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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing hatched marks, rigging and boat forms, with blue watercolour wash in the top right

Page from a Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Watercolor landscape of two figures on a stone bridge over a river, framed by trees, with a distant tower in mist.

Landscape with bridge

Michael Angelo Rooker

Watercolor illustration of a reddish scorpaenid fish with spiny fins and fanned blue and orange pectoral fins on cream paper.

Neosebastes scorpaenoides (Tas) : Ruddy Gurnard Perch

Frank Edward Clarke, 1868

Engraved print of a draped woman pouring water from a jar, with vertical lettering reading TEMPERANTIA beside her.

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

Edward Burne-Jones, 1872

Pen drawing of two children by a metal tub, one with a halo holding a fan, the other in a floral dress.

Children sailing boats

Engraving of bearded Saint Matthew holding an open book beside ruined stone arches and steps, by Lambert Suavius, 1547.

St Matthew. Plate 7. From: Christ and the Apostles

Lambert Suavius, 1547

Pencil drawing of tall forest trees with two small figures on a path and a fern at left.

White Pine, Stokes Valley

William Swainson FLS FRS, 1848

Pencil handwriting on a sketchbook page listing two names and addresses separated by a horizontal rule.

Names and addresses in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Panoramic print of a curved harbour with many sailing ships, green hills, and groups of figures on the foreground hillside.

The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington

Captain William Mein Smith, 1842

Etching of a bearded man in a hat leaning at a table beside a printing press, examining a sheet of paper.

Bone at the press

Francis Dodd, 1908

Watercolour of a purple heather moor under a cloudy sky, with two small figures walking toward distant trees.

Shingaly Moor, Yorkshire

Margaret Stoddart

Hand-coloured print of a seated man sketching farm animals under a tree while fashionable onlookers watch beside a cottage.

Doctor Syntax drawing after nature

Thomas Rowlandson, 1823

Pencil sketch of a hillside elevation with shaded slopes, a vertical marker line with handwritten notes, and small trees.

Elevation from an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Hand-coloured engraving of a pied oystercatcher with red bill and legs feeding beside two oyster shells on a rock.

Pied Oister-catcher. Plate LXXXIV. From A General Synopsis of Birds

John Latham, 1785

Print of young Christ among robed elders and a crowd in a tiled square, with a gold-domed temple behind them under an arch.

Christ among the doctors

Bernadino Pinturicchio

Monochrome print of a reclining man among blossoming branches and a standing woman in flowing robes holding a book beside a p

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

Edward Burne-Jones, 1872

Watercolour of a calm coastal inlet at sunset, with blue hills on both sides and a pale glowing sky.

Entrance from inside. Sunset

James Crowe Richmond, 1862

Pencil sketch of an elderly bearded man with bowed head and hunched shoulders, signed by Petrus van der Velden.

Study of head of an elderly man, leaning forwards

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing loose, hatched forms, numbered 32, with a cloth tie along the right edge.

Sketch of baby in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Monochrome botanical print of an orchid stem with ruffled pale flowers and buds rising from broad basal leaves.

Dendrobium discolor Lindley

Sydney Parkinson

Botanical drawing of a daisy-like flower on a tall stem with feathery leaves and buds, with small floral details at lower rig

Actinotus helianthi Labillardiere

Sydney Parkinson

Monochrome botanical print of a branching sprig with narrow leaves and small white flowers on a cream sheet.

Eriostemom australasius Persoon subsp. banksii (A. Cunningham ex Endlicher) P.G. Wilson

Sydney Parkinson

Grey wash botanical drawing of a leafy branch with narrow veined leaves and small round buds on cream paper.

Exocarpos latifolius R. Brown

Sydney Parkinson

Watercolour of a wide river curving past a wooded cliff and distant hills under a pale cloudy sky.

Hutt River

William Baker, 1900

Small engraved botanical illustration of a low branching plant with tiny flowers, centered on a cream page.

Crassula moschata G. Forster

Sydney Parkinson

Black and white botanical print of a flowering Ixora branch with broad leaves and clusters of small white flowers.

Ixora timorensis Decaisne

Sydney Parkinson

Monochrome botanical drawing of a branching shrub with small leaves and flowers, with dissected flower and seed details.

Thryptomene oligandra F. Mueller

Sydney Parkinson

Colour print of a white vase holding orange zinnias and mixed flowers against a yellow background.

Vase of flowers II

Mildred Collyer

Graphite sketch of a tall figure reaching up beside a kneeling woman with long hair and a small figure on a pedestal.

The Wall Cupboard

Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1897

Pencil botanical drawing of a slender plant with arching stems of small white flowers and a detached flower.

Stackhousia viminea Smith in Rees

Sydney Parkinson