IMAGE
Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
- Date
- 1870 - 1930
- By
- Lysaght family; Stowe family
- Reference
- B-190-001/079
- Description
Watercolours and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families, including Jane Stowe, Emily Muriel Lysaght (nee Stowe), Sophie Augusta Moore (nee Lysaght), Frances Lysaght, Brian Cuthbert Lysaght, and one work by John Lysaght Moore. Subjects include landscapes, townscapes, views of farms and houses, farming activities, native bush, coastal views, native plants, scenes of Taranaki, especially Mokoia in South Taranaki, and the Lysaght family property; also including New Plymouth; Wellington, including Island Bay, Lyall Bay and Paekakariki, Kapati and Mana Islands; Tauranga; Totaranui; Jacksons (West Coast); Kaikoura; South Canterbury; Mount Cook; Dunedin and Wakatipu; as well as four English and Swiss views
Quantity: 79 watercolour(s). 6 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper; sizes vary
Provenance: Privately owned prior to purchase
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 79 watercolour(s), 6 drawing(s), Works of art, Watercolour and pencil on paper; sizes vary
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Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :From Jacksons towards Greymouth. [ca 1875]
Date: 1875 - 1880
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935
Reference: B-190-018
Description: A view high above the Taramakau River, with Lake Brunner in the middle distance and the Tasman Sea on the horizon Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - From Jacksons towards Greymouth / MGCL [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 250 x 357 mm
Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :J.R. Lysaght's run at Mokoia, about 1880. Old ...
Date: 1875 - 1885
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935
Reference: B-190-017
Description: Incomplete watercolour sketch of part of the Lysaght farm at Mokoia, with Mount Taranaki rising prominently in the background Inscriptions: Verso - centre - J.R. Lysaght's run at Mokoia about 1880 / Old house & Sad's[?] whare (right) / Stable & whare (left) [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 225 x 336 mm
Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :Mokoia Beach. [ca 1880]
Date: 1875 - 1885
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935
Reference: B-190-016-1/2
Description: On the recto, a view from above of Mokoia Beach, south Taranaki. A dinghy and boatsheds can be seen. On the verso, a pencil sketch of probably the same beach, from the other direction, with watercolour notes indicating light and dark stones, sand, waves, and brown weed Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Mokoia Beach / MGCL [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 255 x 355 mm
Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :Cabbage Tree Hill, Mokoia [recto] / [Large nat...
Date: 1875 - 1885
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935
Reference: B-190-020-1/2
Description: On the recto, a view across the Lysaght farm at Mokoia, featuring a hillock with a single cabbage tree. On the verso, another watercolour, most likely also of the Mokoia farm, showing a native tree at the foot of a small hill. A tree stump can be seen either side of the tree Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Cabbage Tree Hill Mokoia [in pencil] Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on two sides of sheet, 228 x 293 mm
Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :Rangatata River from behind the Acland's house...
Date: 1875 - 1885
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935
Reference: B-190-019-1/2
Description: On the recto, a view from the hills above the Rangitata River on the Canterbury Plains, north of Timaru. The river can be seen running across the centre of the painting and the red roof of the Acland's house (Mt Peel Station) can be seen above a line of trees. On the verso, another watercolour, of the Tengawai River and surrounding hills at Cave, an historic settlement between Fairlie and Timaru The Lysaght and Acland families became related, when Mary Emily Dyke Acland married Frederick Villebois Lysaght in 1887 Other Titles - Rangitata Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rangatata [sic] River from behind the Acland's house [in pen and pencil]; Verso - bottom right - Hills from "the Cave" near Albury, Timaru [in pen] Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on two sides of sheet, 255 x 355 mm
Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :Old house [Mokoia. ca 1880]
Date: 1875 - 1885
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935
Reference: B-190-021
Description: Incomplete watercolour sketch of a house, possibly at Mokoia in Taranaki, where the Lysaght family lived. The house has a single chimney, a covered verandah, and cabbage trees in front Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Old house [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 170 x 355 mm
Moore, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945 :From Mokoia verandah[?]. Inner circle in left hand c...
Date: 1875 - 1885
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Moore, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945
Reference: B-190-001
Description: A scene from a porch, of fenced pastures holding horses, and hills in the distance. One of the porch's upright support bars is visible in the foreground on the right, covered in (possibly) jasmine. The sky is grey and foreboding Inscriptions: Verso - centre - From Mokoia verandah[?] about 1880 / Inner circle in left hand corner / Green Hill (MacMAsters Hill) S.A.M. [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 176 x 254 mm
Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931 :[Somes Island and Eastbourne from Tiakiwai. ca 1900]
Date: 1895 - 1905
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931
Reference: B-190-003
Description: A view across Wellington harbour to the Eastern hills. A steam ship can be seen passing the island Other Titles - Wellington harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 138 x 229 mm Provenance: Previously privately owned
Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931 :[Sunset over the harbour, Wellington. ca 1900]
Date: 1895 - 1905
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931
Reference: B-190-004
Description: A sunset view across Wellington harbour to Somes Island and the Eastern hills. A number of sailboats are on the harbour Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J S [signed monogram, in brushpoint, with the J painted down through the middle of the S] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 165 x 305 mm
Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :Mokoia. [ca 1880]
Date: 1875 - 1885
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935
Reference: B-190-022
Description: Shows a view of the Lysaght farmhouse at Mokoia, in south Taranaki, possibly from the vantage point of a hill behind the house. Another building, possibly a stable, stands some distance to the left of the house Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - Mokoia [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 227 x 291 mm