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Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910 :Pourerere. Frank Nairn delt, Feb. 1876.
Date: 1876
By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910; Mantell, Catherine Louise Marguerite, 1867-1950
Reference: B-038-010
Description: Shows the Nairn homestead ("Pourerere") in the distance, with a foreground of river and pasture with cabbage trees. The background includes groups of farm buildings and distant hills. The house was near Waipawa in Hawkes Bay Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink. Lower left, Frank Nairn delt. Feb 1876 The property was owned by John Nairn, the artist's father. The homestead was built in 1875. It was destroyed in the 1950s Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, 243 x 510 mm Finding Aids: Listed in the typescript Catalogue of pictures and art objects in the Alexander Turnbull Library [1937 or later], p. 12, item 1.. Provenance: Donation: Mrs W. G. Mantell, Wellington, 8 August 1934
Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819-1910 :Tarawera from Turangakumu. 1879
Date: 1879
By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910
Reference: D-041-001
Description: A view from the Turangakumu Road summit, off the modern Napier to Taupo Road, looking across a plain towards the settlement of Tarawera, in the Hastings District of the North Island. Nairn lived for a time in the Hawke's Bay Region. The style is European Romantic, with three figures, probably Maori, placed in the foreground. Two women sit on the ground, while a man, holding a staff and wearing a European hat, stands near them. The surrounding bush includes tree ferns, flax plants and manuka trees Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Frank Nairn / 1879 [in brushpoint]; Verso - top centre - Tarawera from Turangakumu / F.E. Nairn 1879 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, adhered to board, 585 x 570 mm