Places

Date: 1843

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: A-208-012

Description: Looking along a small curving beach line with two Maori walking along the beach, part of a fence in the left foreground, probably in front of a house and a Maori canoe with a sail approaching the shore. There are trees growing from a cliff behind the beach and a small yacht is in the next bay. The view may be of Judges Bay Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 187 x 235 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: 1842

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: A-208-013

Description: View looking along the beachline to the left with trees and a bank, the silhouette of Rangitoto in the background Another sketch in the sky area of a headland is marked 'Whitipaku' or possibly 'White....' Inscriptions: Recto - top right - title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and wash, 190 x 310 mm

Date: 1843

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: A-208-019

Description: A yacht and a jetty in the water at the left, the beach and a road centre, houses to the right and in the distance on the surrounding hills. Two men and a woman in front of the nearer houses, one of the men carrying a yoke with heavy buckets, possibly containing milk or water. Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 198 x 307 mm