Teacher and artist. Born Cheshire, 31 December 1878. Quaker and clerk of the Australia and New Zealand Committee of Friends in 1936, 1939 and 1941-1947. Miss Holdsworth taught at the Friends School, Wanganui for six months in 1937-1938, while the headmaster, Arthur Douglass, took leave. She did watercolour landscapes and plant and flower drawings.
Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Gaultherias. The Chateau. [1937]
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-007
Description: Several branches of the Gaultheria in flower (various shades of pink) and leaf Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Senecio bidwillii. Ruapehu. [1938]
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-010
Description: Two stems of the senecio daisy in flower and leaf Artist's note describes young and old leaves etc. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Ourisia macrophylla or macrocarpa. N.Z. primrose. S...
Date: 1937
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-017
Description: Shows ourisia with white flower and large curled leaf. The flower is also known as the New Zealand primrose or Mountain foxglove and its infrequently used Maori name is Hue o raukatauri. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :[Coprosma]. At the Chateau, March [19]38.
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-006
Description: Coprosma showing small orange berries and small green leaves. Artist's note: describes berries which are red when ripe Other Titles - Chateau Tongariro Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Snow gentian. Gentiana bellidioides. Tongariro Nati...
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-009
Description: Several branches of the snow gentian in flower and leaf Artist's note: Plentiful locally among snowgrass and Gaultherias etc Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Alpine plant. Ruapehu about 500 ft. [1938]
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-011
Description: A branch of an alpine plant, growing at Ruapehu about 500 ft, with white berries and tiny leaves. Only a small section of the drawing is coloured. Artist's note describes conditions of growth and leaves etc. A sprig of the plant copied is attached to the album page. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Forstera Bidwillii, Egmont, NZ about 4000 ft. Euphr...
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-015
Description: Three species of Forstera - Forstera Bidwillii, Euphrasia and Wahlenbergia Saxicola, in flower and leaf. Artist note: J R Forster and his son J G Forster accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage and made large collections of the flora of New Zealand, South America and Polynesia. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :N. Z. Egmont, The Chateau, etc. March 1938.
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3
Description: New Zealand flowering plant studies Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :[Kahikatea] in bottom of low scrub and tussock gras...
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-005
Description: Branch of the kahikatea showing rose coloured fleshy fruit with hard pointed seed, collar inserted in three thick `petals' leaves in opposite pairs. Scope taken from artist's note Other Titles - Chateau Tongariro Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Dianella ?. Reserve, York Bay, Wellington. March 1938.
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-002
Description: A branch of the dianella showing a small purple berry and flower Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Podocarpus nivalis. Alpine totara. Tongariro, March...
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-014
Description: A branch of the alpine totara with red berries Artist's note describes colours of leaves, flowers, berries and stem Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Veronica. Ruapehu at 5000 feet. [1937]
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-008
Description: Branch of Veronica in flower and leaf showing a long root Artist's note describes plant Sample of plant copied attached to sketch Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Coprosma. Grass cliffs, M[ahina] Bay, Wellington. F...
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-003
Description: Coprosma showing blue berries and small green leaves Artist's note: Berries like blue tinted glass, a tangled longrowing bush Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Scented daphne. [1938]
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-012
Description: Branch of scented daphne in flower and leaf Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :N. Z. hibiscus (wild N. of Auckland). Given from Mr...
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-001
Description: The native hibiscus in flower and bud. The artist has added the note: Like a cream mallow. Flowers last one day only. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Gaultheria family. [1937]
Date: 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-004
Description: The gaultheria in flower Artist's note describes colours of leaves which vary, flowers, berries and stems Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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[Holdsworth, Alice Mabel] 1878-1963 :[Plants and scenery from a New Zealand trip] 1936-...
Date: 1936 - 1937
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-252-q
Description: Chiefly plant studies, some unfinished, from Wanganui, Taranaki and other areas, with descriptive notes. Some landscapes; view of Friends' school, Wanganui, Sugar Loaves, Havelock North, etc Supplied title Quantity: 38 watercolour(s) 1 album. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 310 x 230 mm in grey buckram album
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 19...
Date: 1937 - 1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f
Description: Album (1) "mainly fruits and berries", chiefly in Taranaki ; (2) plant studies in Taranaki, East Coast, National Park, Mt Cook areas, also views of Jerusalem on Wanganui River (3) flowers chiefly in Taranaki and National Park also some descriptive notes Supplied title. Some studies unfinished Also 2 pressed flowers Quantity: 92 watercolour(s) 3 albums. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour ca 260 x 370 in 3 albums, in grey buckram tie-case
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Gaultheria. [1937-1938]
Date: 1937 - 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-3-013
Description: A branch of gaultheria showing rust coloured leaves Only a small portion of the drawing is coloured Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm
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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :New Zealand. Mainly fruits and berries. 1937.
Date: 1937 - 1938
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963
Reference: E-251-f-1
Description: New Zealand plant studies mostly at Omakere (Hawkes Bay), with smaller numbers at Hauturu (Waitomo), Wanganui, Rotorua, Auckland and Helensville. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 27 watercolours. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 255 x 361 mm