Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

Date
1874 - 1888
By
Sandys, Edward Roper Stapleton, 1845-
Reference
A-128-014/020
Description

Includes views of Timaru, Sydney and Tasmania.

Some of these works may be by Edward Sandys.

Quantity: 7 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour sizes varying about 150 x 300 mm.

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Format
7 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour sizes varying about 150 x 300 mm.
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Image

Artist unknown :Coming out of Hobart. The Tasmanian coast - rain Jan[uar]y [188]88.

Date: 1888

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

Reference: A-128-015

Description: View of a coastline seen from a ship (possibly the "Sobraon") with low cliffs along it, and ranges of hills behind, beneath a cloudy sky. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 107 x 239 mm.

Image

Artist unknown :New Zealand. [1870-1900?].

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

Reference: A-128-020

Description: Shows a group of houses on a waterfront with bush covered hills behind them. On a small rise at the right, is a house with a dome-shaped roof, and two chimneys. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing on sheet 172 x 319 mm.

Image

Artist unknown :Timaru. [1870-1920].

Date: 1870 - 1920

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

By: Neville, Louis, 1852-1919

Reference: A-128-018

Description: Shows a view of the coastline at Timaru, seen from the water. Shows a long low cliff with a small jetty at the right-hand end. Red-roofed houses stand among trees in the town, and the foothills are seen faintly in the distance. Similar in style to Louis Neville's 1918 view of the same subject from a different angle on the shore (at B-079-010). Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet, 139 x 223 mm.

Image

Artist unknown :Bishop Court, Sydney. [1870s?]

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

Reference: A-128-017

Description: Shows a substantial two-storeyed house with a circular carriage drive in front of it. During the 1870s, this was probably the home of Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney from 1855-1880. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey paper, image 79 x 128 mm, on sheet 123 x 167 mm.

Image

Artist unknown :Fungi of New Zealand. Aseroe rubra. 1874.

Date: 1887

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

Reference: A-128-016

Description: Shows a vivid red spiked fungus in the centre, with smaller purple, yellow and pink species surrounding it. Inscriptions: Verso - beneath image - [First part of title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 145 x 219 mm.

Image

Artist unknown :Group of cabbage trees, New Zealand. 1874.

Date: 1874

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

Reference: A-128-019

Description: Shows a path passing between a group of cabbage trees, with rolling country beyond. Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - [Title]; Verso - bottom right - Aug 1874 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on sheet 166 x 122 mm, stuck to sheet 207 x 137 mm.

Image

Artist unknown :From "Sobraon", Nov [18]87. Tasmania?

Date: 1887

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

Reference: A-128-014

Description: View of a calm sea and sky, seen from aboard a ship. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 107 x 239 mm.