IMAGE
[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for rails [ca 1860?]
- 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
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 74 x 129 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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UnknownLavin, John, d 1869 :Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for rails [ca 1860? ...
Date: 1860 - 1863
From: [Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for rails [ca 1860?]
By: Lavin, John Philip Martin, -1869
Reference: A-235-009-verso
Description: Text by John Lavin describing the watercolour on the other side of the paper. Lavin, Cooper and the dog Rover are all named. Inscriptions: Recto - 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 holograph. Physical Description: Ink on paper, 74 x 129 mm