Early prints depicting New Zealand Maori life

Early French map of the South Pacific, pre-Cook's voyages

Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772), 'Carte Reduite de La Mer du Sud,' Paris, circa 1760], copper engraving; some hand-colouring, 21 x 35 cm; framed 41 x 56 cm. Pre-dating Cook's voyages, New Guinea is shown joined to a speculative Australian East coast…

Charles Heaphy, part of Lambton harbour, in port Nicholson, New Zealand, comprehending one third of the water frontage of the town of Wellington. Published for the New Zealand Company by Smith, elder, lithograph, hand coloured, 1841, 43 x 54 cm.…

Poukalem (and) Matoua-Tawai (New Zealand) lithograph, from 'Voyage Au Pa'Le Sud Et Dans L'OCA?ANIE.' by Dumont D'Urville, embossed below image, 'Gide Editeur', printed lower centre, 'Lith.A© par La©veillA© dA¡prA¨s les bustes modelA¨s d'aprA¨s natur

Gordon Walters, Geneology III, 1971, printed 2020, screenprint on paper, edition of 100, indented with Walters Estate chop mark, 105.5 x 80.5 cm, Gordon Walters (1919-1995) is one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most significant artists. He is revered for his…

1780 Hand-Coloured Engravings: Hippah in New Zealand & Perforated Rock

Pair of copper plate hand coloured engravings, the inside of a Hippah in New Zealand & Gerald Sibelius - the Perforated rock Tolaga bay, both dated 1780 on label to reverse, 22 x 32.5 cm ea

Jane Mitchell there was a man Who Once Ran free, 1990s, New Zealand. Etching on paper, framed behind glass. Signed and editioned to bottom. Jane Mitchell was a student of Otago school of fine Arts. Frame 680 x 56 cm, print 415 x 36.5 cm

Maori Life Lithograph by Sainson

Depictions of Maori life by Louis Auguste de Sainson, lithograph, hand-painted. From the voyage of the ship astrolabe and publication 'Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde'. Framed and behind glass. 46 x 55 cm, print 25.7 x 13.1 cm

New Zealand Chiefs and War Canoe Lithograph

Heads of New Zealand chiefs and a New Zealand war canoe by Sydney Parkinson, lithograph, hand coloured. Framed behind glass. Frame 42.3 x 50.5 cm, print 19.5 x 27.5 cm

Maori Life Lithograph by Louis Auguste de Sainson

Maori Life Lithograph by C.D. Barraud (1877)

A Colonial lithograph detailing Maori life by Charles Decimus Barraud, lithograph. From Barraud: New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. London. 1877. Framed behind glass. Frame 57 x 44.2 cm

Dusk Bay Family in New Zealand

A family in Dusk bay, New Zealand by William Hodges, lithograph. Made in 1794. Depicting members of iwi Kati Mamoe. Framed behind glass. Frame 33.3 x 48 cm, print 21.8 x 34 cm

New Zealanders in 1806

A man of New Zealand. A woman of New Zealand by Jean Piron, lithograph, hand coloured. 1806. Depicting two people from cape Maria van Diemen. Framed behind glass. Frame 31.8 x 36.5 cm, print 13.5 x 19.7 cm

New Zealand Coastal Artifacts

A Curiously arched rock on the coast of New Zealand. A New Zealand chief Whose head is Ingeniously Tatawed, and a Subaltern warrior of the same country by an unknown artist, lithograph, hand-painted. Based on the drawings by Sydney Parkinson. The top…

Hippah Village in New Zealand

View of a Hippah or village in New Zealand by John Webber, lithograph, hand coloured. Depicting a settlement on the Island of Motuara in Malborough Sounds. The original engraving was made in 1796 and the drawing by Webber in the 1970s. Framed behind glass…

Coastal Retreat: Arched Rock in New Zealand

View of an arched rock on the coast of New Zealand with a place of Retreat on the top of it by Sydney Parkinson, lithograph, hand-painted. Illustration from 'A journal of a voyage to the south Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour' 1773. Framed…

"A Good Joke" Chromolithograph by Charles F. Goldie

Charles F. Goldie a good Joke, one of the highest quality examples of 'A good Joke' to ever come to market.. This high-quality chromolithograph is a reproduction of a painting by Charles Frederick Goldie, preeminent painter of Maori portraits in the early…

Maori Morai Scene and People Engraving Print

New Zealand Maori coloured print engraving depicting early Maori Morai scene, and images of local Maori people, unframed, 19 cm, 12 cm.

