Colony Collection

Map of the Caribbean island of Martinique, c1783

Portrait of Samuel Sewall, in periwig and long coat, c1700-1720, (1937). Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Samuel Sewall, Governor and Judge of Massachusetts Colony, showing the periwig and long coat of the reign of James II, c1700-1720, (1937)

Fremantle, 1886. Artist: Julian Ashton
Fremantle, 1886. Fremantle, here depicted as a small settlement, is now a city located within the Perth metropolitan area on Australias western coast

Sketches from British Columbia: Port Anderson, Anderson Lake, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from British Columbia: Port Anderson, Anderson Lake, 1864. 'This port and town, though at present in "embryo," is pleasantly situated;

Sketches from British Columbia: Lilloett, on the Fraser River, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from British Columbia: Lilloett, on the Fraser River, 1864. '...a bird's-eye view, of the little town of Lilloett, situated on the right bank of the Fraser River

Sketches in British Columbia: Indian village, Douglas Lake, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in British Columbia: Indian village, Douglas Lake, 1864. Village '...inhabited by 200 or 300 people of the Quit-Squaws tribe, who, like all those to be met with on this route

Sketches in British Columbia: the town of Douglas, and Douglas Lake, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in British Columbia: the town of Douglas, and Douglas Lake, 1864. 'The site where this town now stands was, before the gold fever began, in 1858

Sketches in British Columbia: scene at the fountain near Parsonville, Fraser River, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in British Columbia: scene at the fountain near Parsonville, Fraser River, 1864. 'The Fountain, eight miles from Parsonville, which is in quite another district

Views at the Seat of the War in New Zealand: settler's house at Waikato, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Views at the Seat of the War in New Zealand: settler's house at Waikato, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. A.E. Smith

Views at the Seat of the War in New Zealand: village on the Waikato River, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Views at the Seat of the War in New Zealand: village on the Waikato River, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. A.E. Smith

Views at the Seat of the War in New Zealand: Waikato Heads, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Views at the Seat of the War in New Zealand: Waikato Heads, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. A.E. Smith. 'The bush with which the Waikato Heads are covered

Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, 1864. '...we present a View of the Government House at Auckland, the capital of the colony, where Sir George Grey, the present Governor, usually resides

Cotton from India: a cotton convoy - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton from India: a cotton convoy proceeding from Rewah towards the Ganges - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. '...a small convoy of solid wooden-wheeled carts, pad bullocks

Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Mount Egmont, in the province of New Plymouth (Taranaki), North Island, New Zealand, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Mount Egmont, in the province of New Plymouth (Taranaki), North Island, New Zealand, 1862. 'The snow-crested Apollo of mountains, Mount Egmont

Sketches in British Columbia: Harrison Lake, with the Cascade Mountains in the distance, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in British Columbia: Harrison Lake, with the Cascade Mountains in the distance, 1864. 'The View of Harrison Lake is taken from a small bay looking down that lake

Cave Rock, Port Lyttelton, New Zealand, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Cave Rock, Port Lyttelton, New Zealand, 1864. 'The picturesque scenery of the cliffs on each side of the entrance to the harbour of Lyttelton, in the Canterbury Province of New Zealand

Views in Dutch Guiana: Government-House-Square, Paramaribo, Surinam, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Views in Dutch Guiana: Government-House-Square, Paramaribo, Surinam, 1864. Illustration '...from the portfolio of the "Scenery of the Netherlands' West Indies"...published by Buffa

The Government-House, Canterbury Province, New Zealand, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Government-House, Canterbury Province, New Zealand, 1864. View of '...the Government House at Christchurch, the capital of the province of Canterbury, New Zealand

Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. 'The foundation-stone of the new bridge to connect the north and south portions of the city...was laid

Opening of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway: arrival of the first train..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway: arrival of the first train at Wellington Station, 1864. 'This is the only considerable railway undertaking begun in South Africa

The Post Office of Auckland, New Zealand: arrival of the "Home" Mails, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Post Office of Auckland, New Zealand: arrival of the "Home" Mails, 1864. "The mail-steamer from Sydney comes here once a month, bringing letters and papers from England

Maori war-canoe at Tauranga, New Zealand, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Maori war-canoe at Tauranga, New Zealand, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant Robley, of the 68th Regiment, '...now stationed at Tauranga...The natives of the shores of the Bay of Plenty

Sketches from New Zealand: the Queen's Redoubt, on the Waikato, HQ of Lieut.-Gen. Cameron, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from New Zealand: the Queen's Redoubt, on the Waikato, the head-quarters of Lieutenant-General Cameron, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

