Places

Date: 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Scrymgeour, William John Tyndal, 1922?-; Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898

Reference: D-022-007

Description: View from a low hill of an extensive river plain surrounded by hills, with Lake Coleridge and snow-clad mountains in the background and a river to the left. Sheep are grazing on the lower hills to the right and on the flat valley. In the far left foreground is a road, with a dray being pulled by horses towards the station. In the centre left, there are farm buildings with a dray and horses, and a haystack surrounded by fences. In the centre is the homestead, surrounded by trees, with an older building, possibly the original homestead on the lower slopes of the hills to the right of the homestead. Lake Coleridge Station was originally purchased by A.C.Barker and others in 1855. In 1860 it was jointly owned by George Arthur Emilius Ross and Charles John Harper. At the date of this painting, Harper was the sole owner. There is now a hydro station occupying part of the land shown in the picture. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D.Barraud. 1870 The Library holds an almost identical second copy of this work at C-033-005 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white 457 x 784 mm Provenance: Hung, with a view of Wellington from Kelburn, 1870 (D-022-006) in Government House, Wellington, during the governorship of Sir George Grey. Sold at auction in Wellington to the vendor's grandfather, also a Mr Scrymgeour (or Scrimgeour) in the 1880s or 1890s. Mr Scrymgeour migrated to Australia in the early 1900s to Goondawindi Station. The paintings passed to his son (died 1968) then to his grandson, William John Tyndal Scrymgeour, born ca 1922, of "Arran", Warwick, Queensland.

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-175-009

Description: Shows a horse and cart, with the driver seated in the cart. The cart heads away along a road that curves around a bend of a road through native bush. There is a tree fern in the right foreground, epiphytes on some trees in the packground, and a drainage gutter at the left side of the road. Marking the corner of the road is a white wooden fence. May show part of Karori Road Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pastel, 380 x 274 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1889

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: D-035-002

Description: Shows a rural scene with a two-horse wagon loaded with hay and led by a man, on the road in the right foreground. Beyond a gate and hedge is a field containing sheep in the left foreground, and cattle further off in the middle distance. On the background plain, the houses and trees of a settlement can be seen, with hills in the distance. Inscriptions: On separate label, in sepia ink, except for the last word, in dark blue ink, in the hand of the artist: On the Waimea Road, Nelson, overlooking Stoke and Richmond by C D Barraud, Wellington.; Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud N Z 1889 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 441 x 695 mm Provenance: Sold at McArthur's auction, Wellington, 1980. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Scrymgeour, William John Tyndal, 1922?-; Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898

Reference: D-022-006

Description: View from cleared hills with several native trees, a road winding down to the right, with a gate and a man on a dray being pulled by two horses. The harbour with two ships centre and centre right, with Somes Island to the right. On the left in the middle distance, part of Thorndon, with St Paul's Church and a jetty. The Western hills, the Hutt Valley, Eastbourne and the Tararuas in the distance. Probably a view from above The Glen in Kelburn Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D.Barraud. 1870 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white 455 x 785 mm Provenance: Hung with a watercolour of Lake Coleridge Station, 1870 (D-022-007), in Government House, Wellington, during the governorship of Sir George Grey. Sold at auction in Wellington to the vendor's grandfather, also a Mr Scrymgeour (or Scrimgeour) in the 1880s or 1890s. Mr Scrymgeour migrated to Australia in the early 1900s to Goondawindi Station. The paintings passed to his son (died 1968) then to his grandson, William John Tyndal Scrymgeour, born ca 1922, of "Arran", Warwick, Queensland.

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-007-015

Description: Shows rocky outcrop Pohaturoa near Atiamuri with the Waikato River between steep cliffs. In the foreground are three houses and carriage drawn by four horses on a road leading from a bridge across the river on the right. Probably the original for the engraving published in New Zealand: graphic and descriptive... London: Sampson Low,... 1877 pg 19. Inscribed with the title "Pohaturoa". The accompanying text reads "Pohaturoa, or the Great Rock...which rises 650 feet abruptly from the plain in the banks of the Waikato near Niho-o-te Keore, is a celebrated pa of the Ngatiraukawa tribe." A very similar watercolour of the same scene with minor foreground differences with the title "Pohuturoa near Atiamuri, 1875" was sold at McArthur's Auction, 10 May 1985, Lot 28. The Library has a copy in its photo files. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - signature in brush point Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: watercolour on paper, 300 x 506 mm

Date: 1861

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-174-004

Description: Shows an identified house on the lower Terrace above Lambton Quay, being the house belonging to the Chief Postmaster in Wellington at the time, John Farr Hoggard (1815-1871). The house was built in 1856. There are other, single-story buildings along Lambton Quay, and rowboats pulled up to the water's edge. Two Maori are on foot to the left of the foreground. The boundary of Mr Hoggard's house is fenced. The surrounding bush and hill areas are untypically brown, for Wellington. In the foreground, riding along Lambton Quay, is a carriage pulled by two horses, carrying four people; the carriage is known to have belonged to William Barnard ('Barney') Rhodes, 1807-1878, and the carriage was distinctive for its yellow wheels. Rhodes was also known for his house 'The Grange', situated in Wadestown A copied example of this painting at G-644 by Edith Richardson, the sister-in-law of John Farr Hoggard. Another copy by John (Jack) Hoggard, son of John Farr Hoggard, is privately owned. The copy titled 'Lambton Quay 1854' is incorrect; it also suggests the location is the vicinity of R Hannah and Co's boot shop Other Titles - Lambton Quay, 1860 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D Barraud / NZ 1861 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 325 x 430 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, 'inherited from the vendor a direct descendant of the Hoggard family. Private collection, Kapiti Coast' (catalogue)