Victorian Engravings of Hot Lake District in New Zealand

Victorian coloured engraving scenes in the hot lake District North Island of New Zealand 1, a Maori bath, Ohinemutu - 2, the native Lands court, Ohinemutu. From the Graphic c1884

C.D. Barraud's New Zealand Lithograph, 1877

A framed lithograph from C.D. Barraud's New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive, 1877, 'Te Raku/Whata/Te Rangatira..' 14 vignettes on one plate. 41.5 x 29.5 cm.

Missionaries Landing in Taranaki, New Zealand

George Baxter (after) - Rev J Waterhouse and Missionaries Landing Taranaki New Zealand original coloured lithograph, 1844, 30 x 40 cm

Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand 1961

Queenstown, lake Wakatipu, New Zealand, 1961, colour proceess lithograph, printed by R E Owen, Governent Printer. Framed and mounted. 1010 x 63 cm

Ahippah: Fortified Village on Perforated Rock

A view of a Fortified town or village called Ahippah built on a Perforated rock at Tolaga in New Zealand' - Sydney Parkinson and Martin Reynoldson. Engraving. Framed and mounted. Height 12.5 cm, width 20 cm

Framed prints: Buller's Birds, Keulemans, c.1888, NZ Quail & Woodhen

Two framed prints from Buller's Birds, after J.G. Keulemans, 2nd edition, c.1888, including New Zealand Quail' and 'North Island Woodhen. Black Woodhen'. Each 33 x 23 cm.

Wellington, New Zealand: View of South East Waterfront

Thomas Allom [New Zealand, 1804-72], engraver, view of a part of the town of Wellington, New Zealand, looking towards the south East comprising one third, of the water Frontage., hand-coloured lithograph, after a drawing made in 1841, by C. Heaphy.…

Hand-Coloured New Zealand Scenes by Whites Aviation Limited

A pair of Whites photographic prints, Lake Wakatipu & Kaikoura coast, hand-coloured, from the collection of New Zealand scenes in the library of Whites Aviation limited, 'New Zealand pictures of outstanding beauty and in glorious colours'. Entitled lower…

Anihana': Maori Chief Portrait

Robert Frederick Way (1872-1947), Anihana' (a portrait of a Maori chief), etching, signed and entitled. 31 x 21 cm.

New Zealand Portraits by William Hodges

William Hodges, a pair of portraits: a woman of New Zealand and a man of New Zealand, engravings. 22.5 cm x 185 & 21 cm x 15.5 cm

Missionary Landing in Taranaki, New Zealand

George Baxter (1804-67), The Rev. J. Waterhouse Superintending the Landing of The Missionaries at Taranaki, New Zealand', oil print, coloured in the Baxter patented method. 28.5 cm x 40 cm.

Antique Engravings of New Zealand's Perforated Rock

Two antique engravings of New Zealand originally published by Alex Hogg, at the Kings Arms, Paternoster Row, London, including ' A Larger view (by another Artist) of that Celebrated Natural Curiosity, the PERFORATED ROCK, in Tolaga Bay, in NEW ZEALAND,'(

Missionary Landing in Taranaki, New Zealand

George Baxter (1804-67), The Rev. J. Waterhouse Superintending the Landing of The Missionaries at Taranaki, New Zealand', oil print, coloured in the Baxter patented method. 28.5 cm x 40 cm.