The Right Rev. Dr Bromby, the new Bishop of Tasmania, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Right Rev. Dr Bromby, the new Bishop of Tasmania, 1864. Dr. Bromby...was consecrated in Canterbury Cathedral on the 29th of June last...[He] was introduced on that occasion by Bishop Nixon

The War in New Zealand: the gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere, on the Waikato River..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: the gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere, on the Waikato River, reconnoitring the native position, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by '...Mr

Victoria, the Chief Town of Vancouver's Island, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Victoria, the Chief Town of Vancouver's Island, 1858. This place, a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company, bids fair

Scene from Dutch colony. Creator: Claes Jansz Visscher
Scene from Dutch colony

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme Acadienne, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme Acadienne, c1797

General map of Suriname, 1737-1757. Creator: Hendrik de Leth
General map of Suriname, 1737-1757. Map of the colony or province of Suriname: with the rivers, districts, discoveries by military expeditions

The North Atlantic Telegraph - Julianshaab, Capital of South Greenland, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The North Atlantic Telegraph - Julianshaab, Capital of South Greenland, 1860. Julianshaab is the capital of the district embracing the southern end of Greenland

The Prince's arrival at Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Prince's arrival at Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits Canada. The Prince reached Fredericton, New Brunswick, on the 4th August

A street in the old part of Batavia, c.1860-c.1880. Creator: Jan Weissenbruch
A street in the old part of Batavia, c.1860-c.1880. Street scene in Batavia (now known as Jakarta), capital of the Dutch East Indies. Attributed to Jan Weissenbruch

Taranaki (New Plymouth), the village-capital of the province of New Plymouth, North Island... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Taranaki (New Plymouth), the village-capital of the province of New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand, 1860. The district...has been termed "the Garden of New Zealand;"

View of Malacca from the sea, 1764. Creator: Jan Keldermans
View of Malacca from the sea, 1764. View of the city of Malacca which can be seen just above the sandbank on the sea-facing side; with houses, trees and palm trees, a Dutch sloop

Accurate Map of the state and the course of Rio de Berbice... 1742. Creators: Jan Daniel Knapp, Hendrik de Leth
Accurate Map of the state and the course of Rio de Berbice. Located with the same Plantation in the Colony of Berbice, 1742

Hobart, Tasmania, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Hobart, Tasmania, c1900. Port in the British colony of Australia. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]

The island of Deshima, c.1833-c.1836. Creator: Workshop of Kawahara Keiga
The island of Deshima, c.1833-c.1836. Bird's-eye view of the fan-shaped island of Deshima. In the foreground closed gates and steps between the island and the mainland

St. John's, Newfoundland, c1900. Creator: Unknown
St. John's, Newfoundland, c1900. Fishing rights in Canada. This island - the oldest colony of Great Britain, which came into our possession in 1583 by occupation - was formally declared by

The Colonies Pay Tribute to the Dutch Maiden, 1852. Creator: Charles Rochussen
The Colonies Pay Tribute to the Dutch Maiden, 1852

Design for two wallpapers: river with ships in the colonies, c.1752-c.1819. Creator: Juriaan Andriessen
Design for two wallpapers: river with ships in the colonies, c.1752-c.1819

The Uytlught Country House, Colombo, c.1750. Creator: B. van Lier
The Uytlught Country House, Colombo, c.1750. Dutch colonialists in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Attributed to B. van Lier

The War in China - Victoria Hong-Kong: Queen's-Road West, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - Victoria Hong-Kong: Queen's-Road West, 1857. The interest attached to the town of Victoria, the capital of Hong-Kong, and the seat of the Colonial Government

Bunbury, in Western Australia, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Bunbury, in Western Australia, 1857. The improving little sea-port town of Bunbury...is pleasantly situated at the mouth of the Leschenault Estuary, into which three rivers discharge their waters

York, in Western Australia, from an original sketch, 1857. Creator: Unknown
York, in Western Australia, from an original sketch, 1857. The oldest inland town in Western Australia. [It is...the chief settlement over the Darling Hills...[and one of] the principal

King George's Sound, 1857. Creator: Unknown
King George's Sound, 1857. View near...the southwestern extremity of the Australian continent. It consists of an outer sound and two inner basins or harbours, which are perfectly landlocked

View of Paramaribo, 1770-1818. Creator: Jan Antonie Kaldenbach
View of Paramaribo, 1770-1818. Capital of the Dutch colony of Surinam, depicting the river and the square. Paramaribo was the site of the first Dutch settlement, a trading post established in 1613

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