Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

Date: 1860

From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

Reference: A-457-008-3

Description: Shows a view of St Stephen's Chapel, Parnell, from Judges Bay. Below and to the right of the chapel is Sir William Martin's residence; behind it is probably Attorney-General Swainson's house. Other houses and smaller buildings can be seen towards the water's edge Judges Bay was named for Martin and Swainson, who both resided there On the verso is a pencil drawing of a house with two small outbuildings, unidentified; it is possibly by a different artist Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - St Stephen's Parnell 1860 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 160 x 305 mm

Date: 1860

From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

By: Hodgkinson & Company

Reference: A-457-008-2

Description: Shows a view of St George's Bay, with four sailing ships in the harbour, three of which are identified: the 'Evening Star', the 'HMS Tris'(?), and the 'HMS Elk'; with Major Murray's (65th Regiment) house also identified in the foreground on the right. A number of other houses are in view, with established trees and roadways. The coastline to North Head can be seen in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - St George's Bay - Parnell / Auckland / (Ship "Evening Star") / HMS Tris[?] 32 / HMS Elk 12 / Major Murray's house (65th Regt) [in pencil]; Verso - top right - 1860 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 198 x 325 mm

Date: 1860

From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

Reference: A-457-008-1

Description: Shows a house on a cleared plot of land, surrounded by bush-clad hills. The land is fenced and there are cows grazing adjacent to the house Taken from the Vincent Brooks lithograph of 'A "bush" section on Green Island, Otago (Fox Lodge)', which appears in C.F. Hursthouse's 'New Zealand, or Zealandia, the Britain of the South' (London: Stanford, 1857), p.239. See also A-256-013: 'A bush section on Green Island, Otago (Fox Lodge)' On the verso is another copied pencil drawing, entitled 'Valley of Misocco', showing a castle and the view into a valley looking towards Soazza, Switzerland, originally by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - A bush section / Otago, NZ / 1860 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 198 x 325 mm

Date: 1860

From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

By: Smith, Hannah Stephenson, 1813-1891

Reference: A-457-008-6

Description: Mount Taranaki on the left in the distance. Two cottages in a clearing backed by tall trees in the middle ground, with fenced in gardens. In the foreground two figures can be seen, along with a number of sheep and cows The artist of this version is unknown, but compare with A-256-039 ("Okoaro". Cottage of J. Stephenson Smith Esq.re New Plymouth ...), attributed to the subject's wife and published in Hursthouse's 1857 work, three years before this work is dated On the verso are four pencil drawings of non-New Zealand scenes, probably England. One of the scenes is identified as 'Cookham Church', which is the Holy Trinity Church in the village of Cookham, Berkshire, England Extended Title - Originally published in: Hursthouse, C. New Zealand or Zelandia, the Britain of the South. London, 1857. Frontispiece Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - "Okoaro" / New Plymouth / N.Z. 1860 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 200 x 325 mm

Date: 1860

From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

By: Urquhart, G, active 1860; Hodgkinson & Company

Reference: A-457-008-4

Description: Two sketches shown on the recto: on the left, a study of plants including a young Norfolk pine and a flax plant; on the right, a house with a path leading up to it, with landscaped gardens. Two figures that would appear to be a boy and a girl, walk up the path On the verso are three other pencil drawings of non-New Zealand scenes, probably in England or Europe 'Ghur' or Ghar is the Hindi word for a house Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Karaka Ghur / 1860 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 198 x 325 mm

Date: 1860

From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

By: Gilbert, George Channing, 1838-1913

Reference: A-457-008-7

Description: Shows fenced pasture in the foreground with two cows and a human figure, a cottage surrounded by bush and trees in the centre, and with Mount Taranaki and surrounding hills in the distance The artist of this version is unknown, but compare with A-256-040 (Cottage of a small farmer, New Plymouth ...), possibly after George Channing Gilbert, and published as a lithograph by Vincent Brooks in Hursthouse's 1857 publication, three years before this work is dated. Compare with A-256-040 (Cottage of a small farmer, New Plymouth ...) On the verso is another pencil drawing of a cottage, with trees, fenced pasture and gardens surrounding; possibly the same farmhouse from a different perspective Extended Title - Originally published in: Hursthouse, C. New Zealand or Zelandia, the Britain of the South. London, 1857. Opposite p.209 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Cottage of a small farmer / New Plymouth / N.Z. 1860 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 200 x 325 mm

Date: 1860

From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]

By: Urquhart, G, active 1860

Reference: A-457-008-5

Description: A large, two-storey house overlooking what is probably Karaka Bay in Auckland. An expansive, flat lawn with a path leading to the house can be seen, and the house is surrounded by bush, mature pine, cabbage trees and flax bushes Possibly after Charles James Urquhart, 1834-1909, who lived in Taranaki and drew his house there in the 1860s (A-159-009, [My wharrie, Taranaki. ca 1860]. Urquhart was in the 65th Regiment, as was Major Murray, whose house is noted by this artist in A-457-008-2 'Ghur' or ghar is the Hindi word for a house. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Karaka Ghur[?] / 1860 / Auckland / G. Urquhart Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, Chinese white and watercolour on laid, watermarked paper, 198 x 325 mm