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[Strutt, William] 1825-1915 :Nikau tree [1855 or 1856]
Date: 1855 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.
By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915
Reference: E-453-f-015-2
Description: A nikau palm and a study of the trunk and leaf sheath Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 150 x 80 mm
[Strutt, William] 1825-1915 :Building a whorry [1855 or 1856]
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.
By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915
Reference: E-453-f-012-3
Description: Six men building a small wooden hut (or whare) in a bush clearing. Two men are placing planks on the hut, one is chopping down a tree, one is trimmed a felled tree trunk, amother is carrying a tree-fern trunk towards the hut, and the last is lifting another trunk. A nikau is on the left of the hut and the stumps of trees are on the slope to the right with dense bush in the background Other Titles - Whare Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen 100 x 150 mm
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Bush falling, Taranaki, New Zealand. Jan., 1857
Date: 1857
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.
By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915
Reference: E-453-f-010
Description: Three settlers felling timber. Two are working with axes at the trunk of a rata, centre right, while a third is resting in the left foreground. There are large tree-ferns and several nikau in the clearing beyond the men, with tree trunks piled up and native bush around the edges of the view. Mount Taranaki can be seen in the background Compare a similar view in monotone wash, rectangular shape, at E-453-f-013-1 Other Titles - Bush felling Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 200 x 280 mm
[Strutt, William] 1825-1915 :Rata nui. [1855 or 1856]
Date: 1855 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.
By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915
Reference: E-453-f-017-4
Description: The trunk of a very large rata vine forming a tree, with a Maori woman seated at its base. There is a nikau growing in the background and epiphytes are growing from the tree's trunk. Other Titles - Large rata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 207 x 137 mm
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New...
Date: 1855 - 1856
By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: E-441
Description: Views of New Plymouth, Taranaki, Maori portraits (including portraits of Rawiri & Tomati), Maori canoes & artifacts, vegetation, Auckland, ships Chatham, Pandora & Nelson See child records details of titles, media and sizes The ship Chatham "Chatham, ship off New Plymouth" is a barque, not the Chatham in which Vancouver circumnavigated the world in the late eighteenth century. This sketchbook contains many of the preliminary sketches for the more finished studio drawings in the Library's two large albums, E-452-f & E-453-f Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) (33 pencil & watercolour, 15 pencil in album stored with notebook in half blue morocco & linen case). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, pencil page size 145 x 223 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull in May 1913 from Sydney dealers Angus & Robertson, who had purchased this diary and sketchbook from the artist in London, along with the sketches now located at E-452-f and E-453-f. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Formerly MS Strutt / 1855-56 / P. Transferred to DPP, Sept, 1989.