Gilfillan, John Gordon, 1839-1875

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2775

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 22 Feb-14 May 1875

By: Gilfillan, John Gordon, 1839-1875

Reference: Micro-MS-0568

Description: Gilfillan's account of a journey from Wanganui via Taupo and Tauranga to Rotorua district describing natural features on his route, the bush, events and people he met. Description of Pink and White Terraces etc, the death and funeral of a Maori girl and a list of sketches made on the journey. Includes one sketch. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 130 frames).

By: Gilfillan, John Gordon, 1839-1875; Atkins, Agnes Meta, 1891-1979

Reference: A-090-031

Description: A large rounded rock at the edge of the sea, its lower half eroded by wave action. Other rocks are in the background on the left Probably painted by John Gordon Gilfillan, the son of John Alexander Gilfillan. John Gordon Gilfillan visited New Zealand from Australia after his family's departure from New Zealand in 1847. He was drowned in Lake Rotorua in 1875. A companion-piece from the same donation was inscribed on the backing board 'Painted in 1860' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on wove paper, glued to strawboard, 200 x 365 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs M Atkins, 20 Aberdeen Drive, Dinsdale, Hamilton, 22 January 1974. Donated with another watercolour landscape (A-090-030) inscribed on the back as being by 'J G [or J A] Gilfillan painted in 1860' and three miniatures of the Gilfillan family, painted by J A Gilfillan

Date: 1860 - 1875

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Gilfillan, John Gordon, 1839-1875

Reference: B-172-002

Description: Shows a group of five Maori men preparing food. They wear cloaks and full moko. Two are seated with their backs to the viewer, on either side of a central steaming cooking pot which one is stirring. Two men in cloaks stand watching them, and one figure at the left is about to cut up a pig (or sheep). There is a basket of gourds at the left behind one of the seated men. A pig stands in the right foreground tied to a peg in the ground. Behind and to the right a cloaked woman holds an infant in front of a pitched tent. More figures and pigs are standing in the background at left and right. Watercolour attributed by the vendor to John A Gilfillan, depicting a scene in the area in which he lived. It appears to be by a more primitive hand, perhaps his son John Gordon Gilfillan. Sales catalogue listed this work as: "A Maori pa with women cooking". Other Titles - A Maori pa with women cooking Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 193 x 294 mm. Provenance: Brought into the UK in August 2006, from a private collection, Vancouver Island.

Date: 1860 - 1875

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Gilfillan, John Gordon, 1839-1875

Reference: C-142-003

Description: Shows a scene in the pa at Wanganui. In the right foreground, three cloaked figures sit engaged in wood-carving. To the right of them, several hens scratch in the dirt. In the left foreground a black and white spotted pig sleeps tied to a pole, in front of a bearded cloaked Maori with a child on his back. He stands near a pataka at the far left; this stands in front of a meeting house with carved verandah poles and painted rafters. There are two other pataka in the right background. At the far left are the wooden poles of a palisade fence, and at the far right is a row of rakau huts. Watercolour attributed by the vendor to John A Gilfillan, depicting a scene in the area in which he lived. It appears to be by a more primitive hand. It is signed J.G. or I.G. This could be his son John Gordon Gilfillan, the only child whose name begins with an I or J. John Gordon Gilfillan was an artist Other Titles - Pa Inscriptions: Verso - top left - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - J.G. or I.G. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 275 x 375 mm. Provenance: Brought into the UK in August 2006, from a private collection, Vancouver Island.

Date: 1860 - 1875

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Gilfillan, John Gordon, 1839-1875

Reference: B-172-001

Description: Shows a group of mourners in front of a carved whare with rakau roof, carved tekoteko, and carvings around the entrance doorway. In the porch the body is wrapped in a red blanket and cloaked figures sit on either side with eyes lowered. The seated woman on the right has a headdress of brown leaves or striped feathers and chin moko. On the far right stands a man with full-face moko, wearing a feather cloak and holding a long taiaha. At the far left is a group of figures, one seated and two standing, one with a baby on her back tucked under her cloak. Watercolour attributed by the vendor to John A Gilfillan, depicting a scene in the area in which he lived. It appears to be by a more primitive hand. It is signed J.G. or I.G. This could be his son John Gordon Gilfillan, the only child whose name begins with an I or a J. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - J.G. or I.G. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 295 mm. Provenance: Brought into the UK in August 2006, from a private collection, Vancouver Island.

Date: 1860

By: Gilfillan, John Gordon, 1839-1875; Atkins, Agnes Meta, 1891-1979

Reference: A-090-030

Description: A landscape with temples and other ancient ruins, cows grazing in a river, trees and hills beyond. Probably an imaginary location May be a copy of a work by an earlier artist. Is reminiscent of the work of Claude Lorrain, but no exact source has been found Inscriptions: On backing board in pencil, 'Painted by J G Gilfillan in 1860' Probably painted by John Gordon Gilfillan who lived in New Zealand until 1847 as a young man, moving with his father (John Alexander Gilfillan) to Australia, then returned to New Zealand, drowning in Lake Rotorua in 1875. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 280 mm Provenance: The donor was a descendant of the Gilfillan family.