Antique Engravings of New Zealand's Landscape and People

Two antique engravings of New Zealand including engravings for Moore's Voyages & Travels, 'A Curiously Arched Rock on the Coast of New Zealand;' and 'A New Zealand Chief whose head is ingeniously TATAWED;' and 'A Subaltern Warrior of the same Country;' t

Heaphy's Lithographs: Nelson and Wellington Views

Two important Thomas Allan colour lithographs from drawings by surveyor Charles Heaphy 1822-81 titled view of Nelson in Tasman Gulf New Zealand and a view of Wellington, 41 x 53 cm together

New Zealand War Canoe Engraving

Sydney Parkinson, (1745-1771) English, After, A War Canoe of New Zealand c.1773, copper engraving, 19 x 51.2 cm sight

Maori Portraits and Puhoro Tattoo Study

Louis de Sainson, 'Nouvelle-Zelande' (14 Maori portraits and a study of puhoro [thigh] tattoo), three lithographs, from the Atlas of the First Voyage de L'Astrolabe (Dumont D'Urville) 1826-29, published in Paris 1833, plates 42, 54 and 57: Each 43 cm x 31…

Cook's Voyages Engravings: War Canoe & King Tereoboo

Sydney Parkinson, 'Representation of A War Canoe of New Zealand...' and 'Tereoboo, King of Owyhee, bringing presents to Capt. Cook', two hand coloured steel engravings from Cook's Voyages, published Hogg, London c.1784. Largest 19.5 cm x 36.5 cm

Maori Canoes of Tolaga Bay and Bream Bay

Louise Auguste de Sainson. A lithograph illustrating the Maori canoes of Tolaga Bay and Bream Bay, New Zealand

Gunna Chief: First Maori to Sell Land to Missionaries

John William Lewin. A Hoodee of Gunna Chief of Rangee Hoo Hand tinted lithograph, London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1824. Gunna Chief was the first Maori to sell land to the missionaries in the Bay of Islands in 1815

Family in Dusk Bay, New Zealand

William Hodges. Family in Dusk Bay, New Zealand Copperplate engraving, c. 1775

Family at Dusk Bay, New Zealand (1775)

William Hodges. A Family at Dusk Bay, New Zealand Copperplate engraving, c. 1775

War Canoe of New Zealand Engraving

After Sydney Parkinson. War Canoe of New Zealand with a view of Gable End Foreland Copperplate engraving

Hippah (Pa) at Tolaga, New Zealand

Herman Diedrich Sporing. 'A Fortified Town or Village Called a Hippah (Pa), Built on a Perforated Rock, at Tolaga in New Zealand'. Copperplate engraving, c. 1769

Maori Warrior Head Engraving by Sydney Parkinson

After Sydney Parkinson. Tetê d'un Guerrier de la Nouvelle Zelande (Head of a warrior of New Zealand) Copperplate engraving. This is the first portrait of a Maori person, from the East Coast of the Nth. Island, drawn by a European artist.

Maori Canoe in Murderers Bay

After Isaac Gilsenan. Murderers Bay Copperplate engraving. This is the first image of Maori people drawn by a European artist, showing a crew of Maori in a double-hulled canoe in what is now known as Tasman Bay.

Early Maps of Australia and Surrounding Islands

Two early maps, Wyld, James (1790-1836) 'East InDiameter Isles & Australia,' 1824, pub. John Thompson, Edinburgh. Wilkinson, Robert 'New South Wales, New Zealand, New Hebrides & the Islands Adjacent,' pub. 1808, including Lord Howe & Norfolk Island.…

Lithograph of Astrolabe Bay, Nelson Region with French Sailors

A rare and hand-coloured lithograph 'L'Anse De L'Astrolabe (Nouvelle Zelande)'. By Louis A. Sainson from Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 'Voyage De La Convette l'Astrolabe Execute Pendant Les Annees 1826, 1827, 1828 Et 1829, Atlas…

Maori Whare with Carved Figure and European Influence

A rare hand-coloured lithograph 'Stranger's House (Houraki Pah)'. By Richard Aldworth Oliver, 1811-1889, 'A Series of Lithographic Drawings From Sketches in New Zealand '. London, Dickinson & Co. [1852]. This lithograph depicts a Maori whare with porch…