Chalk drawings

Date: 1840 - 1845

From: Martin, Albin, 1813-1888 :[English landscapes]

Reference: A-160-031

Description: A rural landscape, probably in England Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Coloured chalk 190 x 250 mm

Date: 1909 - 1911

By: Richardson, Harry Linley, 1878-1947; Wellington Savage Club Inc

Reference: G-502

Description: Shows head and shoulders portrait of an older gentleman in evening dress. The white chalk catches highlights of his face and the white evening shirt he is wearing. H Linley Richardson made a watercolour (gouache) sketch of Chief Savage Thomas Wilford, (he was Chief Savage around 1910), and this is likely to have been made at the same time. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: White chalk on board, 850 x 548 mm (sight) Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1907 - 1913

By: Velden, Petrus van der, 1837-1913; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-075-007

Description: A view along a dimly-lit wet road, with a tram, a tall house on a hil and other buildings rising above the road to the right. A lampost is on the left. Probably a Wellington view Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Chalk drawing 380 x 260 mm Provenance: Possibly acquired by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, as one of a group of drawings and watercolours, ca 1910. No evidence of acquisition has been found

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.

Date: [1830s or 1840s]

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888

Reference: A-160-027/032

Description: One shows the old judge's oak at Silton, Dorset, in 1834 (information from descendant Elizabeth Irvine, December 2003). Quantity: 4 watercolour(s). 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: 1 watercolour, 3 sepia ink and wash, 2 col. chalk 150 x 190 mm, to 210 x 310 mm

Date: 1898

By: Studd, Arthur Haythorne, 1863-1919

Reference: A-093-038

Description: Shows young Samoan woman sitting cross-legged on the ground. She is clothed in a skirt, possibly of grass, and has decoration in her hair, and two necklaces. She holds flowers in her right hand. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - A.H. Studd / 1898; Backing board recto - centre - (On label now detached and housed with item): The Samoan Taupo, price 6 pounds, 6 shillings / Signed and dated 1898 / A. H. Studd / 97 Cheyne Walk / Chelsea Studd was a close disciple of Whistler and Gauguin, and followed the latter to Tahiti in 1897. He visited Gauguin at Papeete before moving on to New Zealand to meet up with his brother Reginald with whom he made an extended trip to London via the islands of the South Seas. The present picture dates to his visit to the Samoan Islands in 1898 and depicts a 'taupo' or 'tapou', the title given to the daughter of a Samoan tribal chief, meaning 'ceremonial virgin'. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black chalk heightened with bodycolour on grey paper, 302 x 210 mm.

Date: 1939 - 1945

By: Barns-Graham, Allan Barclay, 1906-2006

Reference: A-006-041

Description: Head of New Zealand artist Thomas Arthur McCormack, probably drawn in the 1940s while the artist was an official war artist for New Zealand Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - signature and a Greek pi symbol; Verso - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black & white chalk on grey paper 375 x 271 mm

Date: 1840 - 1845

From: Martin, Albin, 1813-1888 :[English landscapes]

Reference: A-160-032

Description: Rural scene showing cows grazing in a paddock with trees in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Coloured chalk 165 x 330 mm

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-031-1

Description: A courtroom scene with a smartly-dressed woman, standing at the bench giving evidence. She is identified as Mary Gill. The same woman is shown in the adjacent drawing, (E-324-q-2-031-2) The court case was over money owed to Mrs Gill by Mr and Mrs Brooks, for the purchase of a mackintosh (raincoat) and a woman's hat. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Red chalk 150 x 103 mm

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-033-1

Description: A figure in the dress of the Renaissance, one leg crossed over his knee. An elaborate frame is also shown. The man may be playing a lute or guitar. The word 'Qui?' is inscribed below. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Red chalk 145 x 90 mm

Date: 1880 - 1887

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-063-3

Description: A man's head in profile Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - WH Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and chalk 78 x 57 mm

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-007

Description: Two head and shoulder portraits of Maori men. The man on the left, faintly-drawn, has moko and traditional cloak; the one on the right is younger and dressed in European clothing Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Red chalk drawing 110 x 150 mm

Date: 1940 - 1950

By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966

Reference: B-017-020

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of New Zealand Prime Minister Walter Nash, in middle age. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - G. F. Bridgman [in charcoal] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, charcoal and white chalk 376 x 248 mm

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-031-2

Description: A courtroom scene with the defendant, Mary Gill, giving evidence. She is identified in the adjacent drawing, E-324-q-2-031-1. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Red chalk 160 x 95 mm

Date: 1920

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Reference: A-138-054/061

Description: Shows Maori, sailing ships and explorers Quantity: 5 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil , ink, coloured, chalk and pencil 200 x 250 mm to 280 x 380 mm Transfers: Transferred from Cowan papers, MS section.

Date: 1971 - 1973

From: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988 :[Sketchbook] 1971-1973.

By: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988

Reference: E-323-q-019

Description: Hill and sky in black charcoal, red and white chalk Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Charcoal and chalk, 95 x 201 mm

Date: 1895

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

Reference: E-391-014

Description: Head and shoulders of a lion Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Red chalk, 236 x 176 mm (page size)

Date: 1880 - 1887

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

Reference: E-312-q-063-5

Description: Shows an elderly man with a beard leaning against a table Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and chalk 63 x 53 mm

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-033-2

Description: A study of riders Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 88 x 54 mm

Date: 1880 - 1887

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947

Reference: E-312-q-022-1

Description: Head of a woman with long hair Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - FMH Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black chalk 110 x 65 mm