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Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Original sketches / by W G Rees. - 1852-1884
- Date
- 1852 - 1858 - 1854 - 1863
- By
- Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898
- Reference
- E-199-q
- Description
Comprises: 1 ink drawing, 3 pencil and wash, 10 watercolour, 18 pencil, 20 pencil and Chinese white drawings. Subjects: Scenes on voyage from England to Australia, 1852, including Trinidade, Bass Straits, shipboard life; New South Wales sheep stations, 1852-53; voyage from England to New Zealand, 1858; New Zealand views, 1859, 63, 83, 84, including Matanaka, Buckler Burn mining camp, Lake Tekapo.
Other sketches removed prior to donation
Title from ink inscription on fly leaf. Titles inscribed in album
Inscriptions: Some items signed W G Rees, or W G R
Stewart Grace Rees inherited the album from his father, Cecil Walter Rees, after whom Cecil and Walter Peaks, Lake Wakatipu, were named.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Pencil or watercolour, 580 x 127 mm to 170 x 250 mm ; 310 x 255 mm, 1/2 green calf
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- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Works of art, Pencil or watercolour, 580 x 127 mm to 170 x 250 mm ; 310 x 255 mm, 1/2 green calf
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Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Trinadada. E 3/4 N. 14 miles. June [18]'52.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-006
Description: Coastal profile of Isla de Trinidade, seen from on board ship Other Titles - Trinidade Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and chinese white 135 x 228 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Gardener, C L C 1853.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-029
Description: Portrait of Frederick Gardiner, shown as a young man with a beard and moustache. The initials CLC stand for Crown Land Commissioner Frederick Gardiner may have been an assistant Crown Land Commissioner for the New England and Darling Downs District, Australia, in 1853. He was officially appointed a Crown Land Commissioner for the district in July 1862. Other Titles - Gardiner Crown Land Commissioner Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - New South Wales Darling Downs Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white 116 x 90 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Trinadada S by W 20 miles. June [18]'52.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-005
Description: Coastal profile of Trinidade Island, seen in the distance from on board ship Other Titles - Trinidade Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and chinese white 136 x 226 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Tilbury Fort, March 9th 1852. On board the Mary Ann.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-001
Description: A view across water to the Essex coast, with Tilbury Fort, houses and shipping. A moored sailing ship is close by to the left Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white 127 x 221 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Bass's Straits. July 5 [18]52. 2pm.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-007
Description: A coastal profile of headlands and islands in Bass Strait Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 59 x 218 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Rocks near Coolah, New South Wales, October 1852.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-027
Description: A low flat-topped rock formation, with large layered rocks, in bush Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white 144 x 234 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Wilsons Pro. W N W 25 miles. 12 am July [18]52.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-012
Description: Land viewed across the sea Other Titles - Wilsons Promontory Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 64 x 145 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Curtis's Island S by E. 12 miles. 12 am July 5th [18]52.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-011
Description: Shows Curtis Island, one of the Kermadec Islands Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 98 x 146 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Hogan's Isle. E N E 8 miles. Bass's Straits. July 5th...
Date: 1858
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-049
Description: A view of several islands forming the Hogan Group, Bass Strait, from the sea Other Titles - Bass Strait. Island Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. R. [in pen & ink, in cursive script] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 217 mm
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :The assistant surveyor of Darling Downs. March 26th 1...
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-033
Description: Shows a man, sitting at a table with head leaning on hand, a glass and drink container beside him, looking as if he is sleeping. The artist was manager for three months at Darling Downs Station Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 102 x 128 mm