Notes on Art Accessions
A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY 1978 TO MAY 1979
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 October 1978. Only original works and significant engravings and prints are considered for inclusion: photo mechanical prints recently published are excluded.
ARTIST UNKOWN. Auckland, Wellington, 1861. Pencil, ink and watercolours in album. 17.5 cm. PURCHASE. [Canoe on a river. 18??] Watercolour 25.5 X 35.5 cm. Signed- F. S. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington. Coast near Kinghorn, 1882. Watercolour 25.5 X 35.5 cm. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington. [Copper mine, Kawau] 1908. Oil on paper 28 x 38cm. Signed: Q.T. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington. Evan’s Bay [l9??] Watercolour 14 X 23cm. Signed: C.E.P. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington. j James Hargest. ca. 1939] Monotone watercolour 70 X 55cm. Signed: P.S.W.D. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington.
Kaptein Cook’ vermoord door te Wilden te Owyhee [18??] Engraving (hand-col.) 18 X 15cm. PURCHASE. Lydia Phillips, “Bana Vista”, N.S.W. [18??] Watercolour and pencil 15 X 16.8 cm. DONATION: Mrs I. H. Preston, Thames. [Plain of the Ruamahanga opening into Palliser Bay near Wellington] 1865. Engraving (hand-col.) 15.7 X 23.8 cm. PURCHASE. [Portrait of Martha Smith. 18??] Ink and wash 24 x 19cm. DONATION: Mrs J. G. Morison, Paraparaumu Beach. Rita Angus. 1965. Pencil 55 x 37.5 cm. Signed: N.R.F. DONATION: Miss O. Spencer-Bower, Christchurch. BARRAUD, CHARLES DECIMUS, 1822-1897. Sketch of tree fern, rata &c . . . 1856. Watercolour 34.2 X 25.2 cm. PURCHASE. BARRAUD, WILLIAM, 1897-1966. [Coast near Wellington. 19??] Watercolour 17.5 X 33cm. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington.
BARTON, CRANLEIGH HARPER, 1890?-1975. [European sketches] 1924-1926. 39 watercolours each 16.2 X 28.2 cm. DONATION: Estate of the artist. BAXTER, GEORGE, 1804—1867. The reception of the Revd.J. Williams at Tanna . . . London, G. Baxter, 1841. Engraving (hand-col.) 21.3 X 32.1 cm. PURCHASE. BENNETT, M. K. Tokomaru Road, 1914. Watercolour 25 x 35 cm. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington
BOTTIGLA, C. Isola di’ Pasqua [18??] Aquatint (hand-col.) 19.4 x 28cm. PURCHASE. BROWN, HELEN, b. 1917. Kaipara, 1970. Ink and wash 10 X 37.9 cm. Mahurangi [1970?] Ink and wash 35.7 X 42.7 cm. DONATION: Miss H. Brown, Auckland. [BURGOYNE, W. H. Sketches of Lake Waikaremoana and Lake Taupo] 1869. 8 Pencil and watercolour and pencil drawings various sizes. DONATION: Mr Brooke-Taylor, Wanganui.
BYRNE, WILLIAM, 1743-1805. View in the Isle of Pines . . . London, Wm Strahan, 1777. Engraving 26.5 X 40.7 cm. PURCHASE. CALVERT, SAMUEL, ca. 1828-1913. Captain Cook taking possession of the Australian continent . . . Melbourne, Clarson, Shallard & Co. [188?] Col. engraving 32 X 44cm. PURCHASE.
[CAMPION, E. J.] Encampment at the Kawatau, Rangitikei River, 1871. Pencil 23.4 X 28.9 cm. PURCHASE. COLLINS, JAMES C. Emerson St, Napier, 1860. Ink and watercolour 19 x 30cm. Tennyson St, Napier, 1860. Ink and watercolour 20.5 X 31cm. PURCHASE. [CONNELL, B.] [Wellington Harbour from above Te Aro Flat. 1842] Watercolour 13.8 x 22cm. DONATION: Lady Jack, Wanganui. [EISE, IDA GERTRUDE] 1894-1978. 17 items various media and sizes. DONATION: Estate of the artist. [FLORANCE, AUGUSTUS H.] 1847-1897. 8 watercolours various sizes. PURCHASE.
