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Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-017

Description: Incomplete watercolour sketch of part of the Lysaght farm at Mokoia, with Mount Taranaki rising prominently in the background Inscriptions: Verso - centre - J.R. Lysaght's run at Mokoia about 1880 / Old house & Sad's[?] whare (right) / Stable & whare (left) [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 225 x 336 mm

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Various artists :[Twelve sketchbooks, by Mary Grace Caroline Lysaght (3), Emily Muriel Lysaght (4), and another Lysaght family member (5). 1890-1903]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-884

Description: Address inside front cover is: 2 St helens Terrace, Richmond Surrey; as well as "Wellington". Includes landscape scenes entitled: From Patea Heads, In Wellington Harbour, New Brighton, Rangitata (foliage specimens), Mount Torless from the train beyond Dunsandel, [Winton? or Wierton?], Mt Peel - Gapes Gully, New Brighton, From the Port Hills, Lyttelton Harbour, Sumner, Lake Ellesmere, the Avon, Mr Peel and Rangitata, Hills behind Winton; Waitara, Urenui, [an iceberg], [Mr Taranaki] from Stratford. There is also a loose sketch of an iceberg. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook, olive and black morocco hardbound, 125 x 260 mm.

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Forbes, Josephine Knyvett, 1917-2005

Reference: E-044-q-1

Description: Views of Yorkshire, Tristan da Cunha, Banks Peninsula, Governor's Bay, Lyttelton, Wellington, Patea, Hawera, Mt Egmont, Mt Eden, Auckland Harbour, New Plymouth, Queen Street (Auckland), Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti, Tauranga and Mt Maunganui, Ohinemutu, the White Terraces, Taupo, Napier and Mokoia Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 50 pages, ¼ leather, blue buckram boards, page size 225 x 290 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Forbes, Josephine Knyvett, 1917-2005

Reference: E-044-q-2

Description: Taranaki and Otaki views, then shipboard views via Straits of Magellan, Rio, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, London, Plymouth, Isle of Wight. The artist travelled aboard the Crusader. There is a 1959 newsclipping inside the back cover showing the Crusader Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 54 pages, ¼ leather and blue buckram binding, page size 225 x 290 mm

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-180-002

Description: Looking towards Mount Taranaki, covered with cloud, with rolling hills and valleys between. 'Fern' written on a hill in the middle distance to the right. Other Titles - Urenui A-180-003, a pencil drawing, is on the verso of this watercolour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 109 x 178 mm

Date: 1875

From: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850?-1936? :[Sketchbook; English and New Zealand scenes, with Tristan da Cunha, 1870s]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-044-q-1-025

Description: Two views on one page. The upper view, from Hawera Cemetery has a hill with several flax bushes on its summit, rolling hills stretching into the distance. the lower view shows Mount Taranaki (Egmont) its peak covered in snow. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour in album, page size 228 x 296 mm

Date: 1875 - 1880

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-035-1/2

Description: On the recto, an incomplete watercolour sketch of the Tangahoe River area, near Mokoia, possibly indicating the river in the foreground. On the verso, a pencil sketch of Mount Taranaki Other Titles - Tangahoe Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - MGCL [in pencil]; Recto - bottom right - Tongahoe [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 250 x 355 mm

Date: 1875 - 1880

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-036-1/2

Description: On the recto, a landscape sketch towards distant hills, at sunset. On the verso, a pencil sketch of the berries, leaves and flowers of the miro tree, with colour notes The Mr Hobbs mentioned could be Alfred Samuel Hobbs, 1831-1913, originally of Tasmania, who lived at Meremere Other Titles - Tangahoe Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Looking towards Mr. Hobbs. Mokoia [in pencil]; Verso - bottom right - Miro berries. Salmon, strawberry, cream coloured pink [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 245 x 323 mm

Date: 1875 - 1879

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: A-180-026

Description: A horse working a treadmill with three men standing on the mill alongside a haystack. The mill appears to be grinding wheat. Mount Taranaki is in the background. Another horse is grazing in a field to the right Dating: The Lysaght family moved to South Taranaki in 1875; the note about the acquisition of the treadmill is likely to have been made by a later owner, some years after the drawing was done Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title in pencil. Signed lower right: M.G.C.L. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil 176 x 253 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Moore Family Papers.

Date: 1880

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: A-367-015

Description: A view of Mount Taranaki and surrounding countryside, with the Mokoia homestead, and another smaller house at the left. Inscriptions: Recto - title, probably added by the donor Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 355 mm Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, Wellington, through the family of the artist, in 2004.

Date: 1880

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: A-367-016

Description: A view of Mount Taranaki (in summer) and surrounding countryside, with the Mokoia homestead, and another smaller house at the left. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 173 x 360 mm Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, Wellington, through the family of the artist, in 2004.