William Andrews Collis
Date of birth / Date established
1853
Date of death / Date closed
1920
Place of birth / Place established
Biography
William Andrews Collis was born in Fiji in 1853 of Wesleyan missionary parents. In 1869, at 16 years of age, Collis began his training with Hartley Webster, the New Plymouth photographer.
Collis worked as a professional photographer, covering child studies, weddings and family groups, but he had a special talent for scenic photography and his collection provides a record of the growth of New Plymouth, Taranaki and its scenery.
Collis worked as a professional photographer, covering child studies, weddings and family groups, but he had a special talent for scenic photography and his collection provides a record of the growth of New Plymouth, Taranaki and its scenery.
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William Andrews Collis
Maker of
Name/Title:
Captain Richard Blake
Production date:
Circa 1880
Accession number:
PHO2008-1689
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Name/Title:
"Taranaki Jubilee 1841-1891. Procession down Devon St."
Production date:
31 Mar 1891
Accession number:
PHO2015-0206
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Name/Title:
"Natives Parihaka"
Production date:
Circa 1880s
Accession number:
PHO2008-1857
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Name/Title:
"Egmont from Mangorei"
Accession number:
PHO2015-0216
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Name/Title:
"The Maori Village at the exhibition"
Production date:
Dec 1904
Accession number:
PHO2008-1838
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Name/Title:
"Parihaka"
Production date:
1881
Accession number:
A64.034
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Name/Title:
"Waitara from Manukorihi pā"
Accession number:
PHO2007-287
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Name/Title:
"Bell's Falls, 1878"
Production date:
1878
Accession number:
PHO2015-0215
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Name/Title:
White Hart Hotel, New Plymouth
Production date:
1901-1902
Accession number:
PHO2007-078
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Name/Title:
Parihaka
Production date:
1881
Accession number:
PHO2008-1877
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Subject of
Name/Title:
"Carnegie Building Committee Councillors W. A. Collis, Fred C. J. Bellringer (Chairman), G. W. Brown"
Production date:
Circa 1908
Accession number:
PHO2008-348
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Name/Title:
"Parihaka"
Production date:
1881
Accession number:
A64.034
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Name/Title:
White Hart Hotel, New Plymouth
Production date:
1901-1902
Accession number:
PHO2007-078
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Name/Title:
Porikapa Te Wareware
Production date:
Circa 1860-1888
Accession number:
PHO2009-303
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Name/Title:
Camera, Folding
Production date:
Circa 1810
Accession number:
A68.699
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Name/Title:
"Sportsground and terraces, Recreation Ground"
Accession number:
PHO2008-365
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Name/Title:
"Parihaka No. 60"
Accession number:
PHO2008-1677
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Name/Title:
"Devon Street"
Production date:
1870
Accession number:
PHO2009-107
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Name/Title:
John Edward Brewster
Production date:
22 Jun 1886
Accession number:
PHO2009-204
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Name/Title:
Tippins family
Production date:
Circa 1909
Accession number:
PHO2009-206
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