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[Holmes, William Howard], 1825-1885 :Lambton Quay 1856. The Beach. Barrett's Hotel, loo...
Date: 1856
By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Reference: B-139-017
Description: Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There are shops in the distance. A red-coated soldier leans against the door to Barrett's Hotel. A small rowboat is in the sea to the right of the road Title on engraved plate on frame. Artist attributed because of similarity of subject to Holmes' "Wellington Beach 1856" (A-032-040). The work is not as finished as that one however. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 343 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to that in the collection of Mr Charles Levin of Sanson, descendant of W. H. Levin.
Fletcher, Frances Ann (Stamper), 1842-1935) :Sumner. [1890-1895?]
Date: 1890 - 1895
By: Fletcher, Frances Ann, 1846-1935; Langdale, John Harper, 1913-1992
Reference: A-329-013
Description: Wash drawing of Sumner, looking towards Cave Rock along Wakefield Avenue. Much of the foreground is bare of housing. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Sumner; Verso - bottom right - [Title]; Verso - centre - [Note by John H Langdale, November 1984]: Sumner circa 1895. My father Walter John Langdale and his eldest brother Albert Ernest Langdale-Hunt purchased about eleven hundred acres from Scarborough to Evans Pass, Taylors Mistake and the north side of Lyttelton Harbour in 1910 for 8 [pounds] per acre from the Morton estate. I had a wonderfully interesting, exciting and adventurous boyhood and youth here. We were a very happy family. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, on sheet 129 x 222 mm (sight)