Places

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-015

Description: Two views on one page. The upper view shows a pond with a fence and several houses in the middle distance. 'Pines' inscribed on the trees behind the houses, and 'Mrs Jarvis, Richmond' in the sky are to the right. The lower view is of Gisborne from the sea, with port area, houses and hills behind visible. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1868

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-020-2

Description: View from the shore showing Arrow (Fifeshire) Rock and the Boulder Bank behind it, a wharf to the right and wharf sheds, several small boats in the harbour. Engraver's initials in bottom lefthand corner - R.C. [?] Copied by W S Hatton Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 53, p. 321, 3 October 1868 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 125 x 240 mm

Date: 1851

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-017-2

Description: View from the sea, looking towards the hills, from outside the Boulder Bank Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 74 x 132 mm

Date: 1914

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-003

Description: Shows Port Nelson wharf with two large ships at dock. One of the ships has three masts, the other has two masts and a chimney with smoke coming from it. Another ship can be seen on the horizon. Buildings and a single large tree can be seen at the edge of the water Inscription on reverse reads 'Port Nelson, 14", Frame No 7, Nelson, 12"' Inscriptions: Verso - centre - 'Port Nelson 14" / Frame No 7 / Nelson / 12"' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 146 x 228 mm

Date: 1914

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-004

Description: Shows a view out over Nelson Harbour, with mountains in the distance. A small unidentified island is visible. A path and a wooden bench are in the foreground. The sky is yellowish suggesting early morning or evening Inscription on reverse reads 'Port Nelson, 14", Frame No 7, Nelson, 12"' Second inscription on reverse reads 'Nelson Harbour / taken in 1914' Inscriptions: Verso - centre - 'Port Nelson 14" / Frame No 7 / Nelson / 12"'; Verso - bottom left - 'Nelson Harbour / taken in 1914' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 225 x 288 mm

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-011

Description: Three views on one page. The top view (pencil) is of a sailing vessel; the central view (pencil) is of the entrance to Port Nelson, with the port and its ships visible and the Arrow Rock in the centre, the Boulder Bank and a lighthouse at its end towards the left. The lower view, a watercolour, is of the Port of Tauranga, with Mount Maunganui left of centre in the background. In the left foreground are cylindrical storage tanks and there are several ships in the harbour area Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-023

Description: Six views on one page. The upper view shows Nelson from the sea, with the Arrow Rock to theright, the hills in the background. The nest next view down is a closer view of the wharves of Port Nelson, still from the sea, with the powder magazine marked and 'Dillberg & Co' A small view at the next level shows the steamer Oreti at New Plymouth, with a lighthouse in a separate drawing. At the bottom are two view of Wellington from the sea. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1944

From: Laugesen, Carl Thorwald, 1900-1987 :[Sketchbook. ca 1932-1944]

Reference: E-937-1-077

Description: A distant view of Port Nelson, looking north Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - The Port, Nelson / 44 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, 102 x 160 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane, auction 1104, Wellington, 4 April 2012, lot no. 374

Date: 1859 - 1869

By: Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: B-078-021

Description: Looking from the land out towards the Boulder Bank, with a lighthouse in the distance to the left, a jetty and small boats to the right See engraving with same title in Illustrated London news, 3 Oct 1868, p. 321. Simplifications and omissions of detail suggest that this painting copies the engraving rather than precedes it Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: W.S.H. Also verso, in pencil, in the hand of the previous owner, 'A W H Fuller, 3 Novr 1930' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper 262 x 368 mm Provenance: Ex-collection of Dr A W H Fuller, who acquired this and three others by Hatton on 3 November 1930

Date: 1930

From: Wickham, Charles, 1853-1940s :Family album. Uncle Charlie's unfinished drawings. [1926-1941].

Reference: E-563-q-31

Description: Shows a view looking down on an area of housing in a valley, with the sea in the distance. There is a house on the hillside in the foreground. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) inserted into slits in page of album.. Physical Description: Pencil and crayon, 173 x 225 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr Thomas H Hudson of England in 1997.

Date: 1892 - 1899

Reference: A-468-012

Description: Shows Nelson Harbour, between Tahunanui and Nelson Haven, incorporating the newly-constructed sea wall. The foreshore and hills above are dotted with houses and other early buildings, and a jetty can be seen at the far end. A line of trees on the top of the closest hill stands out. The calm harbour water shows various small boats, including a rowboat with three men coming ashore in the foreground The road along the Nelson Haven foreshore was completed in 1899. Surveyor and engineer Sam Jackel was commissioned to construct a concrete seawall. The wall was built by prisoners from the Nelson Goal and completed in 1897. A chain fence was erected along part of the wall in 1898 to protect the public from the vertical drop into the sea below (which suggests this scene was painted before 1898) Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 215 x 310 mm

