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Dark Trees, Dunedin.

Signed l.r.: Colin McCahon.

Tags: Dunedin (N.Z.), Image, Landscape, Nineteen forties, Oil paintings, Paintings, Still Image, Trees, Works of Art

Dart Valley.

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

Tags: Dart River Valley (Otago N.Z.), Image, Landscape, Mountains, New Zealand, Nineteenth century, Oil paintings, Rivers, Still Image, Trees, Works of Art

Lower right (l.r.): McCahon Jan ’48; through image: In loving memory of dear wee June who fell asleep 12th March 1935 aged 4 years and 9 months. Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven; verso stretcher: [hanging instructions, title] cat no 27.

Tags: Birds, Image, Landscape, Nineteen forties, Oil paintings, Paintings, Sepulchral slabs, Still Image, Symbolism in art, Works of Art

Desert with mauve hill.

Lower right (l.r.) with brush: M.D. Smither 69

Tags: Gouaches, Image, Landscape, Nineteen sixties, Still Image, Works of Art

Drawing for ‘Dear Wee June’. In loving memory of Our Dear Wee June who fell asleep… 1945.

Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Drawing for Dear Wee June McCahon; u.r. in pencil: Dec 27 1945 [Variously inscribed throughout]; on attached paper in pencil: This is from the Port Chalmers Cemetery looking at the Harbour mouth. The final painting was…

Tags: Drawings, Image, Landscape, Nineteen forties, Otago Harbour (N.Z.), Pencil works, Sepulchral slabs, Still Image, Works of Art

Drawing for Landscape Theme and Variation.

Verso in red ballpoint pen: McC 41; verso in black ballpoint: 44b; on accompanying card in blue felt pen (McCahon’s hand): Colin McCahon, oil on paper. Drawing for “Landscape Theme & Variation” 1962-63. (This side to face the auctioneer.) My…

Tags: Brush works, Drawings, Image, Landscape, Nineteen sixties, Still Image, Works of Art

Dunedin 1862, from the zig-zag of Graham Street, between High and McLaggan Streets.

Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: R.S. Kelly; on old mount: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The road above the quarry conceals the present road to Canongate St. Beyond is Victoria PArk, to the right of Serpentine Avenue. The solitary…

Tags: Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Dunedin (N.Z.), Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Still Image, Streets, Watercolors, Works of Art

Dunedin from Little Paisley.

This small watercolour of Dunedin from Little Paisley was painted by Edward Immyns Abbot in 1849. The work was acquired by Dr T.M. Hocken who described the artist as ‘a young surveyor of superior abilities’. The surveyor’s role was to record…

Tags: Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Dunedin (N.Z.), Harbors, Harbours, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Oil paintings, Otago Harbour (N.Z.), Paintings, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Dunedin from the Portobello Road.

Attributed to Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet, 1799-1878

Tags: Dunedin (N.Z.), Harbors, Harbours, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Otago Harbour (N.Z.), Paintings, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Dunedin, New Zealand, from Andersons Bay 1856.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: 1856; on mount in ink: Dunedin, New Zealand from Andersons Bay. June 1856

Tags: Dunedin (N.Z.), Harbors, Harbours, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Otago Harbour (N.Z.), Paintings, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Dunedin.

Lower left (l.l.) & l.r. in pencil: Dunedin; on mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dunedin, Otago. Jan. 1849. (By Mr (Sir William) Fox. [numerals & key] 1. Mr Charles Kettle’s house (Chief Surveyor) 2. N.Z. Co’s Survey Office about Bond St &…

Tags: Cities and towns, Cityscapes, Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Dunedin (N.Z.), Harbors, Harbours, Image, Nineteenth century, Paintings, Seascapes, Still Image, timeline, Watercolors, Works of Art

Dunedin.

Tags: Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Dunedin (N.Z.), Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Still Image, Wood engravings, Works of Art

Dunedin. DH. Drawn, lithographed and published by David Henderson, Dunedin, February 1869.

Margin below image: Drawn, lithographed & published by David Henderson, Dunedin, February 1869.

Tags: Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Dunedin (N.Z.), Image, Landscape, Lithographs, Nineteenth century, Still Image, Works of Art

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

Tags: Berwickshire (Scotland), Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Oil paintings, Rivers, Rocks, Still Image, Trees, Works of Art

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

Tags: Image, Landscape, Mount Earnslaw (N.Z.), Mountains, Nineteenth century, Oil paintings, Still Image, Works of Art

Encampment in the Valley of Wiararapa - evening of Thursday May 4. 1843.

Verso in ink: No 3 Encampment in the valley of Wiararapa - evening of Thursday May 4th 1843; on sketchbook mount in ink: In the Wairarapa Valley. 1843; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who…

Tags: Camping, Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Paintings, Still Image, timeline, Wairarapa (N.Z.), Watercolors, Works of Art

Entrance to the Valley of the Wairau from Cloudy Bay, New Zealand.

On flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was a frequent visitor at my house, promised to bequeath me these sketches which he commenced to take…

Tags: Cloudy Bay (N.Z.), Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Image, Landscape, Marlborough (N.Z.), Nineteenth century, Still Image, Wairau Plains (N.Z.), Wairau Valley (N.Z.), Works of Art

Entrance to Whangarei River looking towards Auckland.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.C. Hoyte, 1871; verso original mount: Entrance to Wangarei River looking towards Auckland by J.C. Hoyte 5

Tags: Clouds, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Paintings, Rivers, Still Image, Watercolors, Whangarei (N.Z.), Works of Art

Evening light, Anderson’s Bay, Dunedin.

Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: James M. Nairn; verso frame in pencil in Brasch’s hand: J.M. Nairn; verso frame in ballpoint pen: Nisbet [framing instructions]

Tags: Andersons Bay (Dunedin N.Z.), Dunedin (N.Z.), Landscape, Nineteen twenties, Otago Harbour (N.Z.), Seascapes, Twentieth century, Works of Art

Farewell Spit.

Lower centre (l.c.) in ballpoint pen: McCahon. ’48; in pencil: Farewell Spit; verso: Farewell Spit 1948 for ‘The Promised Land’ 44.

Tags: Coasts, Drawings, Image, Landscape, Pen works, Still Image, Works of Art

From the Main North Road between the X and XI milestones looking north.

Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: G. O’Brien 1865. From the Main North Road between the X and XI milestones looking north; through image in pencil: [gridlines].

Tags: Blueskin Bay (N.Z.), Coasts, Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Drawings, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Otago (N.Z.), Pencil works, Still Image, Trees, Works of Art

From the north end of Tomahawk Beach.

12 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Landscape from North end of Tomahawk beach, Dunedin. 9 3/4 x 11 1/2. watercolour. Signal hill in distance. These two date mid 30s - the bottom one I like-"

Tags: Beaches, Dunedin (N.Z.), Image, Landscape, Nineteen thirties, Paintings, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art