Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956

Date: 1898-[1926]

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956

Reference: MS-Papers-5581

Description: Comprises letters from James Nairn (1898), Nancy Riley, widow of Arthur D Riley (ca 1926) and from Wellington Dramatic Students on the occasion of Hill's marriage; newspaper clipping `Know your Wellington' by Poneke, featuring James Nairn; NZFAFZA receipt (1920); poem by D M Luckie re his portrait by Nairn; invitation to Hill to 1893 exhibition; Wellington Art Club subject sketch programmes for 1894-1895 and 1896-1897; also includes two letters from Elizabeth Mason to Jane Vial concerning the collection Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Two letters from Elizabeth Mason to Jane Vial concerning the donation of the material to the Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - - To Photographic Archive - Photograph of portrait of D M Luckie by James Nairn.

Date: 1931

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: E-517

Description: Pencil sketches and watercolours showing: Woman among rocks watching rowboat, Capri - Faraleone or Faraglioni rocks[sic], [Hillside and hilltop dwellings], The cave of Mithras - Sept 1st 1931, Looking from the cave of Mithras Sept 1 1931, Lucy Flannigan [sketching], [Sketch of] boats and boatmen, [Sunset with yacht], [more sketches of boats and boatmen]. The Faraglioni rocks are on the seaward side of Capri. (Information from Kendrah Brimblecombe 18.11.1996). Inscriptions: Album page - (Inside front cover): Mabel McIndoe / Sherbourne...(mainly Capri 1931) Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Hardbound book, 13 leaves, 140 x 233 mm.

Date: 1890-1898

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: E-514

Description: Shows scene on Avon River Christchurch; beech willow and fir trees; scene with brigands; nude model after Edwin Long; copy from Victorian loan collection (Dunedin South Seas exhibition 1890; copy of Ralli's "Snake charmers"; autumn leaves; J. A. X. in repose; African lilies in Kaikorai Valley 24.4.90; Nicholls Creek Falls (probable Dunedin area - dated 26.4.90); Silverstream 27.4.90; St Clair Dunedin 28.4.90; Scotch fir; rushing stream with bridge (the Leith?); A portrait [of a woman] 12.8.90; "She paints" (red conte); Masterton 10.11.90; Scheherazade; A stiff Nor'wester; "Wind"; Residence of A Evans Esq, Kaikorai Valley Sketchbook has been started from both ends; all pages are used. Inscriptions: Album page - (Inside front cover): Mabel Hill, Wellington School of Design, 31 March 1890.; (Inscribed on cover): Mabel Hill Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Hardbound book, 26 leaves, 132 x 182 mm.

Date: 1894

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956

Reference: ArtEph-1894-W-01

Description: 29 pages listing 291 works, by members of the club whose president was J M Nairn. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Catalogue, 29 pages, 127 x 126 mm.

Date: 1943-1952?

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: E-518

Description: Colour notes, a recipe for Scotch broth, rough sketches of countryside around Suffolk, Surrey, Kersey, Hickling Broad, Norfolk, Tossa de Mar, Cataluna Spain (1952?). Sketchbook has been only partly used, with many empty pages. It has also been started from both ends, with earlier material pages 1 to 19 or 20, later material from page 21 to the end. Suggested dates for this sketchbook are based on the fact that Mabel McIndoe (Hill) moved to Britain from New Zealand after the war (1945). She is known to have visited Kersey in 1934 and may have revisited it during her later sojourn in Britain. One page (E-518-019) with a list of paintings sold to a Christchurch dealer is dated 11 August 1943. Mabel McIndoe visited Tossa del Mar in 1952. Inscriptions: (In ink on front cover): Mabel Hill, 16 Glebe Place, Chelsea S.W.3; Inside front cover: addresses in pencil of three women in Kersey, Suffolk. The address in ink of a man in Hamburg. Inside back cover: a note in pencil 'Portrait of Kelide by Geoffrey Scott Russell. Esther Webster.' Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Hardbound book, 63 leaves, 110 x 140 mm.

