Art

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Image: Toss Woollaston painting watercolours

Toss Woollaston painting watercolours

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Image: Man painting wood

Man painting wood

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Image: Sydney Lough Thompson holding a painting

Sydney Lough Thompson holding a painting

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Image: Painting of Matene Te Whiwhi

Painting of Matene Te Whiwhi

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Image: Painting the Strathmore Park Plunket rooms

Painting the Strathmore Park Plunket rooms

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Image: Frances Hodgkins painting in Tangier, Morocco; Frances Hodgkins

Frances Hodgkins painting in Tangier, Morocco; Frances Hodgkins

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Image: Miria Simpson with painting of Pare Watene

Miria Simpson with painting of Pare Watene

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Image: Wellington City Art Gallery :OPEN. The City Gallery Wellington is open [McCahon cursive design. 1993].

Wellington City Art Gallery :OPEN. The City Gallery Wellington is open [McCahon cursive design. 1993].

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Image: Gate III, painting by Colin McCahon

Gate III, painting by Colin McCahon

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Image: Artist Colin McCahon with his granddaughter Elizabeth - Photograph taken by the Auckland Star

Artist Colin McCahon with his granddaughter Elizabeth - Photograph taken by the Auckland Star

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Image: Visitor views Goldie's painting The Widow at the National Art Gallery, Wellington - Photograph taken by Mark Coote

Visitor views Goldie's painting The Widow at the National Art Gallery, Wellington - Photograph taken by Mark Coote

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Image: [Hodges, William] 1744-1797 :[Daisy, celmisia holosericea. 1773?]

[Hodges, William] 1744-1797 :[Daisy, celmisia holosericea. 1773?]

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Image: [Hodges, William] 1744-1797 :[Piper latifolium. 1773?]

[Hodges, William] 1744-1797 :[Piper latifolium. 1773?]

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Image: Hodges, William, 1744-1797 :View in the Island of Pines, Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by W. Byrne. London, W Strahan, 1777.

Hodges, William, 1744-1797 :View in the Island of Pines, Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by W. Byrne. London, W Strahan, 1777.

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Image: Artist unknown :Habitans de la Nouvelle Zeelande / P. L. Pl LXIX. [After William Hodges and Sydney Parkinson. Paris, 1820]

Artist unknown :Habitans de la Nouvelle Zeelande / P. L. Pl LXIX. [After William Hodges and Sydney Parkinson. Paris, 1820]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Astrolabe Roads, Tasman's Gulf [1841]

Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Astrolabe Roads, Tasman's Gulf [1841]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Charge of the Light Brigade. [1869?]

Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Charge of the Light Brigade. [1869?]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Provision House; Otumatua Pah, Cape Egmont. [1841]

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Provision House; Otumatua Pah, Cape Egmont. [1841]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Kauri forest, Wairoa River, Kaipara. [1839]

Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Kauri forest, Wairoa River, Kaipara. [1839]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Hiko, the son of Te Pehi Kupe (Tupai Cupa). Drawn by Charles Heaphy Esq.re. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845]

Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Hiko, the son of Te Pehi Kupe (Tupai Cupa). Drawn by Charles Heaphy Esq.re. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Cowdie forest on the Wairoa River, Kaipara (Col. Wakefield proceeding to the Bay of Islands) / Chas Heaphy 1840.

Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Cowdie forest on the Wairoa River, Kaipara (Col. Wakefield proceeding to the Bay of Islands) / Chas Heaphy 1840.

