Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Date
1880 - 1895
By
Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; Power, William T, active 2002
Reference
E-594
Description

Contains detailed records of the tangi of Tawhiao at Taupo in 1894, with portraits of Maori of the Taupo and Rotorua area. Sketches includes images of Maori flags and standards. Also includes watercolour studies of native flowers (1894), sketches inside a meat-processing factory, and landscape views of Auckland city.

Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).

Physical Description: Sketchbook of 70 pages, 182 x 270 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

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Format
1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Watercolours, Sketches, Sketchbook of 70 pages, 182 x 270 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Maori flags at Tawhiao's tangi Taupiri. 1894].

Date: 1894

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-046

Description: Shows groups of figures seated amongst tents and flags. The flags carry the inscription TAKOTO, and Kingi Tawhiao, and Te Kingi o te Rangimarie (reversed). Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 46. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

Image

Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[View in St Mary's Cathedral Parnell, from the choir stalls. 1...

Date: 1894

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-017

Description: Shows a view of the altar, the presiding minister's chair, and two branched candlesticks. Note about the subject of the image on an inserted slip of paper. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 17. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Mourners at Tawhiao's tangi at Taupiri. 1894].

Date: 1894

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-052

Description: Shows a group of mourners with bowed heads, wearing leaf headdresses. There is a statue at the left, behind a tent. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 52. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

Image

Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Process workers at an abattoir. 1880-1895].

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-027

Description: Shows four men standing around a table chopping with large knives. A large cauldron is shown at the left. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 27. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

Image

Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Frenchman's Cap. Waiheke Passage. 1880-1895].

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-006

Description: Shows a sailing boat passing through a gap between two small islands in the region of Waiheke Island. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 6. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

Image

Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Process workers at a canning factory. 1880-1895].

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-029

Description: Shows two men standing at a table where containers are filled by machine nozzles. At the left, a man lowers or lefts a heavy object above a vat, using a pulley. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 29. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and wash drawings, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Butchery Department. [1880-1895].

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-024

Description: A sketch of a butchery department with a pig carcass hanging at the near right, and other larger carcasses on hooks at left and right. The shed has a rail line, and there are two carriages in the doorway. A figure works at the table in the middle distance. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 24. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Maori group seated at a kainga. 1880-1895].

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-043

Description: Shows a group of figures seated between two whare. There is a flagpole at the left. This may have been sketched at Tawhiao's tangi at Taupiri (see following pages). Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 43. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Looking east, from top Rangitoto. [1880-1895].

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-054/055

Description: Shows the view from the top of Rangitoto Island, towards the islands and headlands further east, probably Motutapu, Motuihe and Waiheke. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Pages 54-55. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on double spread of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on double page, 182 x 540 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Freezing chamber. [1880-1895].

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-025

Description: A sketch of a freezing chambrer in an abattoir, with carcasses hanging on hooks. Some at near right may be rabbit carcasses and fish. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 25. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.