John Turnbull Thomson

Description

A sample of the works by John Turnbull Thomson (1821-1884) held in Hocken Collections.

Contributor

Various collectors

Collection Items

Ohau Lake, Waitaki.
Verso in pencil: Ohau Lake Waitaki

Pedra Branca.
On stone below image: Pedra Branca. April 1850. T. Picken lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen. Singapore strait Barbukit hill false Barbukit China Sea. J.M. Richardson 23 Cornhill London.

Horsburgh Lighthouse.
On stone below image: Horsburgh Lighthouse. October 1851. T. Picken lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen. Singapore straits Barbukit hill false Barbukit China Sea. J.M. Richardson 23 Cornhill London; on mount in ink: Pharos ego cum nomen prÊbunt…

Mataura Bridge 1867.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1870; label verso mount: Mataura Bridge 1867

Bush near Dunedin.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1872; on canvas verso: Bush near Dunedin 1872

Three Otago worthies: His Honour Captain Cargill; Sir John Richardson; Rev.d Dr Burns, D.D.
Lower left (l.l.) each image with brush: JTT 1879; on mount in pencil: J.T. Thomson Del.t 1879.Three Otago worthies: His Honour Captain Cargill; Sir John Richardson; Rev.d Dr Burns, D.D.

Opium Clipper “Poppy”. George Thomson Commander.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1851; on vanvas verso: Opium Clipper Poppy George Thomson Commander 1851; on frame: Owners: Jardine & Matheson (per Capt E. Thomson of Lennel North … [illeg] Jan.y 1976)

Scene on the Slate Ranges, 1857. [Hawkdun Range, 1858.]
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1870; u.r. in pencil: 1; label verso: Scene on the Slate Ranges. A souvenir of the discovery of the Dome Pass & the sources of the Mataura in January 1857 Drummond; in donor’s hand: Journal 15 March 1857…

Earnslaw.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1883; on canvas verso: Earnslaw 1883; on frame: Lennel Trust c/o Hall-Jones Family

Dart Valley.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1883; verso: Dart Valley 1883

Dye Water, Berwickshire 1854.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: JTT 1869; on canvas verso: Dye Water, Berwickshire 1854. 1869; label on frame: Dye Water 1869; label verso: Dye Water Berwickshire from a watercolour drawing taken in 1854

Titiroa River.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: JTT 1881; label recto: Titiroa River. 1881; on canvas verso: Titiroa River. 1881; label verso: T.T. Thomson for exhibition only

Ocean Beach, Dunedin.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1870; on canvas verso: Ocean Beach, Dunedin 1870; label verso: Ocean Beach from Lawyer’s Head 1870; label frame: J.T. Thomson for exhibition only

Riverton Bay, west side.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: JTT 1881; label recto: Riverton Bay, west side. 1881; on canvas verso: Riverton Bay, west side. 1881; label verso: T.T. Thomson for exhibition only

Bamborough [Bamburgh] Northumberland in 1854.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1869; on canvas verso: Bamborough - Northumberland in 1854. 1869; label recto: Bamborough

Rockyside, Caversham.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1868; on canvas verso: Rockyside Caversham 1868

Abbey St Bathan’s House, Berwickshire, Scotland 1878.
Lower left (l.l.) incised: J.T. Thomson 1873; on canvas verso: Abbey St Bathan’s House, Berwickshire, Scotland 1878

Balclutha Bridge 1867.
Thomson's bridge was swept away by the derelict Beaumont bridge when it floated down the river in the disastrous flooding of the Clutha in 1878.

South Otepopo Bridge 1868.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1870; u.r. in pencil: 11; on mount with brush: South Otepopo Bridge 1868.

Outram Bridge 1862.
The Outram bridge across the Taieri River. A painting by the architect 1862.

Travelling mud shoot attached to Stevensons dredge 1868.
Painting of Stevenson’s dredge reclaiming the Dunedin foreshore, 1868. Logan Point in background.

View from Tiger Hill, November 57. 1870.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1870; u.r. in pencil: 2; on mount with brush: View from Tiger Hill. A souvenir of the discovery of the Manuherikia Valley and Idaburn Pass in November 1857; on mount in pencil in donor’s hand: Ridge of…

Beauly Bridge 1862. [Taieri Ferry Bridge.]
The Taieri Ferry Bridge which replaced Harrold’s ferry. Tollkeeper’s house at far end. Painting by the architect 1862

Waterfall in Bradshaw Sound.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1877; on mount in pencil: Waterfall in Bradshaw Sound. From a drawing by Major Heaphy.

Ocean Beach.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: 1865; on mount in pencil: Ocean Beach. Dunedin 1865
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