Places

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945; Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-214-007

Description: View from a beach looking out to sea, with reddish-brown rocks at the water's edge, probably an east coast Otago beach Canvas is trimmed to the edge of the image and cannot be framed Howorth exhibited an oil titled Seascape at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1899. It may be this work Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date in brushpoint Dunedin solicitor Henry Howorth, was William Mathew Hodgkins' partner in Dunedin. He may have been related to Charles Henry Howorth, although he was not his father. Charles Henry Howorth was the son of another Dunedin lawyer, George Howorth. The painting may have come into W. M. Hodgkins' collection because of this connection, or because of Hodgkins' wide involvement with Dunedin art circles. The scene is presumably of a Dunedin beach Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 246 x 333 mm

Date: 1866 - 1869

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Five sketchbooks with views of Dunedin and district and manuscript notes]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-017-1

Description: Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook, 74 x 128 mm (page size); morocco, gold rule, brass clasp

Date: 1875

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1875, 1880]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-015-001

Description: Looking south along a beach (near Dunedin?) towards hills Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 132 x 206 mm

Date: 1894

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1893, 1894]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-495-q-035

Description: The corner of Dr Donald Stuart's study, with a fireplace left, a buttoned leather chair in between a floor-to-ceiling bookcase and a desk, pictures (mostly framed photographs) covering most wall space, an escritoire and bay window to the right. The view is shown in a photograph, top left, then sketched out in pencil with colour notes across the double-page spread in the sketchbook, with some additional sections of the room showing in the sketch Quantity: 1 drawing(s). 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print glued to album page, with pencil on page, page size 150 x 440 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Hodgkins, Percy D'Esterre, 1873-1956

Reference: E-405

Description: p.1. [Street scene in ?Dunedin with tram, hansom cab and a reference to the BNZ]; p.2 [Two elderly men]; p.3 Geo McLeod, Star bg [i.e.building?]; p.4 [Man reclining in chair with his feet up]. p.5 [Two men, one carrying a large basket on his shoulder]; p.6 [Two men's faces, with red colouring]; p.7 Sketch for "Land carriage ...". The eleven mile swamp between ?Madialloc and Western port in Victoria. Light carts bring the fish across the neck to Melbourne - 1860. p.8 Coastal steamer entering Preservation.; p.9 [Man in bowler hat and overcoat with walking stick]; p.10 [Three portraits of the same bearded balding man]; p.11 [Sketch of dinghy] Inscriptions: On cover in pencil: W.M.Hodgkins. Several sketches titled, but not all titles fully legible Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) Green card covers, inscribed "The reporter's notebook ... J.Wilkie & Co ... Dunedin". Physical Description: 11 pencil sketches in album of 37 pages, page size 113 x 818 mm Provenance: Hodgkins family by descent to Percy D'Esterre Hodgkins. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts & Archives 1989. MS acc. no. 73-129.

Date: 1890

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-025-1

Description: A view of the exterior of First Church, and surrounding buildings, seen across water Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - First Church Dunedin. W M H Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash 110 x 90 mm

Date: 1890 - 1898

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-169-026

Description: Full-length portrait of an elderly man with top hat, suit and dark overcoat, an umbrella under his right arm, reading a note. He has a short white beard and moustache Inscriptions: Verso - 'Drawn by W.M.Hodgkins, Dunedin' [in pencil, in the hand of the artist?] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 327 x 172 mm Provenance: Field family, descendants of the artist. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Field family papers, MS group 60; ex MS papers 113, doanted ca 1951, rearranged 1988; transferred to Drawings & Prints, 1989 as a loose sheet inside W.M.Hodgkins' Dunedin sketchbook, 1895 (E-391).

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1864, one 1893]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-014-q-1-039-2

Description: Profile head and shoulders portrait of Dunedin identity James Gordon Stuart Grant, as a middle-aged man. He is clean-shaven and wearing a narrow-brimmed hat Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 80 x 80 mm

Date: 1885 - 1895

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1864, one 1893]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-014-q-1-022-2

Description: View of a chancellor conferring degrees, with men seated behind him, spectators in a galley in the background, and two people wearing mortar boards in front of him, one shaking the chancellor's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 123 x 164 mm

Date: 1894

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1893, 1894]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-495-q-053

Description: Two views showing a snow-covered lawn in a garden, and snow in a suburban street Quantity: 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints glued to album page, page size 150 x 220 mm.

