IMAGE
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
- Date
- 1879 - 1887
- By
- Field, Isabel Jane, 1867-1950; Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934
- Reference
- E-085
- Description
New Zealand scenes, suggesting visits on board ship, to Wellington, Nelson, Auckland, Napier, Tauranga and New Plymouth at three separate dates - 1879, 1885 (the majority) and 1887. Also drawings of ships, boats and lighthouses.
No drawings are signed. However on the inside back cover, in mirror writing, in pencil, is the name Gustav Dillberg, 6 Hamburgh Plce, Hull. Dillberg, a Swedish author, may have visited New Zealand on board a ship as a young man. The inside back cover may also be interpreted as the inside front cover, since the sketchbook has been used from both the front and the back
For many years this sketchbook had been attributed by the Library to the Hodgkins family, with several images specifically attributed to Isabel Hodgkins. However comparison with other dated watercolours by Isabel Hodgkins from the same dates (1879 to 1887) suggest the style is different. Also the handwriting is different. In addition, there is much concentration in the sketchbook on drawings of boats, ships, lighthouses, buoys, etc, reflecting the interests of a sailor, rather than of a teenage girl or young Victorian woman in her early twenties. Isabel Hodgkins is not known to have made sea voyages around the ports of New Zealand in 1885, 1887 and 1889
Note glued inside back cover: Exhibited in the Architectural Centre Gallery, June-July 1956.
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour sketches. 52 items 178 x 254 mm (page size). Cover: black buckram, quarter black leather (back cover only - front cover is missing); case: navy buckram, half navy leather morocco tie-case.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Six pages photographed and filed as the work of Isabel Hodgkins, pp. 27, 30, 32-33, 36, 39, 42-23, negs 1/2-146456 to 1/2-146461.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil works, Seascapes, Landscapes (Representations), Panoramic views, Pencil and watercolour sketches. 52 items 178 x 254 mm (page size). Cover: black buckram, quarter black leather (back cover only - front cover is missing); case: navy buckram, half navy leather morocco tie-case.
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Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :From Richmond off the fence, looking towards Stoke. Gisbor...
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-015
Description: Two views on one page. The upper view shows a pond with a fence and several houses in the middle distance. 'Pines' inscribed on the trees behind the houses, and 'Mrs Jarvis, Richmond' in the sky are to the right. The lower view is of Gisborne from the sea, with port area, houses and hills behind visible. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :Gate Pah. Rio Grand schooner Gisborne 1882.
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-038
Description: Several drawings on one page. In the top section is a pencil drawing of a yacht and tall sheds or containers. The next drawing down the page is also pencil, a view of a plain with hills, titled Gate Pah. Below that are sketches of houses and a waterfront. At the bottom right of the page is a watercolour titled Rio Grand Schooner Gisborne, 1882 Other Titles - Gate Pa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :Sugarloaves. Feby 14 1885.
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-050
Description: Two views on one page. The top view is of the Sugarloaf Islands, New Plymouth from the beach just south, looking out to sea. The lower view is of some of the smaller inlets close by Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :Aligator Head. Hollidays. [1885]
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-028
Description: Several drawings on one page. Five are of ships (steamers, and paddle steamers). the top drawing is of hills viewed from the sea, titled Aligator Head [and] Hollidays Other Titles - Alligator Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
[Dillberg, Gustaf] 1858-1934 :Hardy Street [Nelson. 1885]
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-012
Description: A faint panoramic view of Nelson City from the hills behind the city, looking out towards the sea. Hardy Street is marked lower left and 'Hop gardens' lower right. The words 'Railways', 'smoke', 'misty', 'iron roofs' and 'sandy' can also be made out, and an arrow points northward Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[Ships, coastal profiles and buildings, Auckland 1885]
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-025
Description: Several rough sketches on one page. Several of buildings appear to the Chelsea sugar refinery at Auckland. One of a ship is the Rotomahana. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :At Picton from the entrance to the wharf. Feb 12 1885
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-034
Description: Waterfront view looking south east towards the township, with wharves, wharf sheds in the foreground, a few houses amongst bush at the foot of steep hills in the background The drawing is mostly pencil, with a few of the nearby buildings coloured in watercolours Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :Wellington Harb[our] and wharf. [1885]
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-026
Description: Four views on one page. A small watercolour in the top left shows a steep bush-clad hill with a building on top. In the top centre, another watercolour shows a stony beach alongside a cliff, a house at the base of the cliff and a large rusty object, possibly part of a wrecked ship on the beach. The lower half of the picture includes two pencil views of Wellington Harbour, one with buildings close to the water where ships are morroored. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :Tapu Island and entrance to Tauranga. [Studies of] boats [...
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-048
Description: Several sketches on one page. At the top is a conical island shape on the left (possibly one end of Matakana Island), with Tauranga seen across the sea in the background. Several studies of boats and yachts below. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 254 x 178 mm (page size).
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :Auckland wharf. Ti tree, Mr Warmoll's M[ar]ch 1885. Near T...
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-022
Description: Three views on one page. The upper view in pencil titled Auckland wharf shows ships, including a beached vessel marked 'Triumph'. The central view, a watercolour, titled Ti Tree Mr Warmoll's shows open landscape with scrub. The lowest view shows a distinctive rocky islet, probably Kareawa Island off Tauranga Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).