Places

Date: 1861 - 1862

By: Dawson, R, active 1861-1894; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: C-064-029

Description: Shows a view of Lyttelton from the Sumner Road, and shows the bridle path well-formed, a sailing ship at the end of the pier, a church with central steeple, several streets and houses. Similar to the work at C-064-001, and probably by the same artist. The church with three gables and a central spire may be the Methodist Church built on Norwich Quay in 1861. (See photo in W H Scotter's history - illustration 16 following page 86; and photo in "Histroy of Methodism in New Zealand", by William Morley (Wellington, 1900), page 429). That church was shifted to Winchester Street in 1866. Comparisons with photographs indicate that there are fewer buildings than there were by 1862 (see photograph in W H Scotter's "A history of Port Lyttelton" (Christchurch, 1968), illustration no 16 following page 86). The watercolour, prior to conservation treatment (before the Library purchased it), had the name R. Dawson on the backing board. This could either be the artist's name, or a framer's note of a former owner's name. An artist called R. Dawson is known to have painted Lyttelton in 1896 and exhibited with the Canterbury Society of Arts between 1892 and 1894. Dated ca 1860 on assumption that the church shown is the Methodist church built in 1860, and by comparison with 1862 photograph, the relatively fewer houses. Other Titles - Dawson, R. Lyttelton, ca 1861 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (Partly cut away): [N]o [1] [or :] 78 In the similar work at C-064-001, the building in the right foreground is shown to be the premises of J Drummond Macpherson. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 452 x 665 mm.

Date: 1878

By: Forster, William James, 1851-1891; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: D-022-014

Description: Shows a profile portrait of a three-masted sailing ship flying two flags from its mast tops. There is a steamship in the right distance, and Pencarrow Head and lighthouse in the left background. This painting was probably commissioned by the ship's three Wellington owners, or the Master Captain James Lee. The "Poneke" was built in Evans Bay, Wellington, in 1878 by John Rees George. She was 79.98 gross registered tons. Her length was 84.5 feet and beam was 18.9 feet. Initially registered at the port of Wellington on 19 March 1878, with her Master recorded as Stephen Ellis. She was owned by John Rees George, Civil engineer, 1878; Archibald McLeod, timber merchant, 1878-1880, William Waddell, Timber merchant and William Weir, timber merchant. Presumed to have foundered at sea with all hands (6) as she was not seen since being sighted off Greymouth. She had sailed from Onehunga on 11 June 1880. (Information from the seller, John Crowder, 1998) Accompanied by a loose card bearing the title "Poneke". To be mounted on the backing board. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 349 x 547 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1879

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: G-200

Description: Shows road cut into steep hillside, with a Maori man and woman walking towards the viewer. There is a rata in flower on the left and tree-ferns to the right of the road. The surrounding hills are heavily bush-clad and a prominent hill in the background may be Mt Kaukau Samuel Woodward was a dairy farmer, who lived in Wadestown from 1849. His farm extended from the Kaiwharawhara Stream to the Town Belt and across from Norwich Street to Lytton Street in central Wadestown. By 1874, he owned 69 acres. Rose Street, Wadestown, was named after his wife. Other Titles - Wadestown, Wellington Inscriptions: Verso - On contemporary label: Title and J C Hoyte Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board 120 x 170 mm (sight) Provenance: Webb's auction, Auckland, 1986, purchased by John Crowder, Christchurch.

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926; Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: G-230-2

Description: This scene may or may not be in New Zealand. Shows hanging glacial valley with waterfall at right. In the left foreground are two dead trees, one lying down, with two native figures beside it. The trees may be North American rather than Pacific. Previously attributed at different times to Charles Blomfield (according to Graham Chote of International Art Centre Parnell), and to Nicholas Chevalier. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 oil(s) on canvas stretched on frame.. Physical Description: Oil, on frame 180 x 307 mm. Provenance: Bought by Dr Neville Hogg at International Art Centre, Auckland, 1976. Purchased by John Crowder at Peter Webb's auction, with another oil, by the same hand (G-230-1), Auckland 12 August 1993, lot 279.

