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Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: A-089-005

Description: An extensive view across the top of Tasman Glacier. Mt Darwin is identified Other Titles - Head of Tasman glacier Inscriptions: Signed: W.S.G. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash drawing 109 x 142 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Belinda Baldock, Ireland

Date: 1882

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-029

Description: An extensive landscape probably in the MacKenzie Country. The Southern Alps are on the horizon. A road winds away into the distance with a stage-coach and horses on it. Sheep are in a paddock to the left. Across the foreground runs a fence, with a dog and kennel beside the open gate. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 177 mm

Date: 1882

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-016

Description: Green and his companions sheltering in their sleeping bags beside a large rock, part way up Mount Cook. The mountain to the right is Mount Tasman Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 177 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: A-329-012

Description: The central peak is Mount Cook, with Mount Dampier to the right (across the Green Saddle), and the Linda Glacier (named by Green after his wife) descending from the centre of Mount Cook. The view is probably taken from Mount Dixon. In the foreground is an ice plateau with a crevasse. Framer's label (now discarded): 'Framed by Combridge & Co., printsellers, picture framers &c., 19 & 20 Grafton Street, Dublin'. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 325 x 252 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: A-263-012

Description: Shows small cottage with hens in yard, a mountainous background and fenced off circular garden area Title from ink inscription, in artist's hand, at foot of card (numbered "3). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 171 x 249 mm mounted on card 270 x 370 mm Transfers: For provenance and history see his Mount Cook from the Linda Glacier (A-263/008). Processing information: Description changed 15 June 2022 following information from a staff member.

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-008

Description: A small tent beside a river, with foothills and a mountain beyond. A pot boiling over a camp fire, and two men seated by the river. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 126 x 178 mm

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-007

Description: Two small tents sheltered by low scrub, with foothills and a mountain beyond. A billy boiling over a camp fire, a weka walking past and a man reclining on the ground. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour with scraping out, 125 x 177 mm

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-010

Description: A night scene with three men seated around a fire in a roofless rock shelter. A billy is boiling over the fire and an ice-axe rests to one side. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 177 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: C-133-044

Description: A view from the Tasman Glacier looking straight up the Hochstetter Glacier with Haast Ridge on the right. The Hochstetter Icefall ends in a small lake. In the background are Mount Tasman on the right and Mount Cook on the left. In the middle ground are Green and his two companions Kaufmann and Boss. A camera tripod is to the right of the men. On the verso is a schematic outline of the watercolour, with features named and 'Line of ascent, March 1, 2 & 3 1882' marked in front of Mount Tasman and pointing up Mount Cook. Green also mentions that the outline [and therefore probably the watercolour] is taken from a photograph taken at the time. The inscriptions on the verso also include the phrase The great Tasman Glacier [from which the view is taken] Inscriptions: On associated label: title in ink; Verso - ink outline and annotations, artist's initials and the year Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 325 x 252 mm

Date: 1882

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-025

Description: Green and his two companions roped together and fording the Hooker River after their attempt on the summit of Mount Cook. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 177 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: C-133-045

Description: View from above the Ball Glacier (visible on the left) with the sweep of the Tasman Glacier curving around through the view. The steep rock face in the centre ground to the left is the Haast Ridge. The background peaks showing are (from left) The Minarets (two sharp peaks, far left), Mount Elie de Beaumont (the third from the left), the Hochstetter Dome (dome-shaped in the centre), Malte Brun, and the two sharp peaks on the far right are the Aiguilles Rouges. On a snow-covered outcrop in the foreground, Kaufmann and Boss, Green's two climbing companions are shown moving forward, with ice axe and alpenstock. Inscriptions: On separate label: title in faded sepia ink. In black ink is Price 10 [pounds symbol] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 364 x 540 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: A-263-008

Description: Shows 3 tiny climbers, Green, Kaufmann and Boss, and a view of the Linda Glacier, named after Green's wife. The three climbers are well up the glacier Green, with E Boss and U. Kaufmann, made first attempted ascent of Mt Cook in 1882 (see typed label on verso; Te Marae v. 3, no. 10. p. 2-3; and Green, W.S . The high alps of New Zealand. London 1883 (held at 796.52) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on board 160 x 183 mm

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-009

Description: A small tent sheltered by low scrub on a river flat, with foothills and a mountain (Mount Cook) beyond. A camp fire, with two men approaching from the right, both wearing backpacks. The stony area to the right is the lateral moraine of the Tasman Glacier and the snow shapes beyond that are the Minarets. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink The site shown is today the position of Ball Hut. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 177 mm

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-004

Description: A man on horseback and four other men on a cart with horses, swimming the Tasman river, with mountains in the background Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 178 mm

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-005

Description: Green and two other men crawling across a log bridge on the Tasman River. Green describes making the bridge on 14 February. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 164 mm