Date: ca 1952

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: E-519

Description: Watercolour and pencil sketches of Tossa, Spain. Also contains sketch of castle near Jedburgh Scotland, and a scene in Surrey near East Grinstead. Sketchbook has been only partly used. Inscriptions: Album page - (on verso of first (loose) picture):Spain - 1952? / Mother very affected with cataract. (Note by Elizabeth Mason). [First sketch is actually dated 1st July 1954, and may be an English scene. Compare a very similar view in the artist's English sketchbook, E-518-051]. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Hardbound book, 48 leaves, 140 x 180 mm.

Date: ca 1937-1938 - 1953

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Moore & Thompson (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-2552-02

Description: Loose photographs from photograph album, some possibly inserted at a later date and some that have come loose from their fastenings. Includes photograph of Mabel (Hill) McIndoe, Lorna Rowland, and a Māori woman at Whakarewarewa, taken by Moore & Thompson Studios; photographs of the Hermitage and Mount Cook; two commercial postcards of English scenes; and a postcard printed backwards possibly from Australia. Also includes several photographs with extensive inscriptions on the back that may have accompanied articles by Lorna Rowland; they include a photograph of a boat landing stores at Tia Island and two photographs taken in 1953 showing aspects of the Blythe family's Air Beef Scheme in Western Australia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 10 photographs of various sizes, from 8.5 x 13.5 cm to 25.5 x 20 cm. Transfers: Photographs were originally inserted between pages in the photograph album at Library reference PA1-o-2028.. Processing information: Photographs were removed from album and re-housed for reasons of preservation.

Date: 1920s-1980s

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Christopher Bede Studios Limited; Harris, Claude, 1883-1961; Simon, Gertrud, 1887-1970; Topical Press Agency Ltd; W H Grove & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-2552-05

Description: Photographs taken by identified and unidentified photographers, of Lorna Rowland and other people, between the mid-1920s and 1980s. Includes several photographs of James Quinn in his studio; a photograph of James Quinn and Mabel McIndoe in London; formal and informal photographs of Lorna Rowland throughout her adult life; photographs of Lorna's friend Doris and her husband; a formal photograph of a woman inscribed "Yours ever affectionately, Margaret Rutherford"; photographs of Rosemary Anne Heynes, aged six years; a photograph taken by Aberdeen photographer Morgan of a bride and groom in naval uniform cutting a wedding cake with a sword; two photographs of paintings of Lorna Rowland; a photograph of Lorna Rowland with a guide at Whakarewarewa, and two photographs of a man who may be Rowland's father, William Domville Rowland. Some photographs are mounted on board, and some may have been framed. Photographs of the young Lorna Rowland include a three-colour carbro print probably made in the mid to late 1920s. Another photograph of Lorna Rowland with guide at whakarewarewa (with Mabel McIndoe) is at Library reference PAColl-2552-03. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints of various sizes. Processing information: Five photographs (PAColl-2552-05-33 to PAColl-2552-05-37) were removed from a small frame and a folding photograph case for reasons of preservation.

Date: 1886

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: ArtEph-1886-W-01

Description: Lists timetable and technical classes. The art master at the school was Arthur D Riley. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mabel Hill (on back page) Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) printed on three sides.. Physical Description: Letterpress, 2 cards each ca 150 x 114 mm.

Date: 1915

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: E-516

Description: Mainly pencil sketches of the coast at Brighton, a cow, a wheelbarrow, man hoeing, Gemmells Crossing on the Kekanui (Kakanui) River, woman picking flowers. Sketchbook has been only partly used. Inscriptions: Album page - (on flyleaf): Brighton 1915 circa / Dunedin; Album page - (Embossed on front cover in gold): Sketches Arrangement: Some pages removed by the donor before the sketchbook was sent to the Library. The donor has also added annotations, including noting the removal of one page with a portrait of a family member Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Hardbound book, 21 leaves, 140 x 180 mm.

