Places

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-084-019

Description: The original watercolour on which the lithograph "Hokitika River" is based (Barraud's "New Zealand graphic and descriptive", London 1877), shows a view of the Hokitika River. Shows two men with their equipment, standing in the right foreground, on the near bank of the Hokitika River, with snowy mountain ranges in the background. There are several cows on the sandy flats on the opposite bank of the river. The men may be drinking or smoking. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signature and date] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 250 x 353 mm. Provenance: Previously in the collection of the late Adrienne Jarvis of Auckland, and earlier of Hokitika Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1882

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: C-165-003

Description: Shows a scene of the South Canterbury plains, near Peel Forest, with a snow-covered Mount Peel in the distance. A stream winds its way into the foreground. A farmer, walking his horse and with his dog wide to the right of him, musters a herd of cattle; there would also appear to be sheep in the distance. A farmhouse with its chimney smoking stands to the left of the scene, nestled in trees and bush. A similar view of Mount Peel painted at around the same time (watercolour, titled Mt Peel, South Canterbury. A-182-083). The view is of a greater distance away, with no discernible foreground and with rain falling on the mountains. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - WM Hodgkins 1882; Recto - bottom right - near Peel Forest South Canterbury Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 272 x 602 mm