Date: [ca. 1848]

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Longueville, H N, active 19th century?; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010; Groshinski, Brian Peter, 1944-

Reference: A-465-015

Description: A view of Nelson Harbour from the hills above, and possibly from where William Fox was living. The Boulder Bank and Haulashore Island are visible, with snow-capped mountains in the distance. A two-masted ship and two waka can be seen in Nelson Haven, as well as two other vessels out in Tasman Bay. There are figures unloading barrels on the shore, and two houses in the foreground on the left Accompanied by a photocopied letter, originally adhered to the back of the painting, from Dawn Smith of the Nelson Provincial Library, dated 1982. It suggests the (unsigned) work is by William Fox, and that the handwriting on the recto is that of a Miss Longueville, some of whose works the Nelson Museum holds Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - View of the harbour, Nelson NZ [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 253 x 340 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, from collection of Don Ellis, art collector, until about 1983; may have come from the album of a Miss Longueville

Date: 1907 - 1910

By: Jameson, Cecil S, 1884-

Reference: A-465-002

Description: A view of the Nelson port from the water. Two steam boats, one large andthe other significantly smaller, are anchored on each side of the jetty. Buildings and a crane are visible in the backgound, and a buoy sits on the water in the foreground Other Titles - Jamieson Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Cecil Jameson [in brushpoint]; Backing board recto - bottom centre - The Port, Nelson / Cecil S Jameson [07?] in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 238 x 247 mm, pasted to card

Date: 1900 - 1910

By: Sedgwick, Frederick M, 1873?-1922

Reference: A-434-001

Description: Shows a scene with a wharf and wharf building at the left, with a sailing boat high and dry beside it. At the right another sailing boat also stands on the tidal strand. Dated because of Nairn influence and the fact that the artist exhibited with the Academy of Fine Arts 1900-1920. Accompanied by price ticket for 2 guineas. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed]; Backing board recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 270 x 343 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1863

By: Fletcher, Frances Ann, 1846-1935

Reference: A-123-019

Description: Looking across the Port towards the Boulder Bank, with wharves, port buildings and three sailing ships in the right and centre. The port road runs close to the shore on the right Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia watercolour 195 x 305 mm

Date: 1870

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: B-139-011

Description: Shows a view along the waterfront at Nelson, with the hull of a boat drawn up on the shore at the left centre. Houses line the shore, with a group of boatsheds off the point at the far end. A cliff descends to the point. A buoy floats in the water in the right foreground. Along the top is a frieze-like drawing, upside down, showing a bridge, a boat drawn up at a waterfront, and sketches of buildings. Requisition form, letters from vendor, acquisitions checklist, all filed at AT 10/14, 7 December 1998. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet, 165 x 352 mm.

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-145-006

Description: Shows Nelson Haven and Tasman Bay with ships of the New Zealand Company preliminary expedition, Will Watch, Arrow and Whitby, lying at anchor, near Haulashore Island. Attribution to Heaphy is dubious on stylistic grounds, although he and F. G. Moore farmed together in the Motueka area, and Moore is mentioned on the work Other Titles - Mr Moore's house Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Nelson Haven. Mr Moore's house Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 150 x 242 mm

Date: 1867

By: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Blanshard, Sue, active 2001; Dickie, J W H F (Mrs), active 1960s

Reference: A-351-018

Description: Shows a view looking into an inlet, with Arrow Rock on the right. There is a large house high on the cliff at the left, a jetty in the left foreground, a small rowboat in the centre foreground, and a red buoy at the right. The description on the backing board of the clifftop house as Mr Hoggard's is incorrect, as is the attribution to Heaphy. Both depended upon Wellington being the location of the scene depicted. Historian Ian Wards suggests that the house may be that of Major Mathew Richmond, who had a house in the area depicted. He was resident in Nelson from 1847 to his death in 1887 (Pers. comm. June 2001) Other Titles - Mr Hoggard's house on "The Cliff", by Major Heaphy Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W H L 1867; Backing board recto - centre - Mr Hoggard's house on "The Cliff" 1867, by Major Heaphy Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 94 x 134 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously purchased in Wellington in the 1960s by Mrs J W H F Dickie, Mrs Blanshard's mother. Offered for sale by Mrs Dickie at Christie's 16 April 1980, $199. Failed to reach reserve.

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888

Reference: C-018-013

Description: Shows cathedral, windmill, houses, harbour and Boulder Bank, viewed from a low hill to the east of the town Supplied title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card 406 x 508 mm

Date: 1860 - 1891 - 1869

By: Fletcher, Frances Ann, 1846-1935

Reference: B-160-020

Description: Shows a view looking down over houses to the tidal flats around Nelson Harbour. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 248 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Michael Beca in 2003.