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Date: 1895 - 1904

From: Strong, Austin, 1881-1952 :[Sketches. ca 1895-1904]

Reference: A-058-016

Description: Shows three different vignettes, one of Cave Rock with a small building and flagpole on top; one view of Rock seen from the Sumner side looking back towards Redcliffs; and one of a headland, possibly Scarborough Heads. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 255 mm.

Date: 1870

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Sumner, Lyttelton, Central Otago, Lake Wakatipu, Kawarau Gorge, Oamaru, Dunedin, Clutha River. 1870 to 1873]

Reference: E-016-4-011/012

Description: Looking across water with Shag Rock on the left, Sumner Beach on the right (with sand-hills noted), Cave Rock centre and Scarborough Hill in the background. Cave Rock has a flagstaff on top. There are two boats moored in the still water Hodgkins visited Banks Peninsula (including Akaroa), Lyttelton, Sumner and Christchurch in 1870 Hodgkins produced two watercolours based on this sketch - Entrance to the Sumner River, Canterbury, from the Christchurch road, reference number C-110-011; and The Shag Rock, Sumner, reference number A-027-018 Extended Title - Christchurch Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sketchbook pages, page size 88 x 153 mm.

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: C-110-011

Description: Shows beach at Sumner, looking east towards Cave Rock and Scarborough Head. Two boats stand off the shore. The scene is lit by moonlight Previously entitled "The Sumner River, Canterbury, from the Christchurch Road. Dating suggested from the date on "The Sumner River, Canterbury, from the Cave Rock" by the same artist (A-027-016) There is no geographical feature known as the Sumner River. Sumner Beach stands outside the entrance to the Christchurch Estuary, which is fed by the Heathcote and Avon Rivers Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] The Library holds Hodgkins' preliminary drawing for this view and another of Shag Rock in a sketchbook, E-016-4-011/012 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 133 x 215 mm

Date: 1852

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: C-064-003

Description: View from the top of Cave Rock looking along Scarborough Beach to the left, the hills and flat land of Sumner and along Sumner Beach to the right. There are five or six houses against the hill, centre and right. A piece of Cave Rock protrudes in the foreground. For attribution and provenance see A-048-027. Title from inscription Inscriptions: Verso - Title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 175 x 755 mm

Date: 1861 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-051

Description: Shows view from Redcliffs, (now Beachville Road) showing the outlet from the Heathcote-Avon Estuary, between the Brighton Spit and Shag Rock, with Cave Rock and Scarborough Heads behind. A gloomy day with low cloud. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 172 mm.