Date: [ca 1850]-1979

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-9886-1

Description: Photographs relating to the family and descendants of Charles Hill (1832-1919) and his wife Eliza. These include - Hill family group, Wellington, ca 1888. Portrait of Charles Hill jnr, ca 1910. Charlotte Amelia Hill, wife of Edwin James Hill (1860-1960), with her daughters Doris and Eila, 1890s. Views of Oriental Bay, Wellington, early 1890s. Groups of Hill family members and others who attended the wedding of Eila Hill and Harold Everton, 8 September 1918. Photocopy of Charles Hill snr and sons with musical instruments, 1978. Charles Hill's daughter Mable (married John McIndoe) with her niece Eila, ca 1910. Portraits of Eila Hill (Margaret Everton's mother) and her sibblings Doris and George. Elia, her son Harold, and Ted Hill. Three Hill women, Mara, Doris, and Eila photographed in the late 1940s. Group photograph of the Te Hiwi Bowling Club, Island Bay, Wellington, which includes Charles Hill and Edwin James Hill, ca 1910. Edward James Hill in old age, ca 1950s. Photographs relating to the Everton family. these include - Portrait of Matilda Cox (b 1822) and James Henry Mathias (b 1825), ca 1850s. Dennis and Harold Everton as children, ca 1890s. Group photograph of the Hutt district Cricket Club, which includes Harold Everton, ca 1912. Group photographs of pupils of the Ingleburn School, New South Wales, which include Dennis and Harold Everton, 1904. Portrait of Mable Everton, ca 1920. Mable Everton's wedding portrait, early 1920s. Auckland Basketball Association A grade rep team, 1940. Includes Margaret Everton. Margaret Everton's brother Edgar (Ted), his wife Rona, and their three sons, 1970. Group photograph probably of guests, bride and groom, taken at the wedding of Mable Hill to John McIndoe, 12 January 1898, at Te Hiwi, the Hill family home at Island Bay.. Four photographs taken by Margaret Everton in the 1970s, of Charles Hill and Sons, Hatters, building in Lambton quay, Wellington. Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donation, Estate of Margaret (Meg) Eila Everton, 2010

Date: 1893-1894

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: E-515

Description: Shows portrait of artist's mother 27.12.1893; St Clair (Dunedin); [Sketches] at a concert; [Sleeping man] 23.1.1894, and 29.1.1894; Street of the Blueskins 29.1.1894; "An unwilling sitter" 29.1.1894; Portrait of bearded man 30.1.93[sic]; [Wharf scene] Dec 1894; [Coloured wharf scene (Wellington Harbour?)] 22.12.1894; Harry Smith 29.12.94; J Marshall 29.12.1894; [Butterflies]; sketch for cover of Wellington Art Club 3rd annual exhibition. Sketchbook has been only partly used. Inscriptions: Album page - (Inside front cover): Mabel Hill, Christchurch, Xmas 1893. Mostly Wellington. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Hardbound book, 34 leaves, 116 x 176 mm.

Date: 1992-2012

From: Clarke, Sandra Stelfoxe, 1942-: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12397-02

Description: Research papers relating to artist Mabel Hill, includes newsclippings, copies of artworks, photocopies, and correspondence with art historian Jane Vial and Carole and Donald Mason (a grandson of Mable Hill) of London. Also contains material relating to Mowat family history. Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1862 - 1955

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; Brown, Elizabeth, active 1954; Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989; Manchester, Nan, active 1952; Mills, Marjory Hinemoa, 1896-1987; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Percy, William Stratford, 1872-1946; Praetorius, Charles William James, 1868-1956; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Smith, Doris R M, active 1940s?; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Sutton, William Alexander, 1917-2000; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Tilsley, Lydia Louise, 1898-1983; Tornquist, Herbert Richard, 1897-1969; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-T

