A relative of artist Edward Ashworth, possibly resident in Auckland with him in the 1840s. Painted a tree-fern, probably in New Zealand; also views of Mauritius.
Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
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[Ashworth, D J] :[Manner of carting fish and game birds at Port Louis, Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-033
Description: The upper view shows two black men walking with a long stick between them on their shoulders. Large fish are suspended from the stick. They are followed by a black woman, a baby on her back and a large basket of fruit on her head. The lower view shows a single man with a similar long stick, holding suspended dead birds. He is observed by another man, possibly Chinese, with a long plait down his back. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: 2 pencil & watercolour on one sheet of paper, 244 x 171 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
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[Ashworth, D J] :Shooting maroons. [Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-035
Description: A forest scene, showing a man with a gun on the left, aiming at two other men who have been boiling a cauldron over a fire. One carries a spear, the other is falling with a wound in his back, the wound marked with red paint. The scene is likely to be in Mauritius and to involve shooting escaped slaves, since the word maroon has the meaning of an escaped slave. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with a touch of watercolour on paper, 83 x 242 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
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[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :The hare of the Mauritius [ca 1840?]
Date: 1840 - 1860
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896; Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-020
Description: A running hare May be the work of D. J. Ashworth, rather than Edward Ashworth. The are other drawings by D. J. Ashworth of Mauritius Other Titles - Mauritians Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 169 x 241 mm Provenance: Purchased with the Ashworth Collection at Sothebys auction, London, 1966
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Various artists :[Postcards of the Alexander Turnbull Library collections]. [Wellington...
Date: 1840 - 1893 - 1920 - 1849
By: National Library of New Zealand; Ashworth, D J, active 1840s; Buller, Arthur Percival, 1866-1910; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Gould, John, 1804-1881; Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947; Baker, Ida Constance, 1888-1978
Reference: E-279-q-129/135
Description: Includes: D.J. Ashworth. Punga. 1840s. - Arthur Percival Buller (1866-1910). "Vanessa Gonerilla. 1893". - Charles Heaphy (1820-1881). "Birdseye view of Port Nicholson in New Zealand showing the site of the town of Wellington...[1840s]. - John Gould (1804-1881). Apterix owenii. 1848. - Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947). The black devil. May 1893. - Ida Baker (photographer). Katherine Mansfield at the villa Isola Bella, Menton, France in 1920. - Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (ca 480-524). Illuminated initial lettering featuring a dragon from "De Musica". ca 1150. Produced as set of 7 postcards for the Alexander Turnbull Library, 1991. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - [Title]; Verso - bottom left - National Librtary of New Zealand / Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cards.. Physical Description: 7 colour photolithographs, 150 x 105 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright requirements.
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[Ashworth, D J] :[A monk and a Roman Catholic priest, Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-034
Description: On the left, a Capuchin(?) monk in hooded cassock, a rope around his waist, his head shaven in a tonsure. He has his back to the figure on the right, a Roman Catholic priest in cassock and cotta (short surplice), a rosary around his neck and a biretta on his head. A faint pencil drawing in the background is of two men carrying a type of sedan chair. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on paper, 186 x 144 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
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[Ashworth, D J] :Shooting at maroons. [Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-036
Description: A forest scene, showing two black men with guns aiming at two other black men who have been boiling a cauldron over a fire. One is running away, the other is falling. The scene is likely to be in Mauritius and to involve shooting escaped slaves, since the word maroon has the meaning of an escaped slave. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 123 x 170 mm (irregular)
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[Ashworth, D J] :[Stallholders and shopkeepers, Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-038
Description: A street scene in Mauritius, with three open-fronted shops or stalls. The left shop is selling fruit, the central one small birds, the right-hand one poultry and other groceries Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 120 x 171 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
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[Ashworth, D J] :[Slaves carrying a dead cow on poles. Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-037
Description: A street scene, showing two black men carrying a pole on their shoulders. A dead cattle beast is suspended upside-down from the pole. They are followed by a woman, a baby on her back, a bowl in her hand and items balanced on her head. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 121 x 167 mm (irregular)
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[Ashworth, D J] :Un grand Monsieur en route [Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-032
Description: A white man in a top hat, seated in a sedan chair carried by two black slaves. Behind him follow four other black slaves, carrying his baggage, fruit and slaughtered small birds on their heads and shoulders. The woman carrying the fruit basket also has a baby in a sling on her back. Other Titles - A fine gentleman on the move [translation] Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink on paper, 81 x 242 mm (irregular)
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[Ashworth, D J] :Manner of carting sugar at Port Louis [Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-031
Description: Four black slaves yoked to dray loaded with sugar cane. A black overseer is walking alongside. The scene is in Mauritius Inscriptions: Verso - pencil inscription on the verso, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink on paper, 116 x 226 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
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Ashworth family :Cardinal of the Isle of France in full feather. Loxia madagascariensis...
Date: 1830 - 1850
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-011
Description: A red cardinal bird on the branch of a leguminous tree, probably a black pea. The accompanying description for the plant is Bois noir, but this may be an error for Pois noir, or black pea. Isle de France is another name for Mauritius, off Madagascar. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper, 242 x 171 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with the Ashworth collection at Sotheby's auction, 1966
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Ashworth family :[Anemone and ranunculus. 1830s?] No. 112
Date: 1830 - 1850
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-009
Description: A white anemone and a deep blue ranunculus. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper, squared up for copying, 122 x 155 mm
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Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
Date: 1830 - 1850
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-002/029
Description: Detailed drawings of European flora and fauna. Possibly the work of Edward Ashworth's sister, or of pupils or other family members Many of the flower watercolours are on paper that has been squared up for copying, suggesting that these are originals for prints or book illustrations Edward Ashworth was in Auckland in the early to mid 1840s, as an architect. Quantity: 28 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes vary Provenance: Purchased with the Ashworth collection at Sotheby's auction, 1966
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Ashworth family :Amaryllis. [1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1850
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-007
Description: An orange amaryllis (hippeastrum) with a striped yellow centre. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper, squared up for copying, 197 x 161 mm
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Ashworth family :Bat. [1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1850
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-021
Description: A European or African bat, hanging by one foot from a branch, its right wing extended Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper, 242 x 162 mm (irregular)
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Ashworth, D J, fl 1840s :Punga, 1840s. [Postcard of the Alexander Turnbull Library Coll...
Date: 1840 - 1991 - 1849
From: Various artists :[Postcards of the Alexander Turnbull Library collections]. [Wellington], National Library of New Zealand, 1991.
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: E-279-q-129
Description: Reproduction of watercolour of a tree fern painted by D J Ashworth. The original is held in the Drawings, Paintings and Prints Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library [A-209-1]. One of a set of seven postcard produced by the National Library of New Zealand in 1991 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 150 x 105 mm
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Ashworth family :Pavillion [1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1850
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-019
Description: A blue and yellow striped tropical fish. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper, 173 x 241 mm (irregular)
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Ashworth family :[Anemone? 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1850
From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-004
Description: A pink anemone with two buds and leaf. Backing paper is blind embossed Bristol Paper. Heath & Co. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, cut out and glued to cream wove paper, squared up for copying, 180 x 117 mm (image) on sheet 281 x 236 mm
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Ashworth, D J :[Tree-fern, New Zealand, 1840s?]
Date: 1840 - 1850
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-001
Description: A single tree fern with lush growth. Drawn by a member of the Edward Ashworth family Reproduced as the poster for the exhibition: The art and life of the early surveyor. Edward Ashworth was in Auckland in the early to mid 1840s, as an architect. This may be the work of his sister This watercolour was formerly assigned the title [Punga] in the mistaken belief that all tree ferns have the Maori name punga. Corrected in 1996. Other Titles - Punga Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 335 x 258 mm