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Image: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Mt Egmont, from the Sugar Loaf Islands, Taranake 1849

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Mt Egmont, from the Sugar Loaf Islands, Taranake 1849

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Image: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Port Wakefield, from the entrance of the Nairn River; Chatham Islands. [1840]

Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Port Wakefield, from the entrance of the Nairn River; Chatham Islands. [1840]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Thorndon Flat and part of the city of Wellington. [April, 1841]

Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Thorndon Flat and part of the city of Wellington. [April, 1841]

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Image: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :View in the valley of the Nairne Port Wakefield in the distance. [June, 1840]

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :View in the valley of the Nairne Port Wakefield in the distance. [June, 1840]

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Image: [Smith, William Mein] 1799-1869 :Newry, Hutt River, Port Nicholson, 1844 ; F A Molesworth

[Smith, William Mein] 1799-1869 :Newry, Hutt River, Port Nicholson, 1844 ; F A Molesworth

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Image: Clere, Frederick de Jersey 1856-1952 :Seddon memorial, Wellington. 1949

Clere, Frederick de Jersey 1856-1952 :Seddon memorial, Wellington. 1949

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Image: Clere, Frederick de Jersey 1856-1952 :St Mary's Church, Karori. 1912

Clere, Frederick de Jersey 1856-1952 :St Mary's Church, Karori. 1912

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Image: Clere, Frederick de Jersey 1856-1952 :Chinese Mission room, Wellington 1905

Clere, Frederick de Jersey 1856-1952 :Chinese Mission room, Wellington 1905

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Image: Clere, Frederick de Jersey (architect) : House for Edward Pearce, Abel Smith Street, Wellington

Clere, Frederick de Jersey (architect) : House for Edward Pearce, Abel Smith Street, Wellington

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Image: [Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Mangarei 1860 Mohaka

[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Mangarei 1860 Mohaka

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Image: [Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Kaikaia. Mohaka [1861?]

[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Kaikaia. Mohaka [1861?]

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Image: [Cooper, Alfred John 1831-1869] :Ahiraranga. Mohaka [1861]

[Cooper, Alfred John 1831-1869] :Ahiraranga. Mohaka [1861]

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Image: [Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Waipatiki, Hawke Bay. 17 May 1855

[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Waipatiki, Hawke Bay. 17 May 1855

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Image: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869 :Ahi Raranga Mohaka [April] 1861

Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869 :Ahi Raranga Mohaka [April] 1861

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Image: [Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Kai Kai-ia Mohaka [1856]

[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Kai Kai-ia Mohaka [1856]

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Image: [Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for rails [ca 1860?]

[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for rails [ca 1860?]

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Image: [Cooper, Alfred John], 1831-1869 :Cutting the blubber off a whale on Mohaka Beach. [ca 1860?]

[Cooper, Alfred John], 1831-1869 :Cutting the blubber off a whale on Mohaka Beach. [ca 1860?]

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Image: Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Greymouth. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]

Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Greymouth. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]

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Image: Cooper, Alfred John 1831-1869 :Waiparu-paru. Mohaka 1860 Mouth of Mohaka. Sims' Public House in foreground. Riddle's woolshed and craft in the distance.

Cooper, Alfred John 1831-1869 :Waiparu-paru. Mohaka 1860 Mouth of Mohaka. Sims' Public House in foreground. Riddle's woolshed and craft in the dist...

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Image: Featon, Sarah Anne, 1848-1927 :Kowhai ngutu kaka - clianthus puniceus. S. Featon. Bock and Cousins Chromo-Litho. [Wellington, 1889]

Featon, Sarah Anne, 1848-1927 :Kowhai ngutu kaka - clianthus puniceus. S. Featon. Bock and Cousins Chromo-Litho. [Wellington, 1889]

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Image: Featon, Sarah Anne, 1848-1927 :Kohe-kohe - Dysoxylum spectabile. Bock and Cousins Chromo-Litho. [Wellington, 1889]

Featon, Sarah Anne, 1848-1927 :Kohe-kohe - Dysoxylum spectabile. Bock and Cousins Chromo-Litho. [Wellington, 1889]

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Image: Driftwood art display

Driftwood art display

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Image: Driftwood art display

Driftwood art display

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Image: Art gallery interior

Art gallery interior

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Image: Suter Art Gallery - Nelson

