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
- Ref
- 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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There are 49 items in this group.
Date:
1855
From:
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Ref:
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 ...
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.
Ref:
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
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.
Ref:
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
T...
Date:
1856
From:
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Ref:
E-441-009
Description:
Shows two people, with packs on back, walking, one in front of the other and a tomahawk on the ground between them.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - ti...
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.
Ref:
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...
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.
Ref:
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...
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.
Ref:
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
Quantit...
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.
Ref:
E-441-029
Description:
Sketch of a surf boat
Inscriptions: Recto - centre - title
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and wash 34 x 129 mm
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.
Ref:
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 ...
Date:
1856
From:
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.
Ref:
E-441-010
Description:
Shows a group of people sitting beneath Mount Taranaki with clouds gathering
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical ...
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