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By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945; Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-214-007

Description: View from a beach looking out to sea, with reddish-brown rocks at the water's edge, probably an east coast Otago beach Canvas is trimmed to the edge of the image and cannot be framed Howorth exhibited an oil titled Seascape at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1899. It may be this work Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date in brushpoint Dunedin solicitor Henry Howorth, was William Mathew Hodgkins' partner in Dunedin. He may have been related to Charles Henry Howorth, although he was not his father. Charles Henry Howorth was the son of another Dunedin lawyer, George Howorth. The painting may have come into W. M. Hodgkins' collection because of this connection, or because of Hodgkins' wide involvement with Dunedin art circles. The scene is presumably of a Dunedin beach Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 246 x 333 mm

Date: 1880

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1875, 1880]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-015-052-1

Description: An extensive view looking through trees out to the coast Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 93 x 205 mm

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-169-023

Description: Looking north-east towards Tomahawk Cliff, with Sandfly Bay below and the sea beyond Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 101 x 173 mm

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1875]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-014-q-2-060

Description: An unfinished view towards Otago Peninsula across the Harbour Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 170 x 269 mm

Date: 1893

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-013

Description: Looking south along a beach from a hill at its north end. Shows a board inscribed: Karetai's mistake. Presumably refers to Chief Karetai's sales of land to Europeans in the mid-nineteenth century Pipikaretu Point is on the north-eastern side of Otago Peninsula, across from Otakou. There is no current name Onepopo Bay. The Bay is now called Pipikaretu Beach Other Titles - Karetai's Mistake Inscriptions: Signed: W M H Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 170 x 280 mm

Date: 1875 - 1880

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1875, 1880]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-015-037/038

Description: A sweeping view of Waikouaiti Beach and its hinterland, looking north, with several houses sketched in Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 132 x 412 mm

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-169-001

Description: A wrecked rowboat in the foreground, washed up on the beach, a cabbage tree to the left. In the distance is Matakana Head. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Matakana Head [in brushpoint in capitals]; also bottom right, artist's intials W. H.; Recto - beneath image - Waikouaiti Beach [in pencil on attached label] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 132 x 267 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: 1883

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-061

Description: A view from the hills looking down onto Ocean Beach Dunedin Ocean Beach shown is the local name for the beach front of St Kilda Beach extending from Lawyers Head west to St Clair Beach Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - WMH The Ocean Beach Saturday 22 Mar 1883 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 235 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-114

Description: Shows St Kilda (& St Claire?) beach and a fisherman pulling in his catch. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 200 x 355 mm