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Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :[Wellington from Kelburn] 1870

Date: 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Scrymgeour, William John Tyndal, 1922?-; Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898

Reference: D-022-006

Description: View from cleared hills with several native trees, a road winding down to the right, with a gate and a man on a dray being pulled by two horses. The harbour with two ships centre and centre right, with Somes Island to the right. On the left in the middle distance, part of Thorndon, with St Paul's Church and a jetty. The Western hills, the Hutt Valley, Eastbourne and the Tararuas in the distance. Probably a view from above The Glen in Kelburn Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D.Barraud. 1870 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white 455 x 785 mm Provenance: Hung with a watercolour of Lake Coleridge Station, 1870 (D-022-007), in Government House, Wellington, during the governorship of Sir George Grey. Sold at auction in Wellington to the vendor's grandfather, also a Mr Scrymgeour (or Scrimgeour) in the 1880s or 1890s. Mr Scrymgeour migrated to Australia in the early 1900s to Goondawindi Station. The paintings passed to his son (died 1968) then to his grandson, William John Tyndal Scrymgeour, born ca 1922, of "Arran", Warwick, Queensland.

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