Harbours - England

Date: 1822

From: Otway, Robert Jocelyn (Retired Rear Admiral), b 1809? :[Sketchbook of ship portraits and other sketches. 1822-1823]

Reference: E-568-q-003

Description: Shows the harbour at Portsmouth with a frigate coming in, and a full rowboat coming towards the shore where three figures stand beside a beached boat. In the background are the buildings along the shore, including the Church, the Lookout house "with telegraph on top", another church, the Batteries, and a cutter belonging to the Naval College. Title taken from inventory, loose inside front cover of sketchbook. Extended Title - From R J Otway's sketchbook, 1822-1823. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - (Erased): ..... 1822. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, on double page spread, 210 x 580 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the papers of K A Webster.

Date: 1910

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835-1922 :Mary Medley [Sketchbook] No. 13 1909-1919.

Reference: E-378-022/023

Description: A scene at Southsea, Hampshire, England 1911, showing ships at sea and activities on the pier including a donkey and cart Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Southsea Dec 7 1910. from South Parade Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double page). Physical Description: Pencil, 163 x 447 cm. (page size)

Date: 1822 - 1823

From: Otway, Robert Jocelyn (Retired Rear Admiral), b 1809? :[Sketchbook of ship portraits and other sketches. 1822-1823]

Reference: E-568-q-005

Description: Top image shows sailors standing beside a hoist on the waterfront, with sailing ships out from the shore. The lower two images are portaits of small sailboats. Title taken from inventory, loose inside front cover of sketchbook. Extended Title - From R J Otway's sketchbook, 1822-1823. Quantity: 3 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, on page 210 x 290 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the papers of K A Webster.

Date: 1841

By: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877; Condy, Nicholas Matthew, 1799-1857

Reference: A-307-079/084

Description: Six photographs of artworks showing the 'Tomatin' leaving Plymouth on 26 December 1841. Five are reproductions of Caroline Abraham's drawings from a sketchbook: No. 1. [Title cropped]. Shows the Admiral's barge alongside the 'Tomatin'. No. 2. The Embarkation. Shows two rowboats approaching the 'Tomatin'. Note on verso says "Boat's crew cheering, 'Tomatin' in the distance". No. 3. The Embarkation. Shows the 'Tomatin' and the Admiral's barge. Note on the back of the photo says: "His Lordship and family going on board". [No. 4?]. The parting cheer. Shows a rowboat, the Admiral's barge, and the 'Tomatin'. No. 5. The Departure. Shows the 'Tomatin' and a rowboat. The sixth photo is of an oil painting by Nicholas Matthew Condy showing the 'Tomatin' and the Admiral's barge (see photocopy of letter accompanying the photo. Original letter is at AT 10/14, 20 February 2001). There is also a colour negative of the sixth image (oil painting). Quantity: 6 photograph(s) and one colour negative. Physical Description: Colour photographs, 202 x 248 mm. Provenance: The previous owner is a direct descendant of Bishop Selwyn Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-248, Selwyn Papers..

Date: 1865 - 1885

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-042

Description: View past houses and fields at Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) towards The Solent channel and the mainland in the distance Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1889 - 1891

By: Hyde, William, active 1889-1891

Reference: A-131-008

Description: A seascape looking towards the harbour of Hastings, with fishing boats moored and sailing, a choopy sea, buildings at the foot of cliffs Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. Hyde. Also in ink on verso 'East hill and fishing town Hastings. Monochrome by William Hyde'. Also title on a label on the verso Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and Chinese white, 162 x 269 mm

Date: 1865

From: Haden, Sir Francis Seymour 1818-1910 :[Various scenes chiefly of the English countryside. London, 1923?]

Reference: A-185-006

Description: A view across flat land, with low-lying marshes to the left, a winding bank centre, and higher water with shipping to the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - S Haden. Title and date [on plate] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 127 x 189 mm (platemark) on vellum paper, 283 x 381 mm

Date: 1810

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

By: Crotch, William, 1775-1847; Girtin, James, 1780?-

Reference: A-248-109

Description: A broadside view of a sailing ship in the stream, with other ships moored at the docks in the background. A spit of land in the left, with a man pointing towards the ships Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching with aquatint, 258 x 354 mm

Date: 1883

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Belgium, Holland 1883

Reference: E-351-q-007/008

Description: The battleship H. M. S. Medina to the left, about to pass or enter an area marked 'Ship Basin', with cranes, wharf buildings, and the houses of Portsmouth in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour across two pages 150 x 480 mm