[fox, sir william] 1812-1893. [Homestead, Porewa, Rangitikei. 186?] Pencil and watercolour 27.2 X 38.2 cm. PURCHASE. GALLINA, GALLO, 1796-1874. Isola degli Hawaii [18??] Aquatint 19.4 X 28.4 cm. PURCHASE. [GIBB, WILLIAM MENZIES] 1859-1931. [John Gibb. 18??] Oil 70.4 x 51 cm. PURCHASE. Oil 21 x 18cm. DONATION: Mrs M. Bradshaw, Christchurch.
GRAHAM, E. J. [New Zealand views] 1880. 5 chromolithographs each 25 X 33cm. PURCHASE. HALCOMBE, EDITH STANWAY (SWAINSON), 1844-1903. Sketchbook [lß9?] 27 pencil drawings in album 17 cm. [Plant drawings] 1886-1887. 4 watercolours various sizes. PURCHASE. [HALL, R. Maori portraits. 184?] 6 watercolours various sizes. PURCHASE. HEAPHY, CHARLES, 1820-1881. Crater with recurved side, Otahuhu. 1868. Ink 25 X 35cm. PURCHASE.
HIPKINS, ROLAND. West Shore, Napier, from Pandora Point, 1925. Oil 22 x 26cm. purchase. HOLMES, KATHLEEN McLEAN, b. 1858? Sketchbook, 1868-1891. Watercolour and pencil drawings in album 29cm. PURCHASE. JAMES, LEMMES. Tawa, 1870. Monotone watercolour 30.4 X 24.8 cm. PURCHASE. JOHNSON, FRANCIS. Otago [1777?] Wash 26.5 X 21cm, [Otoo, King of Otaheite. 1777?] Wash 26.5 x 21cm. PURCHASE. KAY, ROBIN LANGFORD, b. 1919. [Wellington scenes] 1956-1968. 9 items various media and sizes. PURCHASE.
LAGO. Oceania-Polinesia [ca. 1820] Engraving (hand-col.) 29 X 43cm. PURCHASE. LAURIE, ROBERT, ca. 1755-1836. The poa [1776?] Col. mezzotint 35 X 25cm. DONATION: Sir Alister Mclntosh, Wellington. LEWIS, WILLIAM. The Ngaio Gorge, Wellington, N.Z., 1884. Watercolour 16.5 cm. (diam.). PURCHASE. LLOYD, ARTHUR JOHN, b. 1884. [War-time desolation. 191?] Watercolour 25 X 35.5 cm. PURCHASE. [LLOYD, TREVOR] 1863-1937. Cap. Jackson Barry [lß9?] Pastel and watercolour 23 X 16cm. PURCHASE.
LYNDON, EDWARD. Wairarapa Lake [lß6?] Watercolour 23 X 35cm. PURCHASE. McALLUM, BRUCE. Hydro worker, 1954. Ink and wash 20 x 15 cm. DONATION: Dr Denis Glover, Wellington. [MANTELL, WALTER BALDOCK DURRANT] 1820-1895. [Cooper’s house, Sydney St : Wellington. 1871] Watercolour 15 X 22.5 cm. PURCHASE. MARTIN, ALBIN, 1813—1888. Wairoa creek, Howick Ranges [lß6?] Charcoal 14 X 22cm. PURCHASE.
MURRAY, J. P. Mahakapawa Camp, 1888. Oil 31 X 43 cm. PURCHASE. NELSON, ISAAC. The harhour-Auckland [l92?] Pencil 25.2 X 35.2 cm. PURCHASE. NORBURY, G. W. The fight of Kaitake, one mile south of Tataramaika, 1863. Ink and watercolour 55.6 x 77cm. PURCHASE. NORMAN, EDMUND, 1820-1875. [Arowhenua homestead ] 1869. Ink and pencil 31.5 X 63 cm. PURCHASE. PALMER, STANLEY, b. 1936. Islands, 1976. 8 col. bamboo etchings each 14 X 22cm. PURCHASE. RAWLINS, E. Lake Rotomohana [sic], 1876. Col. lithograph 15.5 X 22.5 cm. DONATION: Lady Mclntosh, Wellington.
