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Watkins, Kennett, 1847-1933 :Takapuna Beach, 'a favourite summer resort'. Litho. at the...
Date: 1894
From: Various artists :[Selection of newspaper supplements; illustrations by Kennett Watkins, Thomas Ryan, L W Wilson and Charles Goldie. Published by Brett for the 'Weekly news' and the 'New Zealand graphic'. ca 1900-1936]
By: Watkins, Charles Henry Kennett, 1847-1933; New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works
Reference: A-385-016
Description: Shows a scene with a curved bay, pohutukawa trees blooming at the left, people strolling along the beach, four figures on horseback, and sailboats on the water at the right. Other Titles - Lithographed Extended Title - From the New Zealand Graphic Christmas number 1894, page 7. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 130 x 322 mm.
Watkins, Kennett, 1847-1933 :Auckland Harbour, midsummer. Litho. at the N.Z. Graphic an...
Date: 1894
From: Various artists :[Selection of newspaper supplements; illustrations by Kennett Watkins, Thomas Ryan, L W Wilson and Charles Goldie. Published by Brett for the 'Weekly news' and the 'New Zealand graphic'. ca 1900-1936]
By: Watkins, Charles Henry Kennett, 1847-1933; New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works
Reference: A-385-018
Description: Shows a general view of Auckland harbour with North Head and Rangitoto Island in the distance. Steamships, paddlesteamers, yachts, a sailing ship and a rowboat are sailing on the calm water. There is a jetty at the far right and in the right distance a steam train approaching the wharf. Other Titles - Lithographed Extended Title - From the New Zealand Graphic Christmas number 1894, page 7. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 120 x 322 mm.
Illustration of Māori dragging a squared kauri log
Date: [ca 1930]
By: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967; Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863; Watkins, Charles Henry Kennett, 1847-1933
Reference: A-111-100
Description: A newsclipping of a drawing by Kennett Watkins, copied from an original by Cuthbert Clarke circa 1850s. Shows Māori men hauling a large kauri trunk on rollers formed of smaller trunks through ngahere native bush; kauri, nikau and tree ferns. Possibly printed to accompany an article by H Fildes for the 'Dominion', 1931. Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 69, 15 December 1931, Page 7 (Supplement). https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19311215.2.133.10.1 accessed 15 November 2024. Identical except for the title words beneath, to an illustration in "Poenamo" by John Logan Campbell (Williams & Norgate, 1881), page 78. Compare a crayon drawing by Cuthbert Clarke in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, 'Lumbering timber in a kauri forest at Kaipara 1861'; see also the illustration in the Library's copy of "Poenamo" by J. Logan Campbell, a sepia photograph of a painting or drawing 'Maoris moving a log' [1852] signed Cuthbert Clarke del. Clarke was in New Zealand in 1852 and in Australia by 1861, suggesting that the Mitchell drawing is a later one by the artist. The location of the original for the photograph in Poenamu is unknown. According to Poenamu, the log was being dragged to the sea to be carved out as a canoe Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Maoris dragging a squared kauri log. The head is decorated with plumes and greenery.; Recto - bottom right - Del. Kennett Watkins Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 164 x 115 mm Processing information: Scope, title, and facets fields were updated in November 2024 as part of reparative description work. Contact the Library for details.