Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Date
1922 - 1940
By
Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980; Library and Information Service of Western Australia
Reference
A-306-025/054
Description

Includes views of Onehunga, Auckland, Waiheke and Rotorua.

Quantity: 30 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes varying.

Provenance: Part of a larger collection donated to the Service, with the authority to dispose of material not related to Western Australia.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Format
30 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolours, sizes varying.
There are 30 items in total.
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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Auckland Harbour, Mt Rangitoto. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-029

Description: Shows a view of the city and harbour of Auckland from Mt Eden, with Josiah Clifton Firth's house in the lower left, and Mt Eden Prison in the middle distance. North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the distance. The top of the Coromandel Peninsula can be seen in the right distance. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 228 x 354 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Mt Manaia. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-051

Description: Shows rolling hilly farm country with Mt Manaia in the background. There is part of a small cottage with water barrels on the extreme right, by a winding dirt road, and a horse and possibly cattle graze in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 187 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :On Waikehe. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-044

Description: Shows a dirt road leading away around a bend to the left through rolling country. The road is flanked with tall trees whose shadows fall across it. Other Titles - On Waiheke Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 247 x 146 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Cottage by the sea in the Northland or Auckland region. ...

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-035

Description: Shows a view looking across a stretch of sea, with the red roof of a bach below a dirt road in the foreground. In the yard by the house is a small tent. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 288 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Onehunga. Summer St[reet. 1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-037

Description: Shows a sawn-off lamppost with a red postbox attached to it, and a sign on the top reading "Summer St". There is a yellow flowering bush behind the pole beside the footpath. In 1998, there is a Summer Street in Ponsonby but not in Onehunga. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 178 x 96 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Cooper's Beach. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-043

Description: Shows a view from the beach looking out towards a bushcovered peninsula at the left. There are rocks in the left foreground, and the view is overarched by branches of a pohutukawa tree just coming into flower. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 128 x 178 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Rocks on the water's edge. 1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-053

Description: Shows slabs of rock on a sandy beach, with a bank of trees at the left, and a view across the water to distant hills. Probably a harbour scene in the Auckland or Northland area. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 89 x 128 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Onehunga. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-050

Description: Shows a view over the red iron roofs of houses in a hilly suburban area, with the Manukau Harbour in the distance. A building on the crest of the hill in the middle distance has a tower and may be a church. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 142 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Motatapu, Weikeke. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-045

Description: Shows a view down a gully towards the sea, with other islands visible in the right distance. Presumably this is a view on either Waiheke or Motutapu Island, showing the other island in the background. Other Titles - Waiheke, Motutapu Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 151 x 239 mm.

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Gardens, Onehunga. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-046

Description: Shows a view in the Gardens at Onehunga, across a sunlit mown lawn towards a bed of red canna lilies underneath a norfolk pine. There is a white wooden house with red roof in the right background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 146 x 255 mm.