Pumpkin Cottage (Upper Hutt, N.Z.)

Date: 1933-1942

From: Pearson, Alfred William, fl 1924-1949 :Photographs relating to the New Zealand Navy

Reference: PAColl-8948-1

Description: Pumpkin Cottage, Trentham. St John's Anglican Church, Trentham. Trentham Military Camp. Heretaunga Railway station. Military parade of naval personnel. An ANZAC Day commemoration at the Wellington Cenotaph. Naval personnel with members of a Maori concert party. Sailors at Maritius and New Caledonia. Naval boarding party on deck. Portraits of Alfred William Pearson. HMS Leander, june 1940. Two group photographs taken at reunions, probably in the 1950s. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

By: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948

Reference: A-200-001/025

Description: Includes Akatarawa, Silverstream and Pumpkin Cottage at Silverstream Quantity: 25 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours

Date: 1890

Reference: B-118-026

Description: A view of a farmstead and outbuildings, on the higher side of the road in the foreground. A child supervises two cows entering a farm gateway through mud, for milking, while two other cows await them near a shed. There is a formal garden in front of the house, and the trees around the homestead and pine and yew or cypress. The background hills are partially covered in bush. The small cottage immediately to the right of the main house is probably the one that later became 'Pumpkin cottage', the centre for a group of artists. St Patrick's College was later built on the site. Print made by Viko Holdings Ltd., 1973, from col. transparency of original watercolour owned by Mr F Flynn, 26 Jackson Tce, Porirua Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Coloured photograph 325 x 500 mm

Date: [Chiefly between 1934 and 1947]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-194

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber, chiefly between 1934 and 1947, but including copies of some of his earlier photographs. Views include trips in the North and South Islands, and views of his home and family, especially in Whiteman's Valley Road and the area around Silverstream. Also various scenes of floods (Hutt River), and storm damage. Photographs associated with roads and railways include steam locomotives, tunnels, bridges and viaducts, some under construction. Among the trip photographs are views of Ngaruawahia, including King Koroki's house (opened in 1938) and the Maori Parliament House. Other views of Maori interest include meeting houses, rock paintings and wood carving. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 100 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26.0 x 33.5 cm

Date: 1926 - 1923

By: Palethorpe, Joseph Lissant, 1877-1953; Flaws, D E (Mrs), active 1990s

Reference: A-075-023

Description: A small cottage set against tall trees, pasture in the foreground and hills in the background On the reverse is a further watercolour, uncovered during conservation. It is dated 26. 8. 23 and may show Upper Hutt, viewed through trees. Several red-roofed houses are in the background. Attribution based on style of three other signed works donated at the same time and by the same donor. The suggestion that the cottage may be Pumpkin Cottage is based on another work with a title showing Pumpkin Cottage from the same accession. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - 4/7/26 (in pencil) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on wove paper, 285 x 346 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs D E Flaws, Wellington, 1993

Date: 1939-1945

By: Edward, Stanley H, active 1939-1945?

Reference: MS-Papers-1438

Description: Papers originally collected for an article on James Nairn published in `Art in New Zealand' (Jun 1940); includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and copy of the article Other - NB: Black and white negative (C 16136) of photograph of `Old Charlie's boat - Thorndon quay' contained in this folder available through the Pictorial Reference section Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs (some photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Negatives of some photographs.

Date: 1926

By: Sandars, Cyril Lindsay, 1893?-1982; Cooke, Julie, active 1972

Reference: PAColl-6462

Description: Photographs of Pumpkin Cottage, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Wellington, taken in 1926. The cottage was previously used by artist James Nairn as a studio. Photographs taken by Nairn's son-in-law C L Sandars. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper prints

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: [Gifford, Algernon Charles] 1862-1948 :[Hutt Valley scenes. ca 1930?]

Reference: A-199-015

Description: Shows Pumpkin cottage, Silverstream, with trees on either side and the hills in the background Pumpkin Cottage, a former farm cottage, was in use as an artists' centre Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 178 x 252 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1940

By: Higgs, Sydney Hamlet, 1884-1978

Reference: C-167-004

Description: Shows a cottage and nearby outbuilding in a rural setting, possibly near Pumpkin Cottage in Silverstream, where Higgs enjoyed painting as a member of the Wellington Art Club. A hill rises in the background, and tall trees stand directly behind the cottage. A telegraph pole stands in front of the house Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Sydney H Higgs [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 442 x 580 mm Transfers: Also purchased as part of lot 302: 'The heritage of New Zealand art' 1989 calendar, no 2652 of limited ed of 4000; transferred to Ephemera.