Suter Art Gallery - Nelson

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Image: Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui

Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui

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Image: Modern art at National Art Gallery, Wellington

Modern art at National Art Gallery, Wellington

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Image: Portrait of a man, Russian Art exhibition, National Art Gallery, Wellington

Portrait of a man, Russian Art exhibition, National Art Gallery, Wellington

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Image: Canterbury Society of Arts art class

Canterbury Society of Arts art class

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Image: Art Society buildings, Durham Street, Christchurch

Art Society buildings, Durham Street, Christchurch

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Image: Bronze bust of a man, Russian Art exhibition, National Art Gallery, Wellington

Bronze bust of a man, Russian Art exhibition, National Art Gallery, Wellington

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Image: Robert McDougall Art Gallery :Ralph Hotere paintings. McDougall Art Gallery May 3-26 [1975?]

Robert McDougall Art Gallery :Ralph Hotere paintings. McDougall Art Gallery May 3-26 [1975?]

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Image: Artists and their paintings at Art Gallery

Artists and their paintings at Art Gallery

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Image: Catts Patterson, Riley "Elf" at Art Gallery

Catts Patterson, Riley "Elf" at Art Gallery

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Image: Photographs of street art in Palmerston North

Photographs of street art in Palmerston North

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Image: Art Exhibition, portrait of woman by Sydney Lough Thompson

Art Exhibition, portrait of woman by Sydney Lough Thompson

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Image: National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum, Buckle Street, Wellington

National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum, Buckle Street, Wellington

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Image: Portrait of a seated woman wearing white

Portrait of a seated woman wearing white

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Image: The Vienna Photo Art Company (Belfast) fl 1860s-1880s :Portrait of unidentified woman

The Vienna Photo Art Company (Belfast) fl 1860s-1880s :Portrait of unidentified woman

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Image: Art works on display at the University of Canterbury School of Arts

Art works on display at the University of Canterbury School of Arts

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Image: Exterior view of an Art Gallery building in Palmerston North, Whanganui-Manawatu Region

Exterior view of an Art Gallery building in Palmerston North, Whanganui-Manawatu Region

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Image: Dowse Art Gallery, during the opening of an exhibition on Parihaka by Selwyn Muru

Dowse Art Gallery, during the opening of an exhibition on Parihaka by Selwyn Muru

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Image: Art class at Wellington Zoo

Art class at Wellington Zoo

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Image: Wellington City Art Gallery :OPEN. The City Gallery Wellington is open [Explosion design. 1993].

Wellington City Art Gallery :OPEN. The City Gallery Wellington is open [Explosion design. 1993].

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Image: [Nairn's Linoleum] :Nairn's art linoleum. Linoleum for large halls, passages, etc. Nairn's linoleum possesses the noiseless characteristics of carpet, without its cost. A special make for stairs. [1878-1880?]

[Nairn's Linoleum] :Nairn's art linoleum. Linoleum for large halls, passages, etc. Nairn's linoleum possesses the noiseless characteristics of carp...

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Image: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902: [Duvauchelle Bay, Akaroa]

Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902: [Duvauchelle Bay, Akaroa]

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Image: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902 :Leslie Hills Station, Canterbury. 1866

Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902 :Leslie Hills Station, Canterbury. 1866

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Image: [Chevalier, Nicholas] 1828-1902 :Rhone valley. [Switzerland 1850s or 1870s?]

[Chevalier, Nicholas] 1828-1902 :Rhone valley. [Switzerland 1850s or 1870s?]

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Image: Digital scans of art and photographs

Digital scans of art and photographs

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Image: Art copy for shirt collar

Art copy for shirt collar

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Image: [Greeting card]. Wishes; with best Yuletide greetings. Designed in England; printed in Prussia [Christmas 1910]

[Greeting card]. Wishes; with best Yuletide greetings. Designed in England; printed in Prussia [Christmas 1910]

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