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Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
- Date
- 1860 - 1875 - 1865 - 1881
- By
- Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Willis, Janet, 1845-1932
- Reference
- E-926
- Description
Contains copies of James Coutts Crawford's sketches from other sketchbooks, of the Ruapehu, Whanganui River, Rangitikei, Taupo, Ngaruawahia areas. Also contains copies of a few sketches by Samuel Deighton, a Wanganui magistrate.
The Library holds other versions of several of these images, in other sketchbooks.
These copies may have been made by Crawford himself, as a compilation for his daughter. It is also possible that they have been drawn by Henry Duncan Crawford, son of the original artist.
Accompanied by a newsclippings from the Wairarapa times-age, 9 August 1972: "Coutts Crawford made early journeys into the Wairarapa".
The original sketches of these images were made in the early 1860s. Pages [2-3] is titled "Frontispeice" [sic], which may refer to the fact that the image was used as a frontispiece to Crawford's "Recollections of travel in New Zealand and Australia ...", London, Trubner, 1880. Janet Crawford, the previous (and possibly original) owner whose married name appears inside the front cover, married Armine Willis in about 1880. This album may therefore date at around 1880, or the 1870s.
Some pages have numbers inscribed in blue pencil on the centre of the image. It is not know to what these numbers refer.
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).
Physical Description: Hardbound volume, 71 pages, 145 x 235 mm of dull green embossed paper over board, with dark green leather spine, and looped cord for holding closed
Provenance: Previously sold as Lot no. 901 in an unnamed auction. Inscription inside front cover indicates that it was at one time owned by Mrs Armine Willis, 24 West End Terrace, Winchester. Mrs Willis was James Coutts Crawford's daughter Janet.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Wash drawings, Sketches, Hardbound volume, 71 pages, 145 x 235 mm of dull green embossed paper over board, with dark green leather spine, and looped cord for holding closed, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :At Puketotara, Manawatu. Hukana [1862. ca 1880]
Date: 1862 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-049
Description: Shows two Maori figures. The man on the left stands in a knee-length tunic holding a patu, wearing moko and a feather standing up from the front of his head. The heair may be in a low pony-tail at the back. The figure at the right, probably a woman, is seated on the ground in a long robe and with an earring. She is smoking a pipe. Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [49 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Poling Whanganui R [1861. ca 1880]
Date: 1861 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-058
Description: Shows a back view of the passengers and polesmen in a canoe. There is a barrel in the centre foreground. Four men are wielding poles, one of the men being obscured. Another version of this image is at E-041-054 Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [58 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 235 x 145 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Papatahi. Patea country. Tangi to crew of our canoe ...
Date: 1862 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-038
Description: Shows a scene at a Maori village, with a woman standing in the left foreground wearing a leafy branch on her head. She holds out small branches towards a pig standing in the front of her in the centre foreground. At the right, a group of four men in European clothing and peaked caps stand watching. In the background are two whare, lowe bush and tree trunks. A very thin dog or pig stands at the extreme left. Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [38 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Watikini eating potato and cleaning the platter, Wha...
Date: 1861 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-023
Description: Shows a three-quarter length portrait of a Maori man, holding up a potato to his face, with his left hand. With his right hand he is using a spoon to take other potatoes out of a dish. Another version of this image is held at E-041-046 Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [23 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Camp at Poutamurengi, banks of Hautapu R; permanent ...
Date: 1862 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-037
Description: Shows a view looking out from the interior of a permanent sleeping shed, with the artist's legs and those of Samuel Deigton stretched out in the foreground. There is a knapsack and a kete in the left foreground, and a figure in a feather cloak sits outside, just beyound a support pole of the shelter. A campfire is burning at the left, with a billy or saucepan over it, and a section of river, with cliffs on the far side is visible beyond. Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [37 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Road from Rotu Aira; store houses in pumice and tufa...
Date: 1862 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-043
Description: Shows a village at Tokaanu, Taupo, where some of the storehouses are cut into the cliffs with rectangular openings. There are also huts and storehouses on top of the cliff. Labelled features are: the Kaimanawa Range (far left), Pihanga moutain (centre distance) and Herekiekie's grave in the far right background. A road cuts through a gorge at the far left, and there are talls grasses in the left foreground. Other Titles - Rotoaira Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [43 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :On Whanganui R [1861. ca 1880]
Date: 1861 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-056
Description: Shows a group of cloaked Maori men and women, sitting on the ground. One is tending a campfire at the far left, and another at the right is stirring a smoking or steaming campfire. Several kete sit on the ground at left and right. A Maori man with moko in the centre smokes a pipe, and another man behind him holds a taiaha. Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [56 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Maori with waka. 1862? ca 1880]
Date: 1864 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-070
Description: Shows seven Maori men, some in a waka with poles and oars, some standing in shallow water around it. Another version of this image is at E-125-059 Extended Title - From James Coutts Crawford's "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [70 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Hauling canoe up rapid, Gorge of Manawatu [March 186...
Date: 1862 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-048
Description: Shows a sketch of three figures taking a canoe up over boulders in rapids at a narrow part of the river, between bushcovered cliff banks. One man is seated at the far end of the canoe, the middle one is lifting the canoe, and the closest man holds a taut rope attached to it. Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [48 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Topia Turoa?] Whanganui R. [December 1861. ca 1880?]
Date: 1861 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-018
Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait of a bearded and tattooed Maori man, possibly Captain Topia Turoa. This may be Topia who is shown on the right on page 109 of Crawford's "Recollections of travel in New Zealand and Australia ...", London, Trubner, 1880, with the heads arranged side by side. Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [18 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing, 235 x 145 mm