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Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :A winter's day at Macetown. [18]87.

Date: 1887

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-312-q-017

Description: Three horses, saddled and with their traces dragging on the ground, stamping their feet in the snow outside a single-storied shop, Elliotts, in the broad main street of an otherwise empty gold-mining town. Other buildings in the distance and mountain-tops just visible through the heavy grey clouds in the background. Macetown was a flourishing gold-mining town in the late 1860s and early 1870s but had become a ghost town by the early 20th century. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title [in pencil in the hand of the artist]; Recto - bottom right - W. M. H. 87 [in brushpoint in the hand of the artist] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour 173 x 250 mm

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Macetown and Advance Peak [1880]

Date: 1880

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Central Otago goldmining areas, 2 dated 1880]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-032-q-3-003

Description: The gold mining town, Macetown, with houses and the pub and school identified, on flat land at the foot of high mountains Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 115 x 254 mm

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Bit about Macetown [1880 or 1887]

Date: 1880 - 1887

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-050

Description: A river plain and mountains. A sunset or sunrise is beyond the mountains. The view does not show mountainous Macetown itself Dating: the artist visited Macetown at least twice, in 1880 and 1887 Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 185 x 262 mm

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Near Macetown [1880 or 1887]

Date: 1880 - 1887

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-049

Description: Shows battery and gold races Dating: The artist visited Macetown at least twice, in 1880 and 1887 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 250 x 173 mm

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Harvey's hut, Maryborough Mine [1880]

Date: 1880

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-044

Description: A rough sketch of a small stone gold-miner's hut far above Lake Wakatipu, its roof thatched, it's front wall propped up with braces, two horses standing in front. In the background, a mountain Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 130 x 193 mm

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Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[The Maryborough mine, Otago] 1880

Date: 1880

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-043/048

Description: Series of paintings, with a preliminary sketch, of area near Maryborough mine and of gold workings, near Macetown Inscriptions: 1 signed: W.M.H. Quantity: 5 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolours and 1 pencil sizes vary

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Central Otago ...

Date: 1880

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-032-q-3

Description: Macetown, Arrow River, Maryborough Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on varying page sizes, black morocco boards. Loose sheets in box

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :On Advance Peak, near Macetown, [1880 or 1887]

Date: 1880 - 1887

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-061

Description: Shows sloping hillsides, with almost no vegetation. Location: Advance Peak is in the vicinity of Arrowtown Dating: the artist visited Macetown at least twice, in 1880 and 1887 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 215 x 280 mm

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Sketches about Macetown [1880 or 1887]

Date: 1880 - 1887

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-051

Description: 9 watercolours on one page, showing the dramatic mountain landscape around goldmining town Macetown. The central view shows the houses at Macetown, the centre bottom view the mine buildings. On the right is a copy of another sketch by Hodgkins (in sketchbook E-032-3) called The Gladstone stone shoot' showing a tunnel leading down a steep valley Dating: the artist visited Macetown at least twice, in 1880 and 1887 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 270 x 345 mm

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