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Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
- Date
- 1825 - 1882
- By
- Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886; Crompton, Amelia Dorothea, 1842-1858; de la Roche, Elizabeth, active 1880s
- Reference
- E-122-q
- Description
Chiefly French scenes by W M Crompton also 8 early New Plymouth scenes; Taranaki scenes by daughter Amelia, possibly 1850s; watercolour of Crompton farm by Elizabeth Crompton, 1882
Two loose pencil sketches removed to A-036-016 and A-131-018. Supplied title.
Appears to have been the sketchbook of W M Crompton as a young man in France, with additional sketches of France by friends. Sketchbook taken over by his daughter Amelia in the 1850s
Inscriptions: Inside front cover: A D Crompton's first drawing book. W M Crompton about 1825. Other works signed W M Crompton, A D Crompton, J.B., A.D.C.
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).
Physical Description: ca 50 art originals : chiefly pencil on paper 165 x 265 mm in album, ¼ black morocco, black buckram
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Watercolours, ca 50 art originals : chiefly pencil on paper 165 x 265 mm in album, ¼ black morocco, black buckram
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[Crompton, Amelia Dorothea] b 1842 :[House and garden in Omata, Taranaki? ca 1858]
Date: 1852 - 1860
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-050
Description: A single-storeyed house with an established garden, including two flax bushes or young nikau and circular garden beds in a lawn, surrounded by trees, a fence and gate, and hedges. Further drawings of, unfinished, of one-storey houses. Possibly the Crompton family home in Omata Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :Eglise de Vaucelles, Caen [1844]
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-031
Description: A view of a small Gothic church with graves in the churchyard in the foreground. The church has two spires, one with a domed top, one perpendicular in style The church is called Eglise Saint-Michel de Vaucelles Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :Granite peaks in the valley of the Divette and fi...
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-007
Description: Looking upwards to a large tower with aerial on top of a granite hilltop. On the right, x marks the site of the summit of a cliff 200 feet high. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :[Gothic church near Cherbourg. 1844]
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-025
Description: A view of a small Gothic church on the outskirts of Cherbourg. The church has a distinctive square tower and a round sanctuary. Below is an unfinished pencil sketch of part of a harbour with distinctive rock formations Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :Cherbourg. Old church and ancient tower from the ...
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-005
Description: An upper view of a mediaeval wall and defensive tower, church and houses on the waterfront at Cherbourg. A lower view of the distinctive peaks on nearby hills in the countryside Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :[Gothic church with square tower, near Cherbourg....
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-029
Description: A view of a Gothic church with buttresses and a square tower with three levels of windows Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :Bay near ... 9 miles from C[herbourg. 1844]
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-018/019
Description: A view from the sea looking at the curve of a bay with a few houses, a possible fort on one hill The title is illegibly written Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil across two sketchbook pages, 165 x 530 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :[Church in the valley of the Divette, near Cherbo...
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-023
Description: A view of a small Gothic church on the outskirts of Cherbourg Another more finished view of the church is on the previous page of the sketchbook, showing a telegraph station on the hill above the church. The church is probably the Gothic Basilique Sainte-Trinite, substantially rebuilt later in the 19th century Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
[Crompton, William Morgan] 1811-1886 :Quancamport [near Cherbourg. 1844]
Date: 1844
From: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886 :[Sketchbook in France and New Zealand] / W M Crompton and A D Crompton, 1844-1882
By: Crompton, William Morgan, 1811-1886
Reference: E-122-q-013
Description: A view into a wooded valley with a steep cliff to the right, houses in the valley. The title of this drawing is not clearly written. No geographical location 'Quam or Quancomport' has been found Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 165 x 265 mm
Crompton, Amelia Dorothea, b 1842 :Sketches at Omata. Mary. Harry. Dora. [ca 1855]
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-083
Description: Two girls and a teenage boy approaching a water hand-pump. Shows three members of the Crompton Family, Mary (b 1842), Dora (Dorothea) b 1842 and Harry, born 1840. The inscription 'Sketches at Omata' is in the hand of a descendant, E. Crompton, and dates to 1982 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