Notes on Art Accessions
A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JULY 1976 TO DECEMBER 1977
Acquisitions of art pieces are listed selectively in the Turnbull Library Record to alert scholars to newly acquired material judged to be of research value. The following list updates the ‘Major Accessions of Original Art Material’ in the Record for May 1977. Only original works and significant engravings and prints are considered for inclusion: photo mechanical prints recently published are excluded.
ARTIST UNKNOWN. At Island Bay. The last of the fishermen’s huts. 1905. Watercolour 1 1 X 16 cm. Signed: J.S. DONATION: Mrs H. F. Christie, Levin. Gisborne competitions. 1945. [Portrait of H. Temple White] Ink 34 X 21.5 cm. Signed: T.C.G. DONATION. Havelock from Cullen Point, [ca. 1880]. Watercolour 20.2 X 30 cm. Signed: C.F. DONATION: Lady Blundell, Wellington. [The Molesworth homestead, the Hutt, Wellington, ca. 1843] 2 watercolours 26 x 34.5 cm. PURCHASE. Mouth of the Hutt River. 1905. Watercolour 11 X 16 cm. Signed: J.S. DONATION: Mrs FI. F. Christie, Levin. Oflag VIIB, Eichstatt, [Germany, ca. 1943] Watercolour 25 X 31.5 cm. Signed: R.E.L. DONATION: Capt. W. K. Esson, Christchurch. [Silhouette portrait of Joseph Foord Wilson] 1833. Watercolour 26 X 17.7 cm. DONATION: MrJ. F. Simkin, England. T.S.S. Monowai. 1948. 3 pencil and watercolour drawings. Various sizes. DONATION: Union Steam Ship Company, Wellington. ABBOT, JOHN, ca. 1750-ca. 1840. [Entomological paintings. 179?] 102 watercolours in album. 34.7 cm. PROVENANCE: Mantell collection.
ALEXANDER, KENNETH ALFRED EVELYN, 1890 P-1953. [Three cartoons] 1910. Ink 20 X 16 cm. PURCHASE. [ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH] 1822-1886. Pepepe (Church Missionary station on the Waikato River. 1844?) Watercolour 14.9 X 21.9 cm. PURCHASE. BALL, MURRAY HONE, b. 1939. They have to perpetuate their species, Stanley . . . [l97?]. Ink 29.5 X 20.2 cm. PURCHASE. BARTLEET, ELLEN WINTRUP, b. 1896. Island Bay and South Island, Wellington [1932?]. Watercolour 26 X 38 cm. DONATION: Mrs R. B. Bartleet, Auckland. BLOMFIELD, CHARLES, 1848-1926. Twin geyser, Wairakei. 1886. Oil 43 x 58.3 cm. donation: Mr and Mrs B. R. Weld, Thames. [BRIDGE, CYPRIAN] 1808-1883? [Battle for Puketutu Pa. 1845] Watercolour 25.1 X 34.2 cm. DONATION: Mrs A. L. Smythe. Wellington.
BROCKIE, ROBERT, b. 1932. The bride unveiled [1976] Ink 26 x 35.5 cm. PURCHASE. [BURT, CHARLES] Mersa Matruh Mosque [1942] Ink and watercolour 15 X 22 cm. DONATION: Mr C. P. Jennings, Palmerston North. CAIRNCROSS, SAMUEL DAVID FREDERICK, 1913-1976. [Anatomical drawings. 1940-1945] Pencil drawings in 3 albums. DONATION: Mr S. Cairncross, Porirua. People, Lambton Quay. 1954 Oil 32.5 x 25 cm. [Self-portrait. 195?]. Oil 31.5 X 24 cm. PURCHASE.
CAMERON, C. Patea. 1904. Oil 53.5 x 112 cm. DONATION: Mr D. Duthie, Wellington. [EARLE, AUGUSTUS] 1793-1838. Cower Cower River [1827] Watercolour 23.5 x 53.5 cm. PURCHASE. [ESSON, w. K.] [Oflag VIIB, Eichstatt, Germany, ca. 1943] Pencil 12.7 X 25 cm. DONATION: Capt W. K. Esson, Christchurch. FANNING, JOAN. [Bolton Street Cemetery drawings] 1968. Various media and sizes. DONATION: Mrs J. Fanning, Wellington.
