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Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
- Date
- 1885 - 1891
- By
- Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Nairn, James McLachlan, 1859-1904
- Reference
- E-393
- Description
Includes route sketches from Bay of Islands, views of the Coromandel district, Wairarapa, Upper Hutt & Cheviot, plus unidentified landscapes & portrait studies. Sketches by J.M.Nairn from this volume removed by previous owner and sold to National Art Gallery at subsequent Dunbar Sloane auction, 14.9.89; replaced by photocopies in the Library's sketchbook. See shelf-list for list of titles and negative numbers
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) 44 pages.
Physical Description: 36 pencil, 1 sepia wash, 1 pencil & sepia wash, 1 ink, 3 pencil & pastel sketches page size 137 x 20 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Negs 1/2-C-09079 to 09106. See shelf-list for list of titles
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s) 44 pages, Works of art, Pencil works, Ink drawings, Wash drawings, Landscapes (Representations), 36 pencil, 1 sepia wash, 1 pencil & sepia wash, 1 ink, 3 pencil & pastel sketches page size 137 x 20 cm
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Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :On road to port looking seaward. Jan 1896.
Date: 1896
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-035
Description: Shows a road leading to a port with hills on one side and vegetation on the other Possibly the road leading to Gore Bay or Port Robinson, near Cheviot north Canterbury. Another work by Smith 'At Cheviot' (showing Gore Bay, B-072-001) is dated January 22 1896 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title and date in hand of artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :At Cheviot farm from S boundary looking NNE, 1896.
Date: 1896
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-039
Description: A view on Cheviot Hills Station close to hills possibly including the Hurunui River. Other Titles - South North North East Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title and date in hand of artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :[Ruamahanga. Oct 18 [18]90.
Date: 1885
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-005
Description: A scene at Ruamahanga, October 1890 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :Main road from Papakuri to Kawakawa. Dec 19 [18]85.
Date: 1885
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-004
Description: Sketch map showing road from Papakuri to Kawakawa with note by artist dated 19 Dec '85 describing it `This track is said to be the main road from Kawakawa to Russell, is unformed and in many places difficult even for a horse, except along the valley of the Karetu R[iver].....' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :[Route sketch from Otonga to Mokotuna stream] Dec 1...
Date: 1885
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-001
Description: Sketch map showing route from Otonga to Mokotuna stream with diary notes by artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :Manuka Bay. 1896.
Date: 1896
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-037
Description: A view of the coastline at Manuka Bay, looking down into the bay from the hills above Port Robinson Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title and date in hand of artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :Near Hurunui & Rangi. On the Ruamahanga R[iver]. Oc...
Date: 1885
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-006
Description: A scene on the Ruamahanga River near Hurunui and Rangi Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :On road from port looking inland [Jan 1896?]
Date: 1896
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-036
Description: Shows a road leading from a port with hills and vegetation on either side Identification: Likely to show the road to Gore Bay or Port Robinson and surrounding farmland. Another work by Smith, a watercolour titled Cheviot (B-072-001) is dated 22 January 1896 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in hand of artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :East at sunset, rainbow [Ruamahanga] Oct 18 [18]90.
Date: 1890
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-008
Description: A sunset scene on the Ruamahanga river Oct 1890 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia, 137 x 200 mm (page size)
Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1963 :Whitemans Valley, Upper Hutt. Jan 22 [18]91.
Date: 1891
From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891
Reference: E-393-010
Description: A view of Whiteman's Valley, Upper Hutt Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double page). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia 137 x 400 mm (page size)