Mills and mill-work - New Zealand - Taranaki Region

Date: 1851 - 1853

From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882

By: Crompton, Amelia Dorothea, 1842-1858

Reference: E-122-q-084

Description: A man nearing a hand grain-mill, a container in his hand. Beyond him, a boy stands in a garden, holding a small watering can. Likely to show the Crompton family farm and garden at Omata. The man may be W M Crompton, along with his son Harry Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - A D Crompton [signature]. Also identification of each person depicted. Also a later title added 1982 by E. Crompton Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm

Date: 1875 - 1879

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: A-180-026

Description: A horse working a treadmill with three men standing on the mill alongside a haystack. The mill appears to be grinding wheat. Mount Taranaki is in the background. Another horse is grazing in a field to the right Dating: The Lysaght family moved to South Taranaki in 1875; the note about the acquisition of the treadmill is likely to have been made by a later owner, some years after the drawing was done Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title in pencil. Signed lower right: M.G.C.L. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil 176 x 253 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Moore Family Papers.