Cadiz

Date: 1931

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1613

Description: Album relating to journey from New Zealand to England via the Suez Canal. Includes photographs of floral tributes to Zillah prior to her departure; embarkation in Wellington July 1931; Voyage to Sydney; Sydney parks, buildings, zoos, beaches; Dixon family in Sydney; Melbourne gardens, buildings; Adelaide buildings, parks, gardens; King's Park, Perth, buildings, opening pearls, Serpentine Falls and Western Australian aboriginals; Colombo, Ceylon, catamarans, coconut palms, native quarters, rickshaws, High cast Indian girl; Aden; Red Sea; Suez Canal; Bedoin Sheik; Ismalia; Port Tewfik; Port Said; Voyage on 'Balranald'; Fancy dress and deck tennis, and lifeboat drills on ship; Australian heavyweight George Cook training on ship; Malta; Gibraltar; Spainish coast; First sight of England, Chalk cliffs of Dover. 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: 18 x 30 cm

Date: 1867

From: [Various artists] :[European scenes] some dated 1867

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Turnbull, Walter, 1823-1897; Turnbull, Alexandrina, 1827?-1896

Reference: A-185-034

Description: The interior of a garden with profuse blooms and a structure behind it. A-185-029 to -037 all appear to be by the same hand Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - date inscribed in pencil on paint. Also Cadiz, half hidden under work, lower right, on backing card. Title may belong to another work in this series Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on card, 102 x 178 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull