Rough drawings or paintings representing the chief features of objects or scenes; often made as quick records of a scene, object, or idea, or as a preliminary to a study for a larger work.
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Date:
1955 - 1956
From:
[Mitchell, Victor Leonard William] 1925-1980 :[Studies for the Lower Hutt War Memorial Library murals. 1955-1956]
By:
Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980
Ref:
B-125-078
Description:
Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - artist's notes on colour
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 353 x 276 mm
Date:
1983 - 1995
From:
Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :[Red beech writing. Illustrations. 1970-1984].
By:
Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-
Ref:
A-285-016
Description:
Illustration to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p.
Shows small hut with well-defined piles and hinged door, alone on bare hil...
Date:
Dec. 27 [1845]
From:
Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Three sketchbooks of New Zealand scenes and people. 1844-1847]
By:
Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886
Ref:
E-111-3-004
Description:
A view from what is now Meadowbank, looking across the Purewa Creek to Parnell. The artist is within a fenced-off area. A building can just be seen in Parnel...
Date:
[ca 1975-1989]
From:
Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]
Ref:
C-171-076
Description:
Preliminary sketch for a cartoon. Shows a crowd of rugby fans climbing what appears to be a cloud. A rugby player is shown running through the gate into 'Rug...
Date:
[ca 1975-1989]
From:
Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]
Ref:
C-171-075
Description:
Preliminary sketch for a cartoon. Shows a number of road cyclists (labelled 'Stock market') racing towards Taranaki. The cyclists all have long noses pointed...
Date:
[ca 1975-1989]
From:
Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]
Ref:
C-171-074
Description:
Unfinished sketch for a cartoon, showing a number preliminary sketches of David Lange. In one he is shown opening a bottle of champagne. In another scene he ...
Date:
1853
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-100
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape with thatched cottage and four cattle on a hillside. Aviemore is in Scotland.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Aviemore...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-081
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape with castle and smaller buildings, with prominent rock formation.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Watercolou...
Date:
1853
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-101
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape featuring Beaumaris Castle, in Wales.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Beaumaris 1853 [pencil]
Quantity: 1 drawing(s)....
Date:
28 March 1843
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-109
Description:
Pencil landscape of Tivoli depicting view down the Aniene river valley with waterfall on left coming down from the Sabine hills. Tivoli is a town near Rome, ...
Date:
1861
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-102
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape with Hafod-y-Llyn lake, in Wales. Verso - pencil sketches, technical drawings of screw mechanisms.
Inscriptions: Recto - bo...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-020
Description:
Watercolour full length portrait of seated female subject. Caption inscribed verso suggests this is in Poggi, Province of Imperia, Italy.
Inscriptions: Vers...
Date:
1 April 1843
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-117
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape with coastal view of Terracina in the Province of Latina, Italy. Depicts the Temple of Jupiter Anxur up on the hill. Verson ...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-105
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape with two prominent trees.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 271 x 374 mm.
Date:
1868
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-085
Description:
Watercolour landscape with prominent rocks and vegetation. Portmadoc is the Anglicised form of Porthmadog, in Wales.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Old...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-043
Description:
Watercolour and ink sketch of a donkey loaded with barrels and two figures (male and female) and small building, with mountains in background.
Quantity: 1 d...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-083
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape depicting valley in Saint-Beat, Upper Garenne (Haut Garonne), France, with castle ruins. Verso - watercolour sketch of donke...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-063
Description:
Watercolour study of trees in a landscape with a body of water in foreground.
Other titles (file print) - [Study of trees c. 1850]
Quantity: 1 drawing(s). ...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-054
Description:
Pencil sketch of a single-masted sailing vessel flying a British standard, with small sailing vessel in the distance.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Desc...
Date:
[ca 1830s-1860s]
From:
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits
Ref:
B-178-091
Description:
Watercolour and pencil landscape with a mountain range in background showing snowy peaks, with dark clouds and indications of inclement weather approaching a...
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