Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Date
1895
By
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Field family
Reference
E-391
Description

Sketches, mainly of animals from Fitzgerald's Circus, which visited Dunedin in February 1895

Inscriptions: On cover: W.Hodgkins, Dunedin '95

Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).

Physical Description: 10 pencil, 8 watercolour, 2 red chalk, 1 card and 2 prints tipped in page size 236 x 176 mm

Finding Aids: Shelf-list available.

Provenance: Field family, descendants of the artist through Isabel Field, née Hodgkins.

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Field family papers, MS group 60, ex MS papers 113, transferred to Drawings & Prints 26/4/89 - Loose items removed from sketchbook on accession in Drawings & Prints: H.M.S.Acheron at anchor ... / W.M.Hodgkins (A-169-027, IRN 88947); Portrait of a Dunedin gentleman / W.M.Hodgkins (A-169-026, IRN 88958); Sunset at sea / Peter Field (A-214-083, IRN 89007); Romantic riding excursion / R.Bong (A-013-061, IRN 89011) - - Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives 26 April 1898, from Field Family Papers, MS Group 60, Acc. no. 73-128.

Additional description

Alternative form available: Negs C-08968 to C-08984

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Format
1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil works, Chalk drawings, 10 pencil, 8 watercolour, 2 red chalk, 1 card and 2 prints tipped in page size 236 x 176 mm
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Image

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Maori mother and child. 1895?]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

By: Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947

Reference: E-391-017

Description: Head and shoulders frontal view of a Maori woman, with an infant in a sling looking over her left shoulder. Possibly the work of Frances Hodgkins, rather than her father Other Titles - Frances Hodgkins Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Bear and handler. 1895]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-007

Description: Drawing of bear with handler Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

Image

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Circus bear. 1895]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-004

Description: Partial drawings of bears Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

Image

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Lion. 1895]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-009

Description: Pencil drawing of a lion Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

Image

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Bear handler from Fitzgerald's Circus. 1895]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-006

Description: Full length portrait of a bear handler from Fitzgerald's circus which toured New Zealand in 1895. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

Image

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Menagerie keeper and Bob. 1895]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-011

Description: Shows a man wearing a white cap sitting down and a monkey sitting behind him Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

Image

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Menagerie keeper and Bob. 1895]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-012

Description: Shows a man wearing a white cap sitting down with a monkey on his knee, also shows a side view of a man standing wearing a brown hat. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

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Artist unknown :I wish you a very merry Christmas. [1890s]

Date: 1890 - 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-019

Description: A commercially-printed card, showing a bunch of pink clover flowers in a pink vase and the words `I wish you a very merry Christmas' printed across it. On the back are dark red and white clover flowers. Card is inscribed from 'Sissie' (Isabel Hodgkins) to her mother. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Mother, with love an best wishes for the New Year; Recto - bottom right - Sissie Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 140 x 185 mm (loose at back of sketchbook)

Image

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Tiger cubs. 1895]

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-003

Description: Shows three tiger cubs Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1893 :[Six sketches of baboons from Fitzgerald's Circus....

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Dunedin [18]95

Reference: E-391-005

Description: Six sketches of baboons from Fitzgerald's circus Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 236 x 176 mm (page size)