Places

Date: 1860 - 1863

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-009

Description: Two men (Cooper faces the viewer at left, Lavin at right) cutting through the trunk of an enormous tree, their dog (identified as Rover)standing on the fallen trunk. Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Title from descriptive notes by J. Lavin on back Inscriptions: Verso - title and descriptive text in ink in the hand of John Lavin: 'Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for nails, that's the job i am at present occupied about. I as at work at it to day. I get my neighbour Mr Cooper to help me to crosscut. The falling and splitting I do single-handed. My neighbour Cooper is facing you, very like him. My back towards you. Rover on top the log. John Lavin.' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 74 x 129 mm

Date: 1856

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-006

Description: A flat cleared area with several trees. A large tent on the left with four men outside. A dog and a fifth man close to a fenced shanty with poultry in front in the centre. A further construction on the right and hills behind. Other Titles - Living in a tent before I got a house. No. 4. The middle shanty is a cookplace Inscriptions: Mount verso - [in Lavin's hand] Living in a tent before I got a house. No. 4 - the middle shanty is a cookplace Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 127 x 226 mm

Date: 1861

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-012

Description: A pioneer cottage nestled amongst trees, with hills behind. Two women hanging washing on fence, a small boy playing with a dog, and two cows. The house is that of farmer John Lavin, and one of the women is likely to be his wife, the child with the dog most probably his oldest son Hawles, aged about 3. The dog pictured is possibly Rover, identified in A-235-009. The Lavin family were all killed by Maori on 10 April 1869. There were three children by that date, Hawles, aged 11, Miles aged 8 and Henry aged 3. Other Titles - Front view of our house. No. 2 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - A J C 4/61; Mount recto - [in Lavin's hand] Front view of our house. The very dark cliff in the background is the opposite side of the river - no. 2. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink & watercolour 145 x 229 mm

Date: 1855

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-002

Description: Shows tent pitched beside a river, with a man sitting outside the tent surrounded by cooking pots, one of them in front of him on a campfire. Three dogs playing near him. They are watching another man chopping up tree trunks. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Title from note on mount by John Lavin Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 74 x 132 mm