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Name/Title

Untitled

Mt. Taranaki/Egmont viewed through a classical portico of columns and arches.

Accession No

A64.817

Name/Title

Taranaki Rifle Volunteers including Victor Caddy Davies

Military photograph with 13 men in full military uniform standing in front of a group of trees. Two of the men are carrying flags and the others are carrying bayonets. Victor Caddy Davies is thrid from the right in the front row. The uniform he is wearing is also part of Puke Ariki's collection.

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PHO2013-0128

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Inglewood Primary School Queen Carnival

Princesses and Queen of the 1936 Inglewood Primary School Queen Carnival. Pictured left to right: Sybil Bennett, Peggy Alleman (Queen), Barbara Grant and Agnes Lovell (now Brabin, aged 7 in picture). The carnival was a fundraising event where the parents of the four princesses had to raise money and the princess whose family raised the most money was crowned Queen. All four girls are wearing long dresses and holding flowers. The Queen has a crown on her head and wears a long cloak. Cups that were presented to each girl are placed at their feet. Carnival was held in the Inglewood Town Hall.

Accession No

PHO2009-134

Name/Title

William Bolland Davies with grapefruit tree

William Bolland Davies sitting in front of a grapefruit tree (the 2nd graefruit tree of that species in New Zealand). Davies is wearing a three-peice suit with dark-tone jacket and waistcoat. He has a white shirt and mid-tone tie and is holding a bowler hat in his left hand. Davies appears to be balding and has a short beard and moustache.

Accession No

PHO2013-0103

Name/Title

"New Plymouth 1850-1856"

Pencil sketch of New Plymouth township in 1850-1856. The view looks down the Huatoki Stream to Devon Street Bridge. Marsland Hill and Mount Taranaki are visible in the background.

Accession No

PA2008.116

Name/Title

"Col. G.J. Carey"

Copy photograph of Colonel G.J. Carey. Carey was Second in Charge of the Imperial Forces in New Zealand in 1861. He is shown from the chest up with his photograph cut out and pasted onto a round piece of paper. Carey appears to be wearing military uniform and he has a moustache and full beard. The photograph is included on page 27 of William Francis Robert Gordon's album "Some "Soldiers of the Queen" who served in the Maori Wars and Other Notable Persons Connected Herewith".

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PHO2014-0049

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"Glenda & Sam"

Sketch of Graham Kirk's wife, Glenda, breastfeeding their child Sam.

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PA2012.131

Name/Title

Untitled

Sketch of a woman, possibly the artist's wife Glenda Kirk, reading on a couch.

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PA2012.137

Name/Title

"Glenda & Sam"

Sketch of Glenda Kirk breastfeeding her child Sam.

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PA2012.138

Name/Title

Untitled (New Zealand Company Resident Agent's House, Courtenay Street, New Plymouth)

Resident Agent's House on Courtenay Street, New Plymouth. A lone horse rider is in the right foreground. Pukaka (Marsland Hill) and Pukiekie Pa sites are also shown. Mt Taranaki/Egmont and ranges is visible in the background.

Accession No

A85.749

Name/Title

Untitled (New Plymouth)

View of New Plymouth after the cessation of the Taranaki Wars.

Accession No

A66.569

Name/Title

Henry Faull of Tikorangi

Ink sketch of Mr Henry Faull of Tikorangi. He is bearded with a moustache and is wearing a hat, long sleeved shirt and unbuttoned waistcoat, long pants held up by braces, and shoes. He is standing with a basket of fruit in each hand in a field with trees in the background. An ornate border of berries and leaves surround the subject.

Accession No

A83.320

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"Omata Stockade"

Pencil sketch of the Omata Stockade from the north east side, 1861. Stockade situated upper right middleground, small area of cleared land middle foreground with stock grazing on it.

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A75.450

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Untitled

Pencil sketch on both sides of paper. On one side is a portrait of an old man wearing a hat - upper body drawn only, with side-on profile. Other side depicts a ship in rough seas.

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A75.579

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Untitled

Pencil sketch on both sides of paper. One side has a head and shoulder portrait of an unknown man - side profile. The other side depicts a flying aeroplane (possibly the Southern Cross).

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A75.578

Name/Title

"Mr Roberts of New Plymouth, August 1927"

Pencil sketch depicting a head and shoulder portrait of an old man in profile.

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A75.531

Name/Title

"Mr M. McCormick of Christchurch"

Bust portrait rendered in pencil of Mr M. McCormick of Christchurch. Subject depicted in profile.

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A75.532

Name/Title

"Taking the Veil"

Distant view of Mt Taranaki / Egmont with lower section covered by cloud. Small group of tall trees lower left corner foreground.

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A66.720

Name/Title

Michael Joseph Savage

Commemorative photographic portrait printed on enamel of New Zealand's first labour Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage. Hook on reverse for hanging as well as stand.

Accession No

PHO2006-083

Name/Title

"Portrait of Eddi Collins, NP Architect of Library & Museum"

Pencil sketch of the bust of Edgar (Eddie) Collins, the architect of the New Plymouth War Memorial Hall (now the south wing of Puke Ariki). Collins is pictured in profile and is wearing glasses and a bow tie.

Accession No

PA2010.097

Name/Title

"Oil" ['Enduring Freedom' series]

Artwork from Roger Morris' 'Enduring Freedom' series that features four elements relating to the Global War on Terror. The top element is a hand drawn engine block, referring to 'the might of the military machine'. The next is a silhouette of a tank. The third is a stylised figure. The fourth is the word "OIL". The artwork has been made on the back of a proof poster for the TOWER New Zealand Youth Choir.

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PA2012.042

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"Mt Egmont from Fitzroy"

View of Mount Taranaki from Fitzroy, New Plymouth. Houses pictured in the foreground.

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A75.630

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"The Mount and the golden cow"

View of Mount Taranaki with three cows and vegetation in the foreground.

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A75.615

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"Mt Egmont"

View of Mount Taranaki. Line of trees in middleground.

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A70.047

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Dorothy Ella Davies

Portrait of Dorothy Ella Davies (nee Ruebe). She is wearing a white shirt. She has a small pendant around her neck and is wearing wire-framed glasses. The photograph is housed in a textured grey card enclosure with a lion embossed on the front.

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PHO2013-0115