Architect, artist and surveyor. Came from England in the brigantine Tuscan arriving in Auckland in October 1842. On arrival there was little work for architects and surveyors so he occupied himself as a drawing master and produced a number of sketches and watercolours of early Auckland. He was tutor to the children of (late) Governor William Hobson and Eliza Hobson in Auckland. He travelled up the Waikato and Waipa Rivers in December 1843, visiting mission stations among other sites. He left New Zealand early in 1844 arriving in Sydney on 15 February 1844. He spent 3 months in Sydney, moving on to Batavia (Djakarta) by June 1844, then Hong Kong, where he spent some months until at least August 1845, probably working, and Macau before returning to England. After his return to Devon he became the ecclesiastical architect attached to Exeter Cathedral. Exeter Museum has examples of his architectural drawings of Devon churches. He designed the chapel at Mt Peel (drawings in Canterbury University plan collection) because Acland's brother was a vicar associated with Exeter Cathedral and arranged for Ashworth to do the design. Buried at Exeter. (Information about Ashworth's New Zealand career from his journals. Information about his post-New Zealand career from Thelma Strongman, Canterbury University Library, May 2000, pers. comm.) The Library purchased a large collection of his work from Sotheby's 20 June 1966, lot 183.
Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Elizabeth Marsden - 'A rich adventure' - the art and writings of Edward Ashworth
Date: 27 Apr 2001
From: Recordings relating to National Library Gallery exhibitions, events and promotions
By: National Library Gallery (N.Z.)
Reference: OHColl-0382-01
Description: An illustrated talk about Edward Ashworth's journals and watercolours by Elizabeth Marsden, Ashworth Scholar. The event was held in association with the National Library Gallery's exhibition 'The World Was All Before Me' - Journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth 1838-1845. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT10-0293 Quantity: 1 10" reel(s). 1 event(s). 24 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 2001
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :The Retreat, Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand. [1843?]
Date: 1843
From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-042-016/017
Description: An extensive view from a high point over fenced and partially cleared land, with a house and shed, and a stream to the right, the Waitemata Harbour in the background. Possibly the Tamaki area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 137 x 310 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896 :Flying sketches up the river. Canton river [1845]
Date: 1845
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-207-006
Description: Three views on one sheet. Across the top is a pagoda and houses, with low hills, seen from across a river. There is a junk in the left foreground; lower left, a Chinese temple or house, with curved roof features, and a small boat; bottom right, closeup views of buildings, one with Chinese script above the door Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001. Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours, various sizes, on sheet 247 x 209 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Mt. Adolphus, Australia bearing N. distant 3 miles. [1844]
Date: 1844
From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-042-044-1
Description: Coastal profile of a range seen from the sea off Queensland The lower view on page 44, with Albany Isles and Cape York occupying the upper half of the page Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash 63 x 313 mm
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Chin chew junks. Batavia. [1844]
Date: 1844
From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-042-002
Description: Four junks seen end-on and in broadside view, with a smaller boat and another junk in the distance. Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Djakarta was known as Batavia at the time of Ashworth's visit Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 136 x 242 mm
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Macao from the Roads looking W by N. [1844]
Date: 1844
From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-042-004-2
Description: Panoramic view of the port of Macau seen from the sea, with buildings spread out at the base of tall hills. Two European sailing ships and a Chinese junk are in the water On the same page as Batavia (E-044-004-1). The view of Macau is upside-down Other Titles - Macau. Batavia Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 62 x 518 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Views of the Bogue Forts, Canton River, captured and disa...
Date: 1845
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-207-009
Description: Detailed drawings of large forts on the Canton River. The top drawing shows the extent of a perimeter wall with many openings. Two junks are on the water, and a sailing ship is in the distance to the left. The ship is identified as the Cleopatra. A note reads 'The Id was bombarded from S Wantung and had 16 guns, 1/2 very small, 1/3 6 to 12 pounders ... 380 pieces were captured in all the forts'. Below are two further drawings, on the left Amunghoy gate, showing a detail of a walled gate with watchtower; in the centre 'Two view of North Wantung Id'. Below this inscription is a small fortified island, its fort running along the top of the island. Notes on how the forts were captured Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: 3 pen and ink sketches Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Street view in Batavia, June 1844
Date: 1844
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-207-002
Description: Two large buildings inthe foreground, with a street running between them into the distance. Trees line the left side of the distant street Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001. Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 180 x 303 mm
Auckland City Art Gallery :Collection of post cards and greeting cards reproduced from ...
