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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Hand painted plate of cicadas, nymphs and bugs in numbered figures with scale bars on cream paper.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XX]

George Hudson, 1886

Pencil study of a reclining man in boots, with small head sketches around the edges of an aged sheet.

Untitled (study of reclining man) - preparatory drawing for ' The marriage at Cana'

Winifred Knights, 1922

Watercolour of a winding river through a valley with tree ferns in the foreground and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

The Upper Rangitikei

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Watercolour landscape of golden hills, a wide bay, snowy mountains and grazing cattle under a pale sky.

Landscape, Nelson 1871

John Gully, 1871

Pencil and chalk drawing of a wooden shed beneath leaning trees on a rocky hillside with hills in the background.

Untitled (landscape with shed and trees)

Pencil drawing of a woman with bobbed hair and a collared blouse, turned to the right, on aged cream paper.

Untitled (study of woman with bobbed hair) - preparatory drawing for 'The marriage at Cana'

Winifred Knights, 1922

Pencil study of a standing figure with a lute, two tilted head studies of a bearded man, and a bare leg study.

Study for male figure in engraved illustration to Amor Mundi

Frederick Sandys

Watercolour of snow-capped mountains above a valley with a river, native bush, and a seated figure on the rocky bank.

Landscape, Southern Alps

John Gully, 1873

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child seated under a tree, with loose drapery and hatching.

Madonna and Child seated under a tree

Gouache textile design of repeating blue, green, orange and black geometric shapes on a red ground.

Untitled (Textile design no VIII)

Frances Hodgkins, 1925

Watercolour of a river winding between brown hills, with a wooden jetty on the left and small buildings on the far bank.

Coal mine and Brunnerton, River Grey

William Marshall Cooper, 1868

Lithograph of stylized figures, a vintage car, a dog and a tree in bold black outlines with red, yellow, blue and green field

Figure composition

Fernand Léger, 1955

Etching of St. Paul's Wharf in London showing rowboats on mudflats, warehouses, a wooden gangway and the dome of St. Paul's.

St. Paul's Wharf

Joseph Pennell, 1884

Etching of a ploughman with oxen on a hillside, tall cypresses at right, ruined tower and birds under a stormy sky.

The early ploughman

Samuel Palmer, 1858

Watercolour of a shallow harbour at low tide with a rowing boat, wading figures, distant hills and a pale sky.

Porirua Harbour

James Nairn, 1901

Textile design of stylized flowers and blue-grey leaves in a repeating pattern on an orange background.

Untitled (Textile design no VII)

Frances Hodgkins, 1925

Hand-painted plate of numbered moths, caterpillars and insects with scale bars, labeled Plate V.

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

George Hudson, 1946

Etching of a skeletal Death sweeping fleeing men with a broom beside tree trunks, with a fallen figure on the ground.

Triomphe de la Mort: La Mort balaie les Vices. (Triumph of Death; Death sweeps away sinners)

Alphonse Legros, 1894

Watercolor of a curving bay with sunlit ochre cliffs, grassy hills and calm blue sea under a pale sky.

Coast near Dunedin

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Watercolour of a river through dense trees with cattle resting on the sunlit bank under a pale blue sky.

Pakuratahi, Upper Hutt Valley

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Hand painted plate of numbered New Zealand lacewings and a larva, labelled Plate VIII, by George Hudson, 1904.

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

George Hudson, 1904

Watercolor sketch of a decorated hall with flags and chandeliers, showing an audience of gowned guests and sailors seen from

Sketch of the performance played on board "HMS Galatea" (the audience seen from the stage)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1869

Untitled. (Man's head in profile)

Elizabeth Berry, 1926

Watercolor of tall forest trees, tree ferns and felled logs along a track, by Nicholas Chevalier, 1866.

Untitled (Bush Tramway, Pigeons Bush)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Graphite study of a barefoot man in dark briefs seen from behind, one hand raised to his head and one on his hip.

Study from life. (Back view of man in bathing suit)

Elizabeth Berry, 1926