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Date: 1850 - 1880

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-084-014

Description: Shows a view of Lyttelton Harbour looking west, with partly obscured sailing ships in the harbour (their masts are visible over the brow of the hill). In the foreground a horse grazes on the hillside. There is a trig or mast on the hills in the right distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour, 180 x 255 mm.

Date: 1875 - 1970 - 1975

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Bell, Gully, Buddle, Weir (Firm)

Reference: E-279-q-114

Description: Scene by C D Barraud reproduced on a Christmas card sent out by the law firm Bell Gully Buddle Weir in 1970s. Shows the view from the hills at the southern end of the city, looking northward along the longer axis of the harbour, and was taken towards the close of a fine autumn day when the light of the setting sun was reflected on the distant masses of the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges. The lower slopes of Brooklyn Hill are in the foreground, with the houses of Te Aro Flat in the middle ground, part of Mt Victoria on the right, ships in the harbour, Somes Island and Petone with the Tararua Ranges beyond in the distance. Extended Title - From, Barraud, C. D. New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive ... London, 1877, opp. p. 1 with additional title View of Wellington Harbour from the hills south of the city. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 134 x 195 mm on folded card

Date: 1870 - 1872

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: D-040-007

Description: Shows a distant view of William Fox's homestead, Westoe, on the Rangitikei River flat. A snow-covered Mount Ruapehu is seen in the distance. In the bottom-left foreground is a white-bearded man on a horse, with a small dog; this is possibly Fox himself, though he is not identified. He later built a second home, also called Westoe, on a higher terrace (about where the horseman is seen), away from the flood plains Other Titles - Lower Westoe Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud / 1870[?] [in brushpoint] See also Fox's own painting of the original homestead, at WC-054 (digitised) Fox was born in the village of Westoe in Durham, England. His second homestead, called Westoe, was completed in 1874 The backing board from the painting reveals that it was at one time owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (date unspecified), and was later de-accessioned (also unspecified). The accession number was recorded as -/1/921 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on artist's paper, 485 x 785 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane Fine and Applied Art auction, Wellington, 1 July 2015; lot 45. Prior to purchase, belonging to a private collection, purchased at Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd., 12 June 1990; lot 6 (from catalogue)

Date: 1894

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: C-007-012

Description: Shows the Castlecliff freezing works near Wanganui, on the waterside near the bluff, in the distance at the far end of a beach which curves along the right of the picture. Two horsemen ride along the beach, droving a flock of sheep. In the right distance a steam train approaches the freezing works. Several craft are tied up at the wharf, and other ships sail or steam away in the left distance. White shags (?) stand on driftwood branches in the left foreground, and an old basketwork fishing trap (perhaps an eel trap or crayfish pot) lies half submerged in the bottom left corner. Signed and dated C. D. Barraud 1894, lower right. However the work appears to be that of Christopher Aubrey and the signature has probably been added much later by an unknown person. The signature is similar to Barraud's lower-case printed style of signature but not identical. The watercolour is almost identical in subject to other watercolours by C. Aubrey, also dated 1894. The Whanganui Regional Museum holds three versions of the Aubrey watercolour, two dated 1894, one 1901. There is also one, dated 1894, offered for sale at Dunbar Sloane's Wellington auction, 17 November 2004, lot 29 (illustrated in the catalogue). All five views are very strongly similar, even to the details of the people sheep-droving along the beach, although the smoke from the factory chimney in the other known versions is being blow to the right; in the Library's version it is being blown to the left. The style of the work is much closer to Aubrey's style than to Barraud's, with slightly awkward rendering of people and animals, generous use of white highlighter, and a characteristic way of rendering vegetation Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud 1894 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 284 x 438 mm. Provenance: Purchase: J. Travis, Wellington, 17 October 1975

Date: 1874

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-116-018

Description: View from the shore looking across Lake Tikitapu (Blue Lake). In the foreground are a tent with a seated figure outside, three horses, a Maori and a European man. Two tall tree ferns are on the right Other Titles - Tiki Tapu Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D B 1874. Also hand-written label in ink in the hand of the artist, on card attached to backing board: Tiki Tapu or the Blue Lake near Roto Kakahi. Label cut from earlier backing board Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white, 249 x 357 mm (sight) Provenance: A note on the back, now discarded, indicated that the work was earlier put up for auction at the International Art Centre in May 1982. Art auction records indicate that a work with the same title was sold at Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 2 November 1981, lot 280 for AU $1,600.

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-175-008

Description: Shows at lower right a covered wagon stopped beside a wooden hut. Two men, three horses and a dog are standing beside the wagon, which is standing at the side of a road, curving away around the corner of a road that follows a river though mountainous country. There are snow-capped peaks in the distance. Several birds flutter around the hut, and there are stands of native bush at left and right. Title from the label attached to backing board (retained with the artwork) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 332 x 464 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1870

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

Reference: D-022-007

Description: View from a low hill of an extensive river plain surrounded by hills, with Lake Coleridge and snow-clad mountains in the background and a river to the left. Sheep are grazing on the lower hills to the right and on the flat valley. In the far left foreground is a road, with a dray being pulled by horses towards the station. In the centre left, there are farm buildings with a dray and horses, and a haystack surrounded by fences. In the centre is the homestead, surrounded by trees, with an older building, possibly the original homestead on the lower slopes of the hills to the right of the homestead. Lake Coleridge Station was originally purchased by A.C.Barker and others in 1855. In 1860 it was jointly owned by George Arthur Emilius Ross and Charles John Harper. At the date of this painting, Harper was the sole owner. There is now a hydro station occupying part of the land shown in the picture. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D.Barraud. 1870 The Library holds an almost identical second copy of this work at C-033-005 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white 457 x 784 mm Provenance: Hung, with a view of Wellington from Kelburn, 1870 (D-022-006) 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.

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.

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-007-015

Description: Shows rocky outcrop Pohaturoa near Atiamuri with the Waikato River between steep cliffs. In the foreground are three houses and carriage drawn by four horses on a road leading from a bridge across the river on the right. Probably the original for the engraving published in New Zealand: graphic and descriptive... London: Sampson Low,... 1877 pg 19. Inscribed with the title "Pohaturoa". The accompanying text reads "Pohaturoa, or the Great Rock...which rises 650 feet abruptly from the plain in the banks of the Waikato near Niho-o-te Keore, is a celebrated pa of the Ngatiraukawa tribe." A very similar watercolour of the same scene with minor foreground differences with the title "Pohuturoa near Atiamuri, 1875" was sold at McArthur's Auction, 10 May 1985, Lot 28. The Library has a copy in its photo files. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - signature in brush point Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: watercolour on paper, 300 x 506 mm

Date: 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Boor, Leonard George (Dr), 1825-1917; Kimberley, R O, active 1980s

Reference: A-084-049

Description: View of Takaka Valley, ringed with hills. Two men on horseback are approaching along a track on the left Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C.D.Barraud. 1870 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 184 x 271 mm Provenance: Dr Leonard Boor, of 22 The Terrace, painted with Barraud. Two watercolours of the Takaka district by Barraud were bequeathed to Dr Boor's youngest daughter, Millicent, and passed by family descent to Mr Kimberley, the donor

Date: 1863

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-169-004

Description: An autumnal river view with two men on horseback on the left bank at the water's edge. Cattle can be seen on the right bank, which is substantially higher. The Rimutaka mountains can be seen in the distance. Toetoe bushes feature prominently in the foreground Dunbar Sloane catalogue shows title as 'Surveyors crossing the Waikato River'; however, given Barraud's whereabouts at the time the watercolour was painted, it is more likely to be the Hutt River. There is also no evidence that the men are surveyors Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D. Barraud / N.Z. 1863 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 380 x 525 mm

Date: 1861

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-174-004

Description: Shows an identified house on the lower Terrace above Lambton Quay, being the house belonging to the Chief Postmaster in Wellington at the time, John Farr Hoggard (1815-1871). The house was built in 1856. There are other, single-story buildings along Lambton Quay, and rowboats pulled up to the water's edge. Two Maori are on foot to the left of the foreground. The boundary of Mr Hoggard's house is fenced. The surrounding bush and hill areas are untypically brown, for Wellington. In the foreground, riding along Lambton Quay, is a carriage pulled by two horses, carrying four people; the carriage is known to have belonged to William Barnard ('Barney') Rhodes, 1807-1878, and the carriage was distinctive for its yellow wheels. Rhodes was also known for his house 'The Grange', situated in Wadestown A copied example of this painting at G-644 by Edith Richardson, the sister-in-law of John Farr Hoggard. Another copy by John (Jack) Hoggard, son of John Farr Hoggard, is privately owned. The copy titled 'Lambton Quay 1854' is incorrect; it also suggests the location is the vicinity of R Hannah and Co's boot shop Other Titles - Lambton Quay, 1860 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D Barraud / NZ 1861 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 325 x 430 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, 'inherited from the vendor a direct descendant of the Hoggard family. Private collection, Kapiti Coast' (catalogue)

Date: [ca 1860]

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Trafford, Benjamin William Rawson, 1824?-1891

Reference: D-040-003

Description: Shows a scene on the Whanganui River. Shakespeare Cliff is prominent on the right, and Mount Ruapehu is visible in the distance. The Wanganui settlement is nestled into the hills in the middle ground, and the Rutland and York stockades are visible on the hill above the town. In the foreground is a group of Māori, comprising six adults or young adults, and one child, who would appear to be Pākehā. They are grouped as half standing, half being seated. There is much evidence of European clothing being worn by almost all the figures, with a woman on the right in full European dress complete with hat. The child in the group stands close to her and is possibly her own child, though his complexion is pale. The Māori man on the left has full facial tā moko, and holds the reins of a horse, which stands grazing. The horse would appear to belong to the woman in European dress, as it carries a side-saddle. The other man in the scene is dressed wearing a blanket and bare feet, and holds a kete, staff and eeling pot. Beyond the group can be seen the pallisades of Putiki Pā, beside which graze a half a dozen cattle. A number of vessels can be seen on the river, including a schooner and a double-sailed waka. The artist of this work is uncertain, after close comparison against works by other artists including John Alexander Gilfillan, Richard Aldworth Oliver, and Charles Decimus Barraud was undertaken. Benjamin Rawson Trafford has also been suggested as the artist, but no other work in watercolours by him is known for stylistic comparison. He was in Wanganui between ca 1847 and 1863 and had a Māori wife and child, possibly the subjects of this watercolour. He may also have been the earliest owner of the work and was the step-ancestor of the English vendor Other Titles - Whanganui. Benjamin William Rawson Trafford Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and Chinese white on paper, 482 x 713 mm Provenance: Prior to auction, in a private collection, England by descent from a step-ancestor, Benjamin Rawson Trafford, an early settler in Whanganui, to Lady Rosalind Bodington Processing information: Description updated 26 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member, as part of reparative description work.