Date: 1934

By: Palethorpe, Joseph Lissant, 1877-1953; Flaws, D E (Mrs), active 1990s

Reference: A-075-020

Description: A cottage nestled amongst tall trees behind a fence On the reverse (A-075-020-2) is a Silverstream landscape with tall trees in a field, hills in the background and a fence and trees beyond the field. This watercolour was covered by the backing board until the work underwent conservation. It has framer's notes in pencil in the sky. The artists' cottage at Silverstream was known as Pumpkin Cottage. It was used as a retreat and studio by a number of Wellington artists originally grouped around James McLaughlan Nairn. By the date of this work, ownership of the cottage had passed to Nugent Welch Other Titles - Pumpkin Cottage Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - J. L. PALETHORPE (in brushpoint). Title in pencil. Date in pencil and brushpoint below title. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 260 x 333 mm (sight)

Date: 1930

Reference: A-090-040

Description: View of a cottage with a high-pitched roof, surrounded by trees, three people seated on the front verandah. Cottage of James Nairn, where Higgs and Nugent Welch often stayed. Pumpkin cottage originally belonged to James Nairn, then passed to Nugent Welch. Welch taught art to Sydney Higgs and introduced him to the Wellington Art Club; the two often stayed at Pumpkin Cottage, where Higgs began his life-long interest in painting rivers. Title from verso, partly trimmed in mounting Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 236 x 337 mm

Date: 1921

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0772-1/2-G

Description: "Ye Sign of Ye Golden Pumpkin" cottage at Silverstream. Cottage also known as Pumpkin Cottage, and as Whare o Taringa-Kuri. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1921. Original print in Godber album PA1-q-102, page 153. Inscriptions: Album page - "Ye Sign of Ye Golden Pumpkin". Hutt Road. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [193-?]

From: Pearson, Alfred William, fl 1924-1949 :Photographs relating to the New Zealand Navy

Reference: PAColl-8948-1-19

Description: Pumpkin Cottage, Silverstream, Upper Hutt. Painted on an outside wall are the words "Ye Sign of Ye Golden Pumpkin". Photograph taken circa 1930s by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Evening Post copyright stamp on back of print Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 10 x 15.6 cm

Date: 1945

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3039-1-032

Description: Pumpkin Cottage (also known as Taringa-Kuri), Silverstream, near Upper Hutt, Wellington region, photographed in 1945 by Albert Percy Godber. Painted on an outside wall are the words: "The Sign of Ye Golden Pumpkin". An unidentified man paints at an easel on the verandah. Two unidentified young boys stand alongside. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.9 x 10.5 cm

Date: [189-?]

Reference: PAColl-9608

Description: Photograph of Silverstream, Upper Hutt, circa 1890s. Pumpkin Cottage right of centre. Road to Trentham on right. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Pumpkin Cottage identified by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Verso - at Silverstream (Road to Trentham) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 11.2 x 15.4 cm

Date: 1925 - 1948

From: [Gifford, Algernon Charles] 1862-1948 :[Hutt Valley scenes. ca 1930?]

Reference: A-200-004

Description: Pumpkin Cottage, used as a base by artists, with its associated farmhouse visible to the left through the surrounding trees, the Upper Hutt hills in the background. Inscriptions: Verso - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 1890

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-030-018

Description: Shows a view of a farmstead and outbuildings, on the higher side of the road in the foreground. A child supervises two cows entering a farm gateway through the mud, for milking, while two other cows await them near a shed. There is a formal garden in front of the house, and the trees around the homestead are pine and yew or cypress. The background hills are partially covered in bush. The small cottage immediately to the right of the main house is probably the one that later became 'Pumpkin Cottage', the centre for a group of artists. According to J M Kenneally's "Upper Hutt; reflections from the past", "The Cotter family initally acquired one of the original 100 acre sections in the valley [and] later purchased a further 880 acres which were sold in 1926 to St Patrick's College". Apart from the modern framer's label, there is as yet no evidence to confirm whether this painting shows a house on the St Pat's site or the earlier site. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C Aubrey / 1890 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 370 x 560 mm (sight) Provenance: Previous owner until 1986: Mr R. Flynn, Petone.