Date: 1883

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Belgium, Holland 1883

Reference: E-351-q-011

Description: Three yachts moored, with a shipping signal behind them, and several houses on the far bank of the harbour. Probably at Portsmouth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page, 150 x 240 mm

Date: 1933

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1616

Description: Includes photographs primarily of Cornwall, England, dwellings, people, towns, villages, coastlines and rock formations. In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 19.5 x 28 cm

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010

Reference: A-433-058/063

Description: Sketches show small boats and buildings at the wharves at Padstow and/or Port Isaac, with colour notes. One building has a sign: "Harbour View Private Hotel" Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on sheets 234 x 282 mm.

Date: 1895

By: Brewer, Henry William, 1836-1903; Graphic (London, England); Angerer & Bosch; Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: D-002-038

Description: Shows view of Plymouth from above the sea, showing Mout Edgecumbe Park, Devonport, Hamoaze, Keyham Docks, The Tamar, Stonehouse, Great Western Docks, Royal William Victualling Yard, Cattewater, Mount Batten, Cattedown, Mutley, Dartmoor. Shows the churches and buildings of Plymouth. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Angerer & Bosch Lithog Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 311 x 998 mm, on sheet 420 x 1065 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1998.

Date: 1868

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Lake Wakatipu, Banks Peninsula, Dunedin and its outskirts, Central Otago, Lake Wanaka, Oamaru, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1878]

Reference: E-016-5-011

Description: View of a harbour or river harbour scene, possibly in England, with the masts of many ships moored in the distance, a row of tall buildings, a church spire on the right, and steam or smoke from a steamer or a building across an embankment in the centre Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, page size 98 x 154 mm

Date: 1878

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], d 1934 :[Scrapbook of watercolours, prints and photographs, 1878 and later].

Reference: E-881-f-001-2

Description: Shows a view of the coast near Plymouth, England, with the ruined of a castle or fort on the slope of a hill. Extended Title - From Gertrude Flora Yarborough's scrapbook of watercolours ... 1878 and after, page 1, central image. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 158 x 246 mm.

Date: 1911

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835-1922 :Mary Medley [Sketchbook] No. 13 1909-1919.

Reference: E-378-012/013

Description: A scene at Southsea, Hampshire, England 1911, showing ships at sea and activities on the pier including a donkey and cart Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Southsea Fort and Common Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double page). Physical Description: Pencil, 163 x 447 cm. (page size)

Date: 1847, 1858, 1881

From: Warburton-Grove family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5909-21

Description: Papers concerning the setting up of a company to construct a harbour at Llandudno, the sale of Newfield Farm and valuation of the estate of the late George Hill, Deeping, Lincoln. Transferred to the Drawings and Prints Section is a sketch and floor plan of the Cradock Arms, Knighton, Leicestershire. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 3 items. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketch plan of the Cradock Arms (England).

Date: [18-?]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford, 1910-1990 :Photographs relating to the Glaisher family

Reference: PA1-o-191-51

Description: View of Hastings, England, photographed in the mid 19th Century, probably by James Glaisher. Other - This print was possibly made from a paper negative Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 20.9 x 26.2 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 1906

By: De Lacy, Charles John, 1856-1929; Federal Houlder Shire Lines

Reference: Eph-E-SHIP-1906-01

Description: Poster advertising the Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines shipping services to Australia and New Zealand, shows a central panel with the sphere of the Earth lit by the sun from the top, with the moon and stars below. The routes of the company's ships are shown by dotted lines. Text below lists the three companies that make up the Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines company. Down the sides in scrolls are the names of the ports to which the company sails, as well as shipping flags: Left side: London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol; New York, Buenos Ayres, Cape Town Durban Right side: Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane; Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin A panel across the top shows an illustration of a steamship and tugboats in a city port. Along the lower edge is a scene of steamships and sailing ships in a less developed port, perhaps in Australia. Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines was established in 1904 by the merger of the Federal Steam Navigation Company, Houlder Brothers and Company, and the Scottish Shire Line owned by Turnbull, Martin and Company. The joint company only existed until 1912 when Federal was taken over by the New Zealand Shipping Company and Houlder withdrew from the arrangement. Federal and Shire continued the partnership until it was dismantled at the outbreak of World War I. (Notes from vendor Geographicus, 2019). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 955 x 622 mm.