flower de

Lepidium flexicaule Kirk

Sydney Parkinson, 1769

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing a faint ridgeline and a shaded hillside at the right edge.

Sketches in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Watercolor river scene at sunset with a red-canopied boat, classical columned building, figures on the bank, and swans.

River scene

George Barret Junior, 1800

Monochrome botanical illustration of a branching geranium plant with fan-shaped leaves, flower clusters and buds on cream pap

Geranium solanderi Carolin

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Engraved print of a stormy sea with a sailing ship, rowing boats, and a church on a cliff above Whitby.

Whitby

Thomas Lupton, 1856

Engraved botanical plate of a fern with upright fronds and two enlarged leaf details, labelled Nothochlaena distans.

Cheilanthes distans (R. Brown) Mettenius

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Engraved botanical plate of a climbing Muehlenbeckia australis branch with heart-shaped leaves and small flower clusters.

Muehlenbeckia australis (G. Forster), Meisner

Sydney Parkinson, 1895

Grey botanical drawing of a branching plant with small pointed leaves and spike-like flower clusters on a cream sheet.

Comesperma secundum Banks & Solander ex de Candolle

Sydney Parkinson

Monochrome botanical drawing of a flowering branch with heart-shaped leaves, an open flower, a bud, and seed capsules.

Abutilon albescens Miquel

Sydney Parkinson