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Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
- Date
- 1855 - 1856
- By
- Strutt, William, 1825-1915; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
- Reference
- E-441
- Description
Views of New Plymouth, Taranaki, Maori portraits (including portraits of Rawiri & Tomati), Maori canoes & artifacts, vegetation, Auckland, ships Chatham, Pandora & Nelson
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The ship Chatham "Chatham, ship off New Plymouth" is a barque, not the Chatham in which Vancouver circumnavigated the world in the late eighteenth century.
This sketchbook contains many of the preliminary sketches for the more finished studio drawings in the Library's two large albums, E-452-f & E-453-f
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) (33 pencil & watercolour, 15 pencil in album stored with notebook in half blue morocco & linen case).
Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, pencil page size 145 x 223 mm
Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull in May 1913 from Sydney dealers Angus & Robertson, who had purchased this diary and sketchbook from the artist in London, along with the sketches now located at E-452-f and E-453-f.
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Formerly MS Strutt / 1855-56 / P. Transferred to DPP, Sept, 1989.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Negs: C-09748 to 09796; colour transparencies available of all images; file prints in Drawings & Prints under artist/title
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s) (33 pencil & watercolour, 15 pencil in album stored with notebook in half blue morocco & linen case), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil works, Landscapes (Representations), Ethnographic illustrations, Marines (Visual works), Portraits, Pencil & watercolour, pencil page size 145 x 223 mm
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Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Launching the surf boat. [1855 or 1856]
Date: 1855 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-032
Description: Five men hauling a canoe Inscriptions: Recto - centre - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 75 x 33 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :A Maori canoe near Sugar Loaves, Motorua near New Plymouth,...
Date: 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-008
Description: A Maori canoe on the beach near the Sugar Loaves Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 226 x 105 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Auckland harbour & flagstaff. [185-]
Date: 1850 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-027
Description: A view of Auckland Harbour nd flagstaff in the 1950s Inscriptions: Recto - centre - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash on blue paper 64 x 202 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Mount Egmont covered with clouds from near Sugar Loaves, Ne...
Date: 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-007
Description: A rural scene beneath Mount Egmont which is covered with clouds Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 226 x 105 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Field, New Plymouth. [185-?]
Date: 1850 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-028
Description: Sketch of a figure standing in a field in New Plymouth Inscriptions: Recto - centre - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 84 x 122 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Pigs are generally called over the stream, the women swim o...
Date: 1850 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-003
Description: The title of a picture only. The picture has fallen out or has been removed by the artist. It probably showed a Maori woman with a pig, both crossing a the Huatoki Stream Note in hand of artist reads: The little stream flowing through New Plymouth is named the `Huatoki', The Mangatuku flows in another part of the town' Inscriptions: Recto - centre - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (hand writing). Physical Description: Pencil and wash, 226 x 105 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Landing passengers by surf boat, on beach, New Plymouth, Ne...
Date: 1850 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-006
Description: Shows a row of passengers standing beside a boat on beach, New Plymouth. Sugar loaves seen in distance. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash, 116 x 240 mm (hinged in)
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Old Rawiri, a Maori chief, New Plymouth, N[ew] Z[ealand. 18...
Date: 1855
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-004
Description: A standing portrait of an elderly Maori man, wrapped in a blanket, a tewhatewaha in his right hand Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 213 x 141 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :The Steamer Nelson & HMS Pandora, New Plymouth roads. [Betw...
Date: 1850 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-042
Description: Shows two ships, the Nelson and HMS Pandora at New Plymouth Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The steamer Nelson & HMS Pandora and New Plymouth Roads The two ships were moored off New Plymouth between March and April 1855 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 127 x 183 mm
Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Auckland harbour & flagstaff. [185-]
Date: 1850 - 1856
From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Reference: E-441-026
Description: A view of Auckland Harbour nd flagstaff in the 1950s Inscriptions: Recto - centre - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash on blue paper 54 x 185 mm (corner ripped)