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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,734 works

Pencil sketch of Mount Torlesse with hatched rocky slopes, two farm buildings and a fence in the foreground.

Mt Torlesse

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch of layered hills and mountain peaks on a tan sketchbook page.

Sketch of hills in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a rifle, with handwritten journal text below.

Sketch of Mr Watson, settler at the Manawatu. From: journal made on a visit to the disturbed District of Wanganui

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Pencil and blue wash panoramic sketch of a river channel with a timber beacon, distant town and mountains, by Nicholas Cheval

Hokitika Channel

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Hand-colored lithograph of two top-hatted men on a street; one holds a pastry while a dog sniffs at his feet by a bakery coun

La journée du célibataire (A day in the life of a bachelor) Plate 9. Deux heures (2 pm)

Honoré Daumier, 1839

Grey wash drawing of St. Nicholas church in Frankfurt with a tall tower, steep roof, and half-timbered house in the foregroun

St. Nicholas, Frankfurt

Sepia watercolor of large dinosaurs by a pool beneath cliffs and palm trees, with a setting sun on the horizon.

The country of the Iguanodon

John Martin, 1837

Panoramic pencil and wash drawing of a river valley beneath snow-capped mountains, with forest and small figures.

River Hokitika and the Southern Alps

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch of a group of figures beside a boat, with a reclining figure below, on a sketchbook page numbered 27.

Group of figures with a boat. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Hand painted entomology plate showing numbered beetles and larvae with scale bars, labeled Plate XIII.

Original hand painted plate for Fragments of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XIII]

George Hudson, 1946

Watercolor of a ruined Gothic abbey with pointed arches, overgrown trees, and a seated figure with a staff.

Croyland Abbey

Brown sketchbook cover with a red-bordered paper label in the upper center, faintly marked with pencil and a price.

Sketchbook, containing street scenes, cafe scenes, sill lifes, and sketches of the artist's family

Gertrud Kauders, 1925

Pencil drawing of a valley entrance with tall trees, a hillside, distant ridges, and small figures in the foreground.

Entrance to the upper valley of the Hutt - Taines section

William Swainson FLS FRS, 1847

Sailor in blue uniform peering at a framed portrait in a gallery, with a grinning caricature face and a rope barrier.

In Greenwich Hospital

Watercolour of a wooden lock gate on a canal beside a brick outbuilding, with dense trees and a grassy field.

Landscape with lock gate

Black and white bookplate showing a nude woman reaching up to flowering branches, with a village church behind trees.

Book plate for Herbert L. May

Charles Nightingale, 1924

Hand-coloured print of two islanders in an outrigger canoe, with a sailing canoe and rocky coastline behind.

Piroghe

Andrea Bernieri

Hand-coloured lithograph of the brig yacht Wanderer under full sail on rough green sea, with other vessels on the horizon.

Brig yacht Wanderer

Engraving of a broken classical column showing an ornate acanthus capital above a Doric base, with inscriptions and the date

Capital and base of a column

Sebald Beham, 1543

Watercolor botanical study of a branch with clusters of white daisy-like flowers and green leaves on a grey wash.

Untitled [Tree daisy]

Fanny Richardson

Pen and watercolor drawing of two nursemaids in period dress, one holding an infant and one standing beside a small child.

Nursemaids with children

Hand painted plate with eleven numbered watercolour studies of moths, larvae, caterpillars and a pupa on cream paper.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Neuroptera [Plate IX]

George Hudson, 1904

Pencil and wash sketch of a mountain gorge with snowy peaks and a winding valley stream, dated 1866.

View looking north from the highest part of Otira Gorge

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Black and white print of a sunlit courtyard with arched windows, cobblestones, and women in long dresses.

A Spanish courtyard

Sydney Lee, 1926

Watercolour of wooded hills and a headland above calm water under a grey sky, by James Crowe Richmond, 1862.

West Wanganui from the South East

James Crowe Richmond, 1862

Grey wash drawing of a mountain with a tall waterfall and white cloud bands, framed by trees in the foreground.

Mt McGloin from Regina Creek, Karangaroa Valley

George Sturtevant, 1895

Pencil and wash sketch of a river valley with trees in the foreground and mountains rising in the distance.

Waimakariri, Bealey

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Charcoal sketch of a distant church spire and rooftops under a dark, cloudy sky, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of distant church in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Etching of a forest clearing with a large stag hunt, hounds, mounted huntsmen, and a distant castle on a hill.

La grande chasse (The great stag hunt)

Jacques Callot, 1619

Watercolour sketch of branches with purple berries and rust and olive leaves on a cream background.

Clambering over rocks, Ruapehu

Fanny Richardson