Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Date: 1933

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-017

Description: A view of Victoria University's Hunter Building's east entrance, looking toward the north. The university's coat of arms, with the motto 'Sapientia magis auro desideranda' ('Wisdom is more desirable than gold') is shown in the top right-hand corner Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Victoria College Wellington / F V Ellis 1933 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 212 x 143 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1915

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-019

Description: A view of the war-ruined town of Ypres, from the Rue de Lille, showing shattered buildings From 1914, Frederick Ellis served in France for four years as a gunner with the Duke of Wellington's West Yorkshire Regiment Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Rue de Lille Ypres 1915 / F V Ellis [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 100 x 105 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1920

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-020

Description: A view from the west of Green Bridge over the River Swale, in Richmond, Yorkshire. The silhouette of Richmond Castle is seen in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Bridge / F V Ellis 1920 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint on paper, 167 x 215 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1920

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-021

Description: Shows the ruined remains of a windmill in the town of Bray-sur-Somme, in northern France From 1914, Frederick Ellis served in France for four years as a gunner with the Duke of Wellington's West Yorkshire Regiment Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Bray-sur-Somme / F V Ellis [19]20 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 97 x 115 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1936

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

By: Petre, Francis William, 1847-1918

Reference: B-189-023

Description: A view of the Dominican priory, designed by Francis Petre and built in 1877. The image is taken from the corner of Smith and Rattray Streets, and the edge of the neighbouring St Joseph's Cathedral, also designed by Petre, can be seen on the left Petre was influenced in his design of the building by Anglo-Saxon architecture. The priory was the largest un-reinforced concrete building in the southern hemisphere at the time. The building, next-door to St Mary's Rattray Street, is still standing Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - St Dominic's Priory, Dunedin / F V Ellis 1936 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 215 x 267 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1915

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-022

Description: Shows the ruins of the Catholic church of Saint-Vaast, Laventie, northern France, during World War I From 1914, Frederick Ellis served in France for four years as a gunner with the Duke of Wellington's West Yorkshire Regiment The print was exhibited in the 1927 Academy of Fine Arts annual exhibition (no.398, p.39) Other Titles - The church, Laventie [translation] Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - L'Eglise, Laventie 1915 / F V Ellis [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 210 x 125 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1931

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-024

Description: A view of a two-storey wooden building, framed by a large covered verandah. It has a bell attached to the outer wall at the front, suggesting it might be used as a school building. Behind it is a church, with a step pitched roof and a bell tower. Neither of the buildings, nor their location, are identified Location is possibly Dunedin, in Otago Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - F V Ellis '31 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 205 x 240 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1945

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-026

Description: A view of Murphy's brick yard, Taranaki Street, Wellington, showing men working shovelling material into wheelbarrows. The figures are in silhouette in front of the building, whose chimneys emit black smoke The Taranaki Street brickyard was established in 1874 and was taken over by William Murphy in 1889, under whose name it ran for several more decades Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Brickyard / FV Ellis 1945 1/1 [in pencil]; mat verso - bottom centre - Murphy's Taranaki Street Wellington (lithograph) / Murphy's Brickyard [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on paper, 230 x 290 mm (sight)

Date: 1916

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-025

Description: Shows a stone bascule bridge spanning the river Lawe at Vieile-Chapelle, in northern France, during the First World War. A man loads goods onto a barge at the river's edge. On the right is a building bearing the sign 'Charbons de Marles' (coal from Marles-les-Mines, a village close to Vieille-Chapelle) From 1914, Frederick Ellis served in France for four years as a gunner with the Duke of Wellington's West Yorkshire Regiment Other Titles - Vieille-Chapelle Other Titles - The bridge [translation] Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Le Pont Vielle Chapelle France / FV Ellis 1916 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 125 x 200 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1933

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-018

Description: A stylised coat of arms based on the Yorkshire coat, featuring 'A flea, a fly and a flitch of bacon', but also featuring a fantail instead of a magpie. The banner above reads 'Yorkshire Society of N.Z.', with the Tudor rose below, and a banner along the bottom that reads 'Comitatui semper fidelis' ('Loyal and faithful to ourselves') Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Yorkshireman's Coat of Arms / F V Ellis 1933 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 147 x 103 mm (plate mark)