FIELD, ROBERT N., b. 1899. [Collection of portraits, bird and animal studies, and landscapes.] Various media and sizes. DONATION: Mr R. N. Field, Auckland. FISHER, ARCHIBALD JOSEPH CHARLES, 1896-1959. Portrait of Emma Schmidt [l9??]. Pencil and wash 25.5 X 18.5 cm. DONATION: A. Lois White, Auckland. FITZGERALD, JAMES. Old Provincial Buildings, Christchurch. 1926. Etching 21.8 X 15.4 cm. DONATION: Mrs K. M. Wildgoose, Auckland. [FLETCHER, FRANCES ANN (STAMPER)] b. 1846. Bishop’s Court, Nelson, N.Z. [lß7?].
Watercolour 20.5 X 27 cm. Nelson from the cemetery. 1891. Monotone watercolour 25 X 30 cm. [Nelson wharf with sailing ships at anchor ] 1863. Sepia watercolour 19.5 X 30.5 cm. Odd Fellows Hall, Nelson. 1864. Sepia watercolour 20.9 X 39.7 cm. Taken from behind the Junction Hotel [Port Chalmers ] 1869. Monotone watercolour 13.7 x 22.5 cm. [Nelson] N.Z. 1861. Watercolour 28.5 X 36 cm. PURCHASE. GOPAS, RUDOLPH, b. 1913. [Portrait of Cranleigh Barton] 1955. Conte 58 X 43 cm. DONATION: Estate of C. H. Barton. GRAY, GEORGE DUNCAN DUNBAR. A wartime log for British prisoners. 1944-1945. Crayon and pencil drawings in notebook. DONATION: Capt. G. D. D. Gray, Auckland. GULLY, JOHN, 1819-1888. Kiekie [lß9?] Watercolour 28 X 19.5 cm. DONATION: Field-Hodgkins bequest.
HALL, JAMES OLIVER, b. 1916. [Caricatures and cartoons from World War ll] 1943. Ink drawings various sizes. DONATION: Mrs E. Bay, Wellington. hands, REV. A. E. [Scenes in New Zealand] 1881-1887. 52 watercolour and ink drawings various sizes. Numerous studies of native trees and scenes in Greenhithe, Auckland, Nelson and Canterbury. DONATION: Miss King Hall, England. HAYLOCK, ARTHUR LAGDEN, 1861-1948. At Plimmerton going towards the Maori Pa, Wellington. 1916. Watercolour 17.5 X 25.2 cm. DONATION: Miss Haylock, Wellington. HEATH, ERIC, b. 1923. Sir John gets in behind Muldoon [1976] Ink 31.5 X 43.8 cm. PURCHASE. HODGKINS, WILLIAM MATHEW, 1833-1898. [Paintings and drawings of South Island scenes, ca. 1865-1898]. 127 works in various media and sizes. Numerous gold-mining scenes, others of Stewart Island, Otago, Canterbury and West Coast scenery. DONATION: Field-Hodgkins bequest. HOLM, ANNIE A. George Sd. N.Z. 1905 and 1909. 2 watercolours 15.9 X 19.6 cm. DONATION: Mrs H. F. Christie, Levin.
HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS, 1698-1780. John Milton. Amsterdam, 1741. Engraving 37.6 X 24.1 cm. DONATION: Professor D. F. McKenzie, Wellington. KAY, ROBIN LANGFORD, b. 1919. [Middle East, World War ll] 1940-1943. 23 watercolours various sizes. DONATION: Mr R. Kay, Pukerua Bay. [KERR, ROBERT] b. 1951. Look . . . here’s a wishbone [1915]. Ink 15 x 39.5 cm. PURCHASE. KETTLE, B. [Shipwreck] 1902. Oil 29.4 x 44.6 cm. PURCHASE. LYSAGHT, MARY GRACE CAROLINE. Sketch from the train in Canterbury [ca. 1880] Watercolour 17 X 25.5 cm. DONATION: Mrs D. R. Forbes, Canada.
