IMAGE
Bell, Francis Dillon, 1822-1898 :[A view of his brother's grave. 1845]
- Date
- 1845
- By
- Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898
- Reference
- C-173-002
- Description
Shows a lone gravestone with a small gated surround, high atop a hill above Nelson, with the Boulder Bank in view below. The gravestone is inscribed 'Sacred to the memory of Henry A Bell, aged 19'. Arrow (Fifeshire) Rock is set just out of view of the painting, to the lower left. Various ships and boats can be seen in the Nelson Haven area of Tasman Bay, between the Boulder Bank and the coast. One of the boats is a waka with two sails
Bell's brother Henry (called by his middle name, Angelo), went to Nelson about 1841 as secretary to Arthur Wakefield. He died of typhoid within a year of arriving. Like Angelo, Francis was usually called by his middle name, Dillon
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 235 x 315 mm
Provenance: Previously purchased from a Parisian dealer, and surfacing at a a French provincial auction. Possibly originally part of the collection of Francis Dillon Bell.
Transfers: The Library owns several other works from the same provenance, by William Fox and Charles Heaphy purchased 2006 and 2014 (Reference numbers C-025-025, C-013-007, C-173-001 and A-465-015).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour on paper, 235 x 315 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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