Date: 1847 - 1849

By: Abbot, Edward Immyns, 1822-1849; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: B-155-010

Description: Shows two bearded surveyors attempting to boil a billy over an open camp fire, in bleak wet weather, on a treeless plateau with mountains in the background. One man, smoking a pipe, is dressed in a torn jacket, and attempts to warm his hands over the fire. His companion, at the left, tries to shelter the fire from the wind with his hat. At the far left, a miserable dog stands in front of the opening of a tent. The smoke blows from the fire in a direction opposite to what one would expect judging by the slant of the rain. Abbot was part of a surveying party contracted in 1847, with Sydney M Scraggs, northwards along the Taieri plain and further north. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 349 mm

Date: 1851

By: Ffitch, Henry, 1840-1918; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: G-241

Description: Shows a view over the Avon River towards the Port Hills, with the houses of Dr Alfred Barker, Mr Guise Brittan and the Lands Office all on Oxford Terrace, close to the Worcester Street Bridge. Dr Barker's house is shown tarred. There is a flag flying outside the Lands Office. A more distant building is the Lyttelton Hotel. A bullock team waits by the riverside, and there is a horse and rider further away on Oxford Terrace. The near side of the river has flax, and a cabbage tree at the right. The view is similar to an original sketch by Dr A C Barker done in 1851, a version of which was reproduced in the Illustrated London news, volume 22, no 616 (9 April 1853), page 268. As the artist is thought to have been only 11-12 years old in 1851, the painting is probably done from memory, or copied from one of Dr A C Barker's sketches, or a reproduction of one of Barker's sketches in the Illustrated London news. There is another version of a very similar view by Ffitch or Fitch, in the Canterbury Museum, also an oil painting. It includes a tent, and has no horse. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 500 x 330 mm. Provenance: Previously the work had been in a farmhouse on the West Coast.

Date: 1869

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: B-163-013

Description: Shows a view from near Flagstaff Hill, looking down on Russell and the Bay of Islands, with nine sailing ships with many flags anchored off the bay and one smaller steamship nearing the shore. Paihia is in the background, across the water Attributed by previous owner to Nicholas Chevalier who was an artist on an earlier voyage with the Duke of Edinburgh. However Chevalier was not on the 1869 voyage and the style of the work does not appear to be his. There is no known record of a visit by the Galatea to the Bay of Islands. The ship left Auckland and proceeded to Tahiti. It may have called at the Bay of Islands en route. Inscriptions: No inscriptions on the work itself. Title from mat (discarded by the Library) supplied by a previous dealer. There is an almost identical work in the collection of Auckland Public Library, attributed to J C Hoyte. It is unsigned. The title assigned to it is Looking southwest from Flagstaff Hill over Kororareka. It was formerly in the collection of the Old Colonists Museum, and came into the Library when the Museum closed in 1957. The ships at anchor are assumed to be the American whaling fleet. There are seven ships at anchor. A further, almost identical version of this painting has been identified, housed at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is signed and dated 'C.H. [Kennett] Watkins / 1874', with reference number 2001.100.4397. (Information supplied by Lindsay Alexander, Russell, October 2014). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 248 x 347 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by John Crowder, Trinity House, Waikawa, Marlborough. Title and date suggested by John Crowder.

Date: 1870

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: B-139-011

Description: Shows a view along the waterfront at Nelson, with the hull of a boat drawn up on the shore at the left centre. Houses line the shore, with a group of boatsheds off the point at the far end. A cliff descends to the point. A buoy floats in the water in the right foreground. Along the top is a frieze-like drawing, upside down, showing a bridge, a boat drawn up at a waterfront, and sketches of buildings. Requisition form, letters from vendor, acquisitions checklist, all filed at AT 10/14, 7 December 1998. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet, 165 x 352 mm.

Date: 1868

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: A-306-017

Description: Shows a view looking down a gentle slope between two tall trees, towards a small house with its chimney smoking. At the right, a man descends the path going towards the house, carrying a bundle of firewood over his left shoulder. There is a felled tree trunk lying at the left, and a wooden fence at the extreme right. Attributed to William Hodgkins on the basis of information that he was in the area in 1868, and that he uses similar colours, similar dark outlining of rock edges on a lighter ground, and similar misting effect by watering down the pigment. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 202 x 316 mm

Date: 1865 - 1880

By: Handyside, Henry, 1831-1877; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: C-126-015

Description: Shows cleared bush with a cottage, outbuildings, fences and cows, and a horse, beside the Rai River, Marlborough. The house has two circular plant beds in front of it, and what appears to be a vegetable garden behind. Artist unknown, but possibly the work of surveyor Henry Handyside (1831-1877); this on account of the treatment of tree foliage, and reflections in water, when compared with file prints of other work by Handyside. According to the vendor, the original homestead is now demolished, but the site is on an existing farm a few miles towards French Pass from Rai Valley township. (Letter from vendor at AT 10/14, 11 Dec 1996). Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 340 x 460 mm. Provenance: Purchased by vendor in the Rai Valley, Marlborough.