Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Date
1892 - 1893
By
Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922; Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975
Reference
E-373
Description

Shows scenes around Wanganui, Feilding, Wellington, Plimmerton, Linton, Picton, Canterbury Plains, Dewitt family, C.H. Barton as child, and other family holiday scenes.

Cranleigh Barton is grandson of the artist.

Inscriptions: Most works inscribed with title in pencil beneath image.; Pages numbered in pencil.

Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).

Physical Description: 18 pencil, and 28 pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm.

Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Additional description

Alternative form available: All available as b&w negatives (Nos. 1/2 -C-06028/06073-F), and many as CTs.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Format
1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Watercolours, Sketchbooks, 18 pencil, and 28 pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Fielding. [1893]

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-029

Description: Landscape with a road passing over a bridge, trees in the background, with two archways cut in a hedge, a small hut in the left background. The area may be the Dewitt family farm in Feilding Other Titles - Feilding Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Wanganui River. [1893]

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-039

Description: Looking across the river towards a small settlement, possibly at Pipiriki, with two canoes drawn up at the water's edge, tree ferns, two buildings and taller trees with high hills behind Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Hard to please! Horace - Mother do you think Mrs Med...

Date: 1892 - 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-001

Description: Seven small children, members of the Dewitt and Barton families, swimming in a river, probably the Oroua River, with an adult drying another child. The accompanying caption refers to Horace's Dewitt's question to his mother about family friend, Mary Medley, and her drawing ability. The Dewitts lived at Feilding. The Bartons were Mary Medley's grandchildren and included Cranleigh and Onslow Barton. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Picton [1893]

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-037

Description: Preliminary sketch from the Picton foreshore, with horses drawing a cart, a house amongst bush and the harbour and hills beyond. Includes colour notes: Purple distance, green foreground, yellow cliffs Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title. Also title on opposite page in the album Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :[Canterbury Plains. 1893]

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-041

Description: A preliminary sketch for the almost identical watercolour on the opposite page, showing a fence, two small houses and two sheds, a bare plain and the Southern Alps in the background. Possibly in the Rangitata River area, since the artist visited that area several times. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Capt Dewitt's. The bathing place. [1892]

Date: 1892 - 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-007

Description: View across a river, surrounded by mature bush, including tree ferns, at the Dewitt's property, Oroua River, Feilding. Three children are swimming in the shallow water. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :W. Brisco's house. Fielding March 1892.

Date: 1892

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-014

Description: A large 2-storied house with verandah supported bu columns in a formal garden setting, a drive to the right. Other Titles - Feilding Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Somes Island [1892 or 1893]

Date: 1892

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-022

Description: Somes Island (Matiu) seen from the eastern bays area, possibly from Point Howard. Two yachts and a buoy in the foreground. The hills of Wellington in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Porirua [1893]

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-040

Description: Looking across the harbour towards the two-storied Gear Homestead above the sea. Flat land in the foreground with a church and a house, both fenced and with gardens, along with a man and a cart. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

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Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Awahuri Road. Near Feilding [1892]

Date: 1892

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-015

Description: A fenced road with native bush on both sides, including flax and cabbage trees. A stream (or another road?) passes underneath it (or joins it?) from the right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..