By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964; Epstein, Jacob (Sir), 1880-1959; Moore, Henry, 1898-1986; Greco, Emilio, 1913-; Gascar, Henri, 1635-1701; Cipper, Giacomo Francesco, active 1705-1736; Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788; Wearing, E; Tissot, James Jacques Joseph, 1836-1902; Sartorius, John, 1755-1881; Netscher, Gaspar, 1639-1684; Turner, Joseph Mallord William, 1775-1851; Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947; Cuyp, Aelbert, 1620-1699; Barker, Thomas, 1769-1847; Lindauer, Gottfried, 1839-1926; Te Mamaku, Hemi Topine, -1887; Te Anaua, Hori Kingi, -1868; Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973; Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891-1915; Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl, 1881-1976; Rouault, Georges, 1871-1958; Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937; Bourdelle, Emile Antoine, 1861-1903; Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903; Signal, Paul, 1863-1936; Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, 1591-1666; Maillol, Aristide Joseph Bonaventure, 1861-1944; Matisse, Henry, 1869-1954; Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919; Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985; Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883; Bassano, Leandro, 1557-1622; Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Sharpe, Alfred, 1836-1908
Reference: E-046-001/057
Description: Reproductions of works of art Quantity: 57 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured and b&w prints, various sizes. ¼ blue morocco box
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Monument to Allan Cunningham, Botanist, Sydney Botanic Ga...
Date: 1844
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-206-014
Description: Original in National Library of Australia Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of sketch
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :St. Michaels cave, Gibraltar Rock [1838]
Date: 1838
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-206-005
Description: A large cave with stalamites and stalactites. Light enters through an opening at the rear. A soldier is addressing several figures seated in the dark, in the foreground Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 206 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Beach near Auckland. 1843
Date: 1843
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-208-012
Description: Looking along a small curving beach line with two Maori walking along the beach, part of a fence in the left foreground, probably in front of a house and a Maori canoe with a sail approaching the shore. There are trees growing from a cliff behind the beach and a small yacht is in the next bay. The view may be of Judges Bay Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 187 x 235 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :The hare of the Mauritius [ca 1840?]
Date: 1840 - 1860
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896; Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-020
Description: A running hare May be the work of D. J. Ashworth, rather than Edward Ashworth. The are other drawings by D. J. Ashworth of Mauritius Other Titles - Mauritians Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 169 x 241 mm Provenance: Purchased with the Ashworth Collection at Sothebys auction, London, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :[Old Union Club, Bligh Street, Sydney, designed by Franci...
Date: 1844
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-206-015
Description: A study of a clubhouse Original in Australian National Library Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of sketch
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :O'Connell Street, Sydney. [1844]
Date: 1844
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-206-010
Description: A street scene in Sydney Original in National Library of Australia Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of sketch
[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Mount Peel church and woolshed. [Late 1880s or 1890s?]
Date: 1888 - 1900
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-346-2-026/027
Description: A view from near the Mount Peel homestead, taking in the Church of the Holy Innocents to the right, the woolshed and other buildings in the middle distance and looking towards the Rangitata River and the cliffs on the opposite side of the river. Cabbage trees and flax on slopes in the foreground and plantings around the church, possibly of yew trees. The churchyard is enclosed in a fence and garden The church was designed by Edward Ashworth, earlier resident in Auckland as an artist. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on 2 sketchbook pages, 129 x 356 mm
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Tamaki Settlements, New Zealand. The Roman Catholic Estab...
Date: 1844
From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-042-026/027
Description: A double-page spread, with on the left and continuing to the right, 'Tamaki settlements' (St Helier's) showing Mr Porter's house, Signal Mt (Mount Victoria) and North Hd Waitemata Harbour. The Roman Catholic Church at Sydney occupies the right two-thirds of the right-hand page. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, 139 x 426 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :A "Kauri" (cowry) tree, New Zealand Pine. [1843?)
Date: 1843
From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-042-023
Description: A study of a mature kauri with epiphytes on its trunk and lower branches Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and sepia wash 215 x 135 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Woollomoloo Bay from the Domain, Sydney [1844]
Date: 1844
From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: E-042-015
Description: A path amidst trees with an overhanging rock to the left, a turnstyle beneath the rock. In the distance the buildings of Sydney on a promontory, possibly including Government House Ashworth spent three months in Sydney before going to China Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and sepia wash 136 x 208 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :The Irish (St. Patricks) English & Scotch churches Sydney...
Date: 1844
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Reference: A-206-009
Description: A church in Sydney Original drawing is in National Library of Australia Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of drawing