[lysaght, SOPHIA AUGUSTA] d. 1949. Marakapia Lake, Chatham Islands [l9??]. Oil 19 X 31 cm. DONATION: Mrs D. R. Forbes, Canada. MACDIARMID, DOUGLAS KERR, b. 1922. Auckland. From the Lake Road. 1949. Watercolour 25.2 x 38 cm. Empty section, Gloucester St., Christchurch. 1944. Oil 32.5 x 47 cm. From 8 Kilmont St., Christchurch. 1945. Oil 17 x 27 cm. Mt Herbert. 1944. Oil on silk 28 X 35 cm. Queenstown. 1944. Oil 31 x 38 cm. Riccarton Road, Christchurch. 1944. Watercolour 25 X 21.5 cm. Wellington railway yards and Mt Victoria from Wadestown. 1949. Gouache 28.5 x 38 cm. A selection of titles from a collection. DONATION: Mr D. K. Macdiarmid, Paris. [MASTERTON, JAMES ALEXANDER] Mount gun. [l94?] Watercolour 17 X 28 cm. DONATION: MrsJ. A. Masterton, Christchurch.
[minhinnick, GORDON EDWARD GEORGE] b. 1902. Ah feel so ’umble [1949] Ink 15 X 21 cm. Great at A.lgiebra, Hoo-Rae [1949] Ink 17 X 20 cm. DONATION: Mrs K. M. Wildgoose, Auckland. PAGE, EVELYN, b. 1899. [Dr John Cawte Beaglehole, 1901-1971. 1977] Oil 71 x 48.5 cm. PURCHASE. [PETER, JULIET] [Bolton Street cemetery frottages and drawings] 1968-1969. Various media and sizes. LONGTERM LOAN: MrsJ. Cowan, Wellington. RICHARDSON, harry linley, 1879-1947. Birch trees in winter. 1944. Watercolour 27.5 X 37.8 cm. DONATION: Mrs L. S. Hunter, Levin.
SCALES, SIDNEY, b. 1916. Sabre rattler? 1976. Ink 27 X 35 cm. PURCHASE. SCOTT, THOMAS, b. 1948. [Skinner at F.O.L. Conference] 1976. Ink 27 X 48 cm. PURCHASE. [SPENCE, SIR BASIL URWIN] 1907-1976. [Sketch for new Parliament building] 1964 Ink 21 x 29.7 cm. DONATION: Sir John Marshall, Wellington. SPERRY, ELEANOR KATHLEEN (mair), d. 1893. [Self-portrait] 1887. Charcoal 42.5 X 28.7 cm. DONATION: Mr I. D. Johnson, Hamilton. TOLE, CHARLES HOLBERT S., b. 1903. [Sketchbook] 1971-1973. Various media in bound sketchbook. DONATION.
TRICKER, GARY WALTER M., b. 1938. Gear Meat Co. Ltd, Petone. i 960. Etching 13 X 19.5 cm. Petone Gas Company. 1959. Etching 16.7 X 28.2 cm. Wellington Wharf. 1960. Etching 13 X 19.5 cm. PURCHASE. TRIPE, MARY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, 1867-1939. Waiting for a load. 1896. Watercolour 35.5 x 50.5 cm. PURCHASE. WALTER, WILFRED. [Major R. A. Wilson] 1918. 2 lithographs each 51 X 31.5 cm. DONATION: Mrs D. F. Haylock, Bulls. WATSON, DENYSE. [Sir Alfred Reed] 1968. Oil 64.2 x 49 cm. PURCHASE. WHITE, ANNA LOIS. Flight into Egypt [1945] Pencil and watercolour 20.3 x 25 cm. Phases of life [1940] Pencil and watercolour 17.5 X 35 cm. PURCHASE.
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Turnbull Library Record, Volume 11, Issue 2, 1 October 1978, Page 131
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