Date: 1896

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891-1896]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-496-q-102

Description: View down a city street towards a church tower Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on sketchbook page, 111 x 183 mm

Date: 1890 - 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-444-041

Description: View of a large building, possibly the side of the Princess Theatre, with an advertisement for a production alongside. Steps lead up a hill to the left, and shops and businesses are in the ground floor, including a chemist's shop. The names Davis, J Kirby and Mr J Hewit are visible. A gas street lamp is on the near street corner in the right foreground Mr J G L Hewett was practising as a solicitor in Dunedin by 1898. The premises depicted may be his Drawn on the back of a folio-sized printed sheet of paper for the Standard Property Investment Society, Howorth and Hodgkins, Solicitors, Dunedin. The partnership was dissolved about 1884. Other Titles - Mr J Hewitt J Kirby Davis Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 255 x 401 mm Transfers: Formerly located, loose and folded in half at the back of Hodgkins, W M. [Sketchbook, ca 1892], reference number E-036-q-2.

Date: 1885 - 1895

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1864, one 1893]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-014-q-1-013-1

Description: A crowd watching a galloping horse and rider Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 90 x 131 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-043

Description: A scene in Sales Bush, Otago, on 23 October 1880 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 250 mm

Date: 1880 - 1887

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-005-3

Description: Shows a flock of birds flying over cliffs and a sailing boat in the distance. Probably a scene close to Dunedin Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - WMH Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 87 x 170 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-123

Description: Two drawings on one sheet. One titled During the summing up shows barristers in court, with their wigs, and two men sleeping on their arms. The second shows two other men resting their heads on their arms 'while the judge was summing up'. It also shows a seated man, turning round, a fierce expression on his face, probably the accused, named as Matson 'For about a minute while the jury were out of court' See also 1/2-124561 = right hand side of image [Courtroom scenes ; part two] Other Titles - [Courtroom scenes ; part two. 1870s?] During the summing up. While the judge was summing up. Matson. For about a minute when the jury were out of court.] Inscriptions: Recto - top left - (Part one) During the summing up and (part two) For about a minute while the jury were out of court and while the jury were summing up; Verso - W. M Hodgkins Esq, Solicitor Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and folded sheet, 120 x 280 mm (unfolded measurement)

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-018

Description: View from a distance, with Signal Hill in the background, the spire of First Church, and other buildings to the right Compare C-110-001 (with the same title) which is a less impressionistic view from the same point and includes named warehouses Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 65 x 135 mm

Date: 1883

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-094

Description: A street corner, possibly in Dunedin. It could also be in Paris, judging by the red and white striped awning above a shop on the right, (on a five-storey building) and the style of house on the street opposite Other Titles - 1883 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W M H; Recto - bottom left - Art Club Sketch. A Street Corner 7/83 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 252 x 173 mm

Date: 1885 - 1895

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1864, one 1893]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-014-q-1-021-4

Description: An elderly and short-sighted man, with short hair, possibly under a skull cap. He also has a full beard and glasses, and is leaning over his work, inscribing. Possibly a courtroom scene or a scene from the artist's legal office Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 95 x 119 mm

Date: 1894

By: Nerli, Girolamo Pieri Pecci Ballati, 1860-1926; Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: G-197

Description: Portrait of Dr Stuart seated in an armchair. Preliminary oil sketch for finished portrait held in a Dunedin Collection. Exhibited at Dunedin Public Art Gallery and toured New Zealand with exhibition "William Mathew Hodgkins and his circle", October 1988 to June 1990. The final portrait, owned by Otago Girls' High School, was mentioned in the New Zealand mail, 30 March 1894, page 21 column d. Inscriptions: Recto - Portrait of old Dr Stewart [sic] of Knox Church, Dunedin, attributed to Nerli. Belongs to W. M. Hodgkins, Solicitor, Dunedin. Unfinished all but head. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 402 x 302 mm Provenance: Originally the property of William Mathew Hodgkins.