[RHODES, JOSEPH] 1826-1905. Ahuriri harbour and roadstead [lßs?] Watercolour 18.7 X 22.8 cm. Bishop Waiapu’s house, Poverty Bay . . . [1866?] Watercolour 18.7 x 22.8 cm. Burial place of troops, Porirua, in the sand dunes, 1848. Watercolour 18.7 x 22.8 cm. Napier plains. Omaranui pah . . . [1866?] Watercolour 18.7 X 22.8 cm. Porrirua [sic] Barrack, H.M.99th [1847?] Watercolour 18.7 X 22.8 cm. Waimarama. Cape Kidnapper in the distance [lß6?] Monotone wash 18.7 X 22.8 cm. Waipukurau Pa on the river Tukituki [1858?] Watercolour 18.7 X 22.8 cm. Warangahika Pah ruins with Hau Hau pole . . . 1865. Watercolour 18.7 X 22.8 cm. DONATION: Mrs B. Rhodes, Balmoral, N.S.W., Australia.
RICHARDSON, HARRY LINLEY, 1879-1947. [Gear Meat delivery cart, Fairlie Terrace, Wellington, ca. 1920] Watercolour 34.6 X 48.9 cm. DONATION: Gear Meat Processing Ltd, Wellington. SCALES, HELEN FLORENCE VICTORIA, b. 1887. 17 oil, 2 conte various sizes. Chiefly scenes of Bry-sur-Marne, with some still lifes and portraits. DONATION: Miss H. F. V. Scales, Rotorua. SCRIVENER, HENRY AMBROSE. Huahine, Society Island, 1880. Watercolour 22.8 x 29.2 cm. Mahaetai [sic] Pah New Zealand near Taranaki, 1863. Watercolour 12.5 X 17cm. Manukau Heads, 1860. Pencil 9 X 29cm. Naval camp ojH.M.S. Harrior [sic] at Drury, New Zealand, 1863. Watercolour 16.5 X 24.5 cm. Nelson, N.Z., 1863. Pencil 12.5 X 17 cm. Onehunga and the Manukau harbour, New Zealand, 1861. Sepia and blue wash 27.5 X 89cm. Rangiriri, on Waikato River, 1863. Pencil 13.3 X 20.4 cm. A selection of titles from a purchase.
SHERWIN, JOHN KEYSE, 1751?—1790. The landing at Tanna . . . London, Strahan & Cadell, 1777. Engraving (hand-col.) 28 X 48cm. PURCHASE. smith, JOHN RAPHAEL, 1752-1812. Sir Joseph Banks Bt., London, Colnaghi, 1788. Engraving (hand-col.) 61.5 x 38cm. PURCHASE. SPENCER-BOWER, CATHERINE OLIVIA 0., b. 1905. [Rawene scenes, ca. 1945] 5 items various media and sizes. PURCHASE. [SWAINSON, LUCELLE FRANCES] b. 1842. [Botanical studies] 1867. 4 watercolours each 27 X 22cm. PURCHASE. SWAINSON, william, 1789-1855. [Ornithological plates. 183?] 2 proof plates (hand-col.) each 24 X 15cm. PURCHASE.
TOLE, CHARLES HOLBERT S., b. 1903. Buildings near Napier, 1976. Oil on hardboard 36.5 X 54cm. P.W.D. huts (Semplean mansions), 1936. Oil on hardboard 35 X 40cm. DONATION: Mr C. Tole, Auckland. TURTON, ANNETTE (SWAINSON). [Flower drawings] 1869. 2 pencil and 2 watercolour various sizes. PURCHASE. TRICKER, GARY. 8 etchings various sizes. DONATION: Dr Denis Glover, Wellington.
[von guerard, eugen] 1811-1901. [European sketchbook ] 1838. Pencil sketches in album 17cm. PURCHASE. WARRE, SIR HENRY JAMES, 1819-1898. Sketchbook: New Zealand, 1864-1865 70 drawings in album 10cm. PURCHASE. [WEBBER, JOHN] 1752-1793. [ Tu, King Pomare lof Tahiti. 1 777] Oil 36.2 x 28cm. PURCHASE. white, ROBIN, b. 1946. Florence and Harbour Cone [1973] Pencil 92 x 60.5 cm. Mabel Mitchell’s place, Waiotemarama [l96?] 3 pencil various sizes. Self-portrait [1968?] Pencil 43 X 31 cm. PURCHASE.
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Turnbull Library Record, Volume 12, Issue 2, 1 October 1979, Page 128
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