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Clarke, Cuthbert Charles 1819-1863 :Wreck of the French corvette l'Alcmene near Kaipara...
Date: 1851
From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].
By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863
Reference: E-144-003
Description: View of the Alcmene close to cliffs in a high sea Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Cuthbert Clarke pinxt aux crayons, Ismire, 1851. Bottom centre: title in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of crayon drawing, 160 x 226 mm
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :Pahia Beach, Bay of Islands. [1848]
Date: 1848 - 1849
By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863
Reference: A-143-013
Description: View from the south end of Paihia Beach, probably in the 1840s, looking north along the beach with a row of houses at the foot of the hill to the left. Several Maori with their canoes are on shore, and a food storage platform appears outside the fenced area surrounding the European houses. Includes William Williams' house, a two-storied residence, built of stone and mortar, with 3 dormer windows, burnt down 15 Feb. 1856 Catalogued by both Sotheby's and McArthur's as the work of Cuthbert Clarke. However on both stylistic and handwriting grounds (c.f. Merrett's work in A.T.L. and the British Library), the work appears to be by Merrett. In addition, the date 1848 predates Clarke's arrival in New Zealand by one year Other Titles - Paihia Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Pahia Beach, Bay of Islands [In pencil]; On mount, discarded by auctioneer before purchase by Library: Title and date. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 163 x 229 mm Provenance: Previously sold at Sotheby's, London, 6 November 1985.
Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1819-1863 :The stage erected to contain the food at the feast...
Date: 1849
By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863; Williams, John, -1905?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: B-030-007
Description: An enormous open hakari, or wooden construction, with flags flying from poles on the top and people climbing up its sides, seated beneath it, and moving around its base. A long low whare is in the foreground, with another at right angles to it, and piles of food are on the ground with the whole enclosed by a low fence. This watercolour was originally in the Bridge/Williams album (E-320-f). See also: B-030-006, E-144-002 and a watercolour in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia for three other almost identical views by Cuthbert Clarke. This view appears to be a copy by John Williams The feast was mounted at Russell (Kororareka) in honour of Governor George Grey Other Titles - Williams, John, d 1905 Inscriptions: Cuthbert Clarke del. September 1849; Recto - bottom right - title in ink [not in the hand of Cuthbert Clarke; probably the hand of John Williams] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 302 x 427 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased from W. Brown of Edinburgh, 19 July 1893, as part of album E-320-f, along with drawings watercolours by Cyprian Bridge and John Williams in the same album. Was possibly on the final page of the album