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: C M T (engraving, n.d.) Douglas S Tait (by Nan Manchester, 1952) John Tattersall (by E Mervyn Taylor) Tauhara Book Club (by John Moore, Eastbourne) Tawa Flat School Library (1941) C R H Taylor (n.d.) E Mervyn Taylor (by himself, 1949) Joye Taylor (by Elizabeth Brown, 1954) Terence Taylor (by E Mervyn Taylor) T J Taylor (by W A Sutton, 1951) Hugh B Tennent (heraldic, n.d.) D E Theomin (by Mabel Hill, 1925) Minnie Thomas (by Marjorie H Mills, n.d.) W H Preston Thomas (by E. M., 1947) Annie Sinclair Thomson 1862-1940 (Printed by J Wilkie Dunedin) Miss Monique Thorpe (by Louise Tilsley 1935-36) Timaru Boys' High School Library (by Percy Watts Rule, 1934) Charmion Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) NZ Government Tourist Bureau (by George Bridgman, 1945) James Treloar (by Doris R M Smith) H J Trembath (n.d.) Walt Whitman Library collected by W H Trimble donated [to Hocken Library] by his daughter D H Stewart (by H Towse?, 1927) Tripp (heraldic, n.d.) H & E Tuck (by Hilda Wiseman, 1940) Alexander Turnbull Library (four by unknown artist, plus plates by Walter Crane, D H Souter (2), and C Praetorius) Robert Turnbull (by W S Percy) R G Turnidge (by N Lonsdale, 1936) I H Twentyman (heraldic, n.d.) Quantity: 38 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.

Date: 1898-1912

From: Crawford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1001-322

Description: Includes letter from J H Bethune & Co, 1910 re items for private sale by Dr Fell - A watercolour by Miss Mabel Hill entitled `On the Taieri River' and an etching by Charles Sainton entitled `Sleeping' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Bridget Williams Books : Papers relating to Book of New Zealand Women/Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa

Reference: 92-130-03

Description: Contains research notes and drafts for entries in Book of New Zealand women Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1926 - 1927

By: Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Mason, Elizabeth, 1909-

Reference: E-565

Description: Contains sketch portraits including some of passengers aboard the R M S "Maunganui" en voyage to the United States in 1926. Other Titles - Mother's trip to America Inscriptions: Album page - top right - (Written by child of artist, on first leaf): 1926. Mother's trip to America Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook, 27 leaves between hard covers 120 x 180 mm.

Date: 1946-1980

From: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5378-374

Description: These papers include John Thomson's notes from Alfred Hill's Leipzig diary, Mabel Hill's narrative, Alfred Hill's 89th birthday concert, Alfred Hill's notes on draft of manuscript, Hill's obituary notices (1960), concert notices, Alfred Hill's correspondence with composer Roy Agnew, John M Thomson's talk on Hill for the ABC, 1978, and Douglas Lilburn's preface for 'A Distant music'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs (some copies), mss, typescripts (some copies), printed matter

Date: 1879-1910, 1926, [ca 1957-2005)

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-10082-13

Description: Papers relating to family members, mainly the children of Charles Hill (1832-1919): Charles John, Edwin James, Alfred Francis and Mabel. Includes letters, a marriage certificate, programmes, descriptions of family properties and other reminiscences Also includes a copy of a letter from EH Everton (grandson of Charles Hill) to the Director of the Turnbull Library, with information about the family, - particularly about 3 members, extant in 1975, who had a keen interest in its history Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: MSS, typescripts (some photocopies), printed material

Date: 1911-1919

From: Crawford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1001-324

Description: Includes letter from J H Bethune & Co, 1910 re items for private sale by Dr Fell - A watercolour by Miss Mabel Hill entitled `On the Taieri River' and an etching by Charles Sainton entitled `Sleeping' Quantity: 1 folder(s).