Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
New Zealand artist and surveyor. Born Leamington, arriving in New Zealand at an early age. Joined the Lands & Survey Department as a surveyor in June, 1875 initially at Dunedin. Spent most of his working life in the Invercargill office, 1882-1915, becoming Chief Draughtsman. Exhibited at the Otago Art Society from 1875 and at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1889, 1891, 1899. Listed in the indexes to New Zealand deaths in 1920. Died in Invercargill. Possibly the son of English artist Walter H. Deverell, b. 1827.
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By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-008
Description:
View from the sea, looking towards the towering mountains at the entrance to Milford Sound
Inscriptions: Signed
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Descr...
Date:
1889
By:
New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
Eph-D-TOURISM-Otago-1889-01
Description:
Unfolded brochure, showing various scenes (Sketch of carriage outside Wanaka Hotel, Lake Wakatipu, The Remarkables, Mt Earnshaw, Greenstone Gorge, Pykes Rive...
Date:
1904
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
A-049-009
Description:
Shows a steam train chugging up a track on the side of a hill, with cabbage trees and other bush in the foreground, further bush on the hill beyond the train...
Date:
1870 - 1900
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
D-018-005
Description:
Flax in left foreground, broad plains with sunset in distance.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving, hand-coloured 330 x ...
Date:
1890
From:
[Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook [1856-ca 1890]
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-207-q-084
Description:
Drawing of Mitre Peak from Milford Sound
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Photo engraving, 100 x 142 mm
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-009-2
Description:
The crater vent and surrounding grass of Mount Pihanga's summit (south of Lake Taupo)
The top right hand drawing of three views on one sheet
Inscriptions:...
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-006
Description:
View across the lake at evening, with Centre Island in the distance. There is a small steamboat towing a dinghy, left of centre
Inscriptions: Signed: W D
Q...
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-009-1
Description:
A cliff face with numerous steam vents, probably Mount Kakaramea
The top left of three sketches on one page
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: ...
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-003
Description:
A cloaked Maori man, gazing at the steam vents and mud pools of Whakarewarewa, with Lake Rotorua in the background
Other Titles - Whakarewarewa
Inscriptio...
From:
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
MapColl-CHA-10/3/20-Acc.
Description:
Shows shipping services prior to and since 1900. Also shows lighthouses and radio beacons.
Base map - Lands and Survey Department
Quantity: 1 map(s) with a...
Date:
1890
From:
[Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook [1856-ca 1890]
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-207-q-085-2
Description:
View of a mountain above Dusky Sound
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Photolithograph, 104 x 157 mm
Date:
1900-1902
From:
Polynesian Society: Records
Ref:
MS-Papers-1187-140
Description:
Contains correspondence and official papers mainly relating to his term as administrator at Niue
Other - Includes note in Elsdon Best's hand "Contains no et...
Date:
1904
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
A-049-010
Description:
View across water, part of the Waiau river, towards mountains. Shows Hunter Mountains
Note
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W Deverell. 1904. Also benea...
Date:
1895
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
C-018-006
Description:
View across railway lines, towards trains and covered railway waggons, the Railway Station, the Post Office and Bank of New Zealand buildings
Inscriptions: ...
Date:
1889
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920; New Zealand. General Survey Office
Ref:
C-049-010
Description:
Two views on one sheet, one showing Hanmer Plain, one the early Culverden sheep station
Inset: Culverden Homestead (50 x 165 mm). On sheet: 460 x 620 mm wi...
Date:
1890
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
MapColl-832.11hkcmf/ca.1890/Acc.5098
Description:
Hand-drawn map of the Kaipara Pa, including two cross-sections, drawn on a template originally provided by the General Survey Department of New Zealand for u...
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-001
Description:
The Huka Falls seen from below, with a suspension bridge above them. The border around the drawing is a Maori kowhaiwhai (rafter) pattern
Inscriptions: Sign...
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-005
Description:
View from the hills behind Bluff looking north east down towards the factories and wharf area, with houses and a church to the right and Tiwai Point in the b...
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
E-203-q-002
Description:
Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, viewed from part way up
The style of the sketch suggests an influence of Chinese or Japanese art
Inscriptions: Signed: W D
Qua...
Date:
1875 - 1899
By:
Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920
Ref:
A-164-001
Description:
Shows lone horseman on rolling country leading to high but rounded hills. In the right foreground is a lone cabbage tree growing amongst a large clump of fla...