Conifers

Date: 1906

From: [Chevalier, Caroline], 1836?-1917 :Sketchbook 1906-1908

Reference: E-065-1-009

Description: Looking towards several large houses with two tall conifers on the right, other trees showing autumn colour in the foreground, Lake Geneva and mountains in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 241 x 158 mm

Date: 1856

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-253-014

Description: Shows road bordered by trees, perhaps Mourea, near Rotorua. In the background is a house. The trees appear to be conifers, perhaps fir trees, (although they could also be rimu) and despite the inscription 'New Zealand' below the work, it is possible that this is not a New Zealand scene. On the verso is a monotone wash of a cabbage tree (A-253-015) The attribution to Barraud is not certain Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and date in pencil. Also New Zealand written in block capitals in pencil below the work Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey paper, glued to green board, 214 x 133 mm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Ellis, Herbert S, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2362-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from a grassy hillside to a homestead and farm buildings, partially obscured by trees, in a narrow valley. Areas of trees include poplars, willows and conifers. There is an area of cultivation on the far left. Cleared hills all around. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Source of descriptive information. Date from other images taken by Moore in the Napier area Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - H.S. Ellis. Belmont. Eskdale H.B. 3 B&W. Print from left of film; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Ellis Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 130.2 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Coulson, Herbert Maxton, 1879-1957

Reference: Pan-2481-F

Description: Panoramic view showing a single-storeyed wooden house centre left. Dormer windows with decorative wrought-iron trim along the ridge, bull-nosed verandah on two sides. Lawn across the foreground with a footpath leading from a picket gate on the right across the lawns to the front entrance. Various trees and shrubs including palms and conifers. Portion of the image repeated on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - The "Gables" Hokitika; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] H.M. Coulson. Dentist. Hokitika; Marginal notes on negative - 5 5 5 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.0 cm

Date: 1884 - 1885

From: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :[Sample album of greeting cards, produced by A D Willis of Wanganui. ca 1885]

Reference: E-936-f-018-1

Description: Shows a stream running to the foreground, with a steep bank on either side and a forest of conifer trees, with a mountain range in the distance, possibly the Remarkables A sample Christmas card, including text, lower right, reading 'Wishing all a merry Christmas' Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 145 x 105 mm

Date: 1990 - 2007

By: Cedar Lodge Nurseries

Reference: Eph-B-HORTICULTURE-Cedar

Description: Mail order catalogues listing conifers available from Cedar Lodge Nurseries, Egmont Road, New Plymouth. Years held are: 1990- Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Stapled photocopied pages, 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donations from various sources.

Date: 1928

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-4-035

Description: Sketch of three tall conifers with hills in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 140 x 233 mm

Date: 1946

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: E-722-018/022

Description: The front of a wooden house with gable windows in two side wings, large conifers in front. One version is shown without a fence, two include a post and rail fence. Drawn as a woodcut design A variant version of the drawing in pencil is on the previous sketchbook page, E-722-017 Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, ink and Chinese white, pencil on three sketchbook pages, 130 x 204 mm

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Alexander, Henry Head, 1835-1925

Reference: A-260-053

Description: Photograph of watercolour (painted in 1860s). Shows two villas with verandahs at the front on the upper storey, amid conifers Original watercolour signed with monogram of A inside a circle Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, b&w, 300 x 210 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs J E Daniels, England, August 1980

Reference: B-062-004

Description: A study of a large outcrop of fallen rocks, some showing moss, with coniferous trees around them. Probably not a New Zealand scene. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 217 x 335 mm

Date: 1946

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: E-722-017

Description: The front of a wooden house with gable windows in two side wings More finished versions of the drawing are on the following sketchbook pages, drawn as a woodcut design, E-722-018/020 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sketchbook page, 130 x 204 mm

Date: 1921

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-5-006

Description: View of Warwick House, a large Victorian house, as seen from the gate in the foreground. The house is surrounded by conifers and other trees and shrubs. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 140 x 215 mm

Date: 1870

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Pacey, J (Miss), active 1960s-1980s

Reference: C-052-002

Description: Shows a fountain playing in the foreground in a formal garden with young conifers planted inside a picket fence. Beyond the garden are cows grazing, a stone wall at right with mature trees, the roof of a shed at the waterfront, Waitemata Harbour with a steamship, a sailing ship and a yacht and Rangitoto in the background Harry Cobley was married to Louisa Elizabeth Penman. Cobley's house, in Devonport, was demolished in the 1970s although the stone wall in this view was left partially standing. (see TL 3/1/1, 29/11/82, 9/12/82, 15/12/82, 22/12/82, 5/1/83, 3/2/83, and 10/2/83). Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, one of the group called Hoyte's Victorian Auckland, in 1982. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed in white brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 314 x 531 mm

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-196-010

Description: Tall conifers to the right, part of a castle on top of a hill at a lower level, looking down into a valley surrounded with steep hills. May show Switzerland and the Rhone Valley, rather than the Rhine Another very similar work, (A-196-010, The Rhone Valley) lends support to the idea that this may be the Rhone valley. Listed as 'two or three small landscapes (European scenes) by Nicholas Chevalier' in Art Treasures of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington in Art in New Zealand, March 1941, p. 1 Other Titles - Rhone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - N. Chevalier Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 330 x 241 mm