Mabel Hill sketchbooks

Year range

Notes on year range

Locations

Description

H (cm)

W (cm)

Owner

Cat
no

1890

ATL has 1890-1898, but it is reasonable to attribute all the sketches to 1890.  Many are dated 1890, none is dated to any other year, and 1898 only appears on a list of paints.

Otago, Christchurch and Wellington area

Sketchbook, watercolours, hardbound book, 26 leaves, fully used, inscribed and dated

13.2

18.2

Alexander Turnbull Library

E-514

1891