IMAGE
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Little Barrier Island sketchbook, 1948].
- Date
- 1948
- By
- Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965
- Reference
- E-717
- Description
Includes pencil and watercolour sketches of "Sam" the green parakeet on Little Barrier Jan-Feb 1948; loose design of two weka (for woodcut?), parakeet (includes one sketch showing it being fed from a spoon), Sam the parakeet aged about 1 week from a photograph; little blue penguins drawn from Powell's "Native animals of New Zealand"; whiteheads, wood pigeons, pied shag, tui, bellbird, Dr Falla's pet kea (downy baby in colour), kaka and kea in Dominion Museum, pair of kea (design for woodcut?); view of Manukau Harbour from Lincoln Lee's home at Titirangi; [view at] Makatote 24/2/48.
Notes inside front cover about nearly getting caught on the upper viaduct near Ohakune by a passing goods train
Quantity: 1 album(s).
Physical Description: Hard-bound booklet with marbled covers, half red morocco, 233 x 195 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works]. / Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Sketchbooks. 1910s-1963]
- Format
- 1 album(s), Works of art, Scientific illustrations, Hard-bound booklet with marbled covers, half red morocco, 233 x 195 mm.
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Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Ohakune. [Sam. Little Barrier Island. Jan-Feb 1948]
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-004
Description: A view in pencil of tall bush at Ohakune. Several side views of a red-crowned parakeet Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Near Lincoln Lee's home at Titirangi view of Manukau Ha...
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-057
Description: Tree ferns and other bush in the foreground, Manukau Harbour and the far hills in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Makatote 24 / 2 / [19]48
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-058/059
Description: A roughly-drawn landscape of bush at Makatote; the head of a parakeet, a drawing of a heavy needle for canvas or leather, part of a fence or gate. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two pages of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Whiteheads. Little Barrier. Fairly bad. [1948]
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-019
Description: Six whiteheads standing on the ground and perching on branches Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on page of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Tui on Little Barrier Island. 1948]
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-023
Description: Six tui standing on the ground and perching on branches Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Kea July 1948]
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-048/052
Description: Drawings of a moving kea Quantity: 5 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on five pages of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Sketch from photo by Sydney Porter of captive kea in En...
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-044
Description: A side view of a standing kea Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Wellington Museum speciment May 12th [19]48 [Stitchbird...
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-035
Description: A standing stitchbird drawn from two angles with notes about colouring, feet and feathers Other Titles - specimen Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Sam. Little B[arrier] I[sland]. Jan-Feb 1948
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-001
Description: A side view of a red-crowned tame kakariki or parakeet named "Sam", on Little Barrier Island. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Dr Falla's pet kea [1948]
Date: 1948
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-717-037/043
Description: Views of a kea taken over a period from the chick stage with soft feathers to the mature stage with adult feathers. Quantity: 5 drawing(s). 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour or pencil on seven pages of sketchbook, page size 233 x 195 mm.