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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Watercolour of a calm lagoon framed by tussock grass, with forested hills and a pale blue sky beyond.

Lagoon at Greymouth

James Crowe Richmond, 1862

Sepia drawing of three horses in a field with two resting men and a dog, a church spire in the distance.

Landscape with horses and men

Charles Towne, 1810

Watercolor of a thatched cottage beside a dirt road, with a hanging inn sign, a picket fence and leafy trees.

The Hamden Arms

Pencil drawing of a still life with shells, flowers and a patterned cloth, with a harbour town and a bird seen through a wind

Wings over water

Frances Hodgkins, 1931

Watercolour of a flat rural landscape at dusk with trees, low buildings and a pale path under a cloudy sky.

Evening

James Nairn, 1893

Watercolour of a calm sea at sunset with two lighthouse towers on a headland and a rocky point at right.

The Heads, Entrance to Hobsons Bay

George Sherriff

Expressive watercolor of a twisted tree over farm buildings under an evening sky, by Frances Hodgkins, 1936.

Farm piece, evening

Frances Hodgkins, 1936

Watercolor landscape of a seated figure by a calm lake, with autumn trees, rocks and hazy mountains beyond.

Landscape, lake and figure

Ink drawing of a flower in a vase on a windowsill beside a curtain, with hatched and stippled geometric shading.

By the window (Still life)

Raymond McIntyre, 1925

Woodblock print of worshippers and hanging paper lanterns inside a dark wooden temple hall, with pigeons on the floor.

Asakusa Kanzeon no naidō (Inside Asakusa Kannon Temple)

Narazaki Eisho, 1932

Watercolour of pale blue stepped terraces beside a lake, with steam rising from hills and small figures on the shore.

The White Terraces

John Hoyte, 1875

Femme au cep de vigne (Woman by the grapevine). From 'Douze lithographies originales de Pierre Auguste Renoir'

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1904

Watercolour of an estuary and sea seen from a hillside, with farm buildings, palms, grazing cattle and distant ships.

Winchendon on the Kaikorai River

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Graphite pencil sketch of an early wall-mounted telephone with ornate bracket and crank handle, faint studies around it.

Untitled [study of a telephone]

Petrus van der Velden

Watercolour of eroded pinnacled cliffs above a sunlit dry valley with scrub, and distant mountains at left.

The Champagne Bottles, peaks near Lindis Pass

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Brown ink and wash drawing of birch trees and a gnarled tree beside a forest path, signed Birches on the Mararoa, 1866.

Birches on the Mararoa

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil and watercolour study of a sloping landscape with a grey wooden shelter, a red box, stones and sketched pipes.

Study of a landscape

Petrus van der Velden, 1906

Watercolour of a sandy bay and offshore rock near Dunedin, seen from a wooded hillside with tree ferns and a stump in the for

Sandfly Bay and Gull Rock near Dunedin

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Pencil and chalk sketch of a torrent falling through a mountain valley toward wooded banks and rocky riverbed.

Torrent falling from the South West into the Upper Waimakariri

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil drawing of a dense New Zealand bush with tall trees, ferns and a small figure on a path.

Bush at Lynwood, Southland

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor of Porirua Harbour with calm blue water, rolling hills, distant mountains and a pink-toned rocky cliff on the righ

Porirua Harbour

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Watercolour of a wooden store by a lake with boats on the shore and a pink-lit mountain behind trees.

Bennell's Store, Lake Wakatipu

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolour of a lake with rapids, wooded islets, cottages and mountains under a hazy sky.

The Falls of the Kawarau, Wakatipu Lake

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain gorge with a river, forested slopes, and small travelers with pack animals on a path.

Hurunui Gorge

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil and chalk sketch of a snowy mountain above a braided river valley with a rocky riverbed and cliffs.

12 miles above the Bealey, Upper Waimakariri

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolour of ruined residency at Lucknow with tower, flagstaff, arches and vine-covered garden at sunset.

The Residence at Lucknow

Nicholas Chevalier, 1870

Watercolour of a mountain valley with farm buildings, grazing cattle, a winding river and snow-capped peaks under a pale sky.

Station Benmore near Porters Pass

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor of a steep mountain gorge with a stream, forest slopes, small buildings and a distant snowy peak under pale sky.

Buckler Burn at the head of Wakatipu Lake

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a mountain valley with snowy peaks and a winding river, seen from Arthurs Pass.

From Arthurs Pass looking North

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Sepia wash drawing of a hooded seated figure beside a glowing arched window in a dim stone interior.

Hermit

Petrus van der Velden