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Date: 1852

From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-252-022

Description: Shows a young woman with hair parted in the centre and drawn back, dressed in a blue dress with a white lace collar and red scarf, seated at a table with a pencil and either sketchbook or journal in front of her. The portrait is frontal and half-length. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - S. G. 1852; Recto - I hope to replace this at some future time. This is less striking than the others, tho I am convinced it is quite as correct the difficulty arises I believe from the great variations in Mary's countenance. S. G. Matured opinion - not calculated to recall the person to the mind. Woodlands Motueka New Zealand, S.G. Portrait of my eldest Daughter Mary Field Greenwood Aged 16 years, Febry 1852. [All in ink: title and place at the bottom of the sheet, written at the time of execution. First two notes at the top, written for the benefit of the recipient, Sarah Greenwood's mother in England. Middle note probably written later, i.e. "Matured opinion..."] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 233 x 183 mm

Date: 1879

From: Thomas, E A C, 1825- :[Album of a visit to the Motueka area and North Canterbury]

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: E-305-q-055

Description: A paddock in the foreground and hills in the background. In the middle distance is the two-storied house in Motueka, surrounded by a garden with mature trees. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: S.G.; Recto - beneath image - The grange, the residence of Dr Greenwood, sent to me at parting April 15th 1879 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 179 x 254 mm

Date: 1852

From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-252-026

Description: Shows a half length portrait of a young man seated at a table reading a book. He wears a jacket, waistcoat and ribbon-tie. Location assumed to be Motueka, from comparison with the portrait of the 5th son on March 2nd 1852 at Motueka. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 185 mm.

Date: 1852

From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-252-021

Description: John Danforth Greenwood, Doctor at Motueka, Nelson in the 1840s and 1850s, seated on a chair, holding a book. Exhibited in "Treasures in Trust" National Library Gallery, 1995 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S. G. Decr 1852; Recto - For my dearest Mother. S. G. Neighbours and Friends all exclaim "Oh that's the Doctor exactly"! Family Verdict "Mama's best"! Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 150 x 140 mm

Date: 1852

From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-252-025

Description: A young woman seated at a table, holding a ball of wool and knitting needles. She is clad in a blue dress and has long brown hair done up in a plait. Exhibited in 'About women, about time' Exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 2 July - 23 October 1993. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S. G. 1852; Verso - top right; 'Family Opinion - Very Much Like. S. G.' Lower left: 'Woodlands, Motueka, New Zealand, S. G.' Lower right: 'Portrait of my third daughter, Jane Greenwood aged nearly 14 years, Feby 1852' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 233 x 183 mm Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood family papers, Manuscripts section, MS Papers 96, 8 November 1978..

Date: 1852 - 1848

From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-252-027

Description: Half length three-quarters frontal portrait of the artist's oldest son, John. He is shown seated at a desk, reading a large volume, which is propped up on another book. He appears to be in adolescence and is wearing a brown jacket and short waistcoat Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S. G. 1848; Verso - bottom left: 'John Greenwood. Considered a very fair but not perfect likeness as the mouth is not quite correct' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 185 x 146 mm

Date: 1852 - 1854

From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-252-023

Description: Half length frontal portrait of the artist's daughter Agnes. She is shown aged nearly 11, formally dressed and with her hair parted in the centre and drawn back. (She died of influenza two years later, aged 13) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S. G. Decr 1852; Verso - At top: "Copied from the original drawing, August 1858. I am sorry to say this likeness is not so good as in that taken for my dear Mother, and which she kindly sent me back, after my dear child's death. Sarah Greenwood, Woodlands, Motueka, New Zealand". At bottom left: 'Died 25th of July 1854.' On bottom right: 'Portrait of my fourth daughter, Agnes Bazing Greenwood, when nearly eleven years old, Feb. 1852'. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 215 x 184 mm

Date: 1863

From: [Stowe, Jane?], 1838?-1931 :[Four loose sketches removed from sketchbook E 636-q].

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-367-025

Description: A view of a farmhouse and surrounding fields in a green plain. There is a weeping willow tree in the left middle-foreground , and several further away. Another farmhouse can be glimpsed in the trees in the left background, and there are hills in the distance. Loose watercolour from the pages of E-636-q, facing page 34. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 167 x 219 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, Wellington, through the family of the artist, in 2004.

Date: 1881

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: B-156-021

Description: Shows a view of Wellington Harbour with Thorndon Quay or Esplanade, the year before the reclamation started. The square object along the pier at the end of the esplanade may be an early version of the Thorndon swimming baths, although the later turretted version was built out into the harbour from reclaimed land. The foreground shows lawns surrounded with trees, probably the garden at Tiakiwai, the home of the Stowe family. Sarah Greenwood, artist of this work, was the mother of Jane Stowe, owner with her husband Leonard, of Tiakiwai, on Stowe Hill, number 2 Tinakori Road Other Titles - Early Wellington from the garden of No 2 Tinakori Road Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top centre - [Title]; Recto - bottom centre - S.G. 1881 [partially covered by the mat and visible on the path, left of centre foreground] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 225 x 285 mm (sight)

Date: 1852

From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858

By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889

Reference: A-252-024

Description: A small boy seated on a chair, dressed in a blue smock, belted at the waist, with grey trousers. The boy has straight short brown hair and brown eyes. Inscriptions: Verso - top right: Opinion of the Family Very much like. S. G.' Lower left: 'Woodlands Motueka, New Zealand, S. G.' Lower right: Portrait of my 5th son Alfred Greenwood aged 9 years, March 2nd 1852' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 234 x 184 mm