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Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
- Date
- 1865 - 1871
- By
- Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932
- Reference
- E-501-f
- Description
Contains 71 watercolours including views of Hokitika goldfields, Akaroa, Pigeon Bay, Sumner, Robinson's Bay; Waiau, Bealey and Otira Rivers, Lakes Forsyth, Pearson, Sheppard.
Contains a photograph inside back cover, showing a Maori wedding at Akaroa.
Inscriptions: Album page - centre - (Inside front cover): T Octavius Hurt (printed) / (handwritten in ink): In NZ from 1861-1871.; Works entitled on separate labels beneath them.
Hurt was partner in a farm in the Selwyn area, but this partnership dissolved in 1862. He appears in provincial council lists up to 1872.
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).
Physical Description: Sketchbook, brown buckram, ¼ brown leather, 276 x 384 mm, containing 24 card leaves.
Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's, London, to Don Ellis on 10 February 1982., lot 199
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Sketchbooks, Sketchbook, brown buckram, ¼ brown leather, 276 x 384 mm, containing 24 card leaves., Orientation: Horizontal image
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UnknownHurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :River Bealy, Canterbury, N.Z. [Between 1865 and 1...
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-025
Description: Shows view from low road bridge looking over rapids at curve of river. Bush-covered hills come down to riverbanks, and there are cloud-topped mountains behind. Stuck on same page as E-501-f-026. Other Titles - River Bealey Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 127 x 177 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius, fl 1860-1871 :Near Akaroa. [1869?].
Date: 1868 - 1870
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-041
Description: Shows waterfall seen through vegetation. Probably painted around the end of the 1860s. The artist is known to have been in the vicinity after the wreck of the ketch (probably the "Crest") in 1868 - his picture of Akaroa Heads is dated 1869. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 150 x 116 mm. Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's, London, to a private buyer, in 1982.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Robinson's Bay, N.Z. [1869?].
Date: 1868 - 1870
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-007
Description: Shows a deserted bay, with off-shore rocks in right foreground, wooded hills with some erosion in the background. Stuck on same page as E-501-f-006. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - (On separate label): [Title]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 137 x 202 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Mt Rolleston, Otira R., Westland N.Z. [Between 18...
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-053
Description: Shows horses drawing wagon over low bridge over river on flat valley between bush-covered slopes, with mountains in the background. There are rough indications of a few buildings on the flat land in the foreground, probably houses at Otira Stitched to leaf tipped into sketchbook. Left side of E-501-f-054 on verso. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (In ink): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monotone watercolour, 185 x 262 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Lake Lyndon, N.Z. [Between 1865 and 1871].
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-064
Description: Shows a corner of the lake surrounded by hills. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 160 x 205 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Road between Canterbury & Westland, Otira River, ...
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-070
Description: Shows road in right foreground, beside river, with wooden slopes to the riverbed, and snowy mountains in the distance. Appears to be another version of E-501-f-022, with the rapids less marked. Stuck to leaf tipped into sketchbook. E-501-f-069 on verso. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (In ink): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monotone watercolour, 185 x 280 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Godley Glacier, Canterbury, N.Z. [1861-1871].
Date: 1861 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-034
Description: Shows the high glacier up on the bare mountain slopes in the background. Grassy slopes converge in centre foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 183 x 251 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius, fl 1860-1871 :Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, N.Z. [1869?].
Date: 1861 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-006
Description: Shows a farm shed on the beach in the centre foreground, looking out towards the head of the bay, with a small sailing ship in centre mid-distance, and a steamer-sail ship in the right distance at the heads. Attached to same page as E-501-f-007. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - (On separate label): [Title]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 162 x 245 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :S[outh] Branch, River Bealy, Canterbury, N.Z. [Be...
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-017
Description: Shows river with bush-covered hills descending to river flat, and mountains in background. Other Titles - River Bealey Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 178 x 230 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Lake Shepherd, Canterbury, N.Z.
Date: 1861 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-042
Description: Shows lake foreshore on right with some vegetation, a wooded hillside at left sloping down to lake, and a bare mountain slope in right distance. A group of ducks flies across the lake. Other Titles - Lake Sheppard Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - (In ink): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Grey and brown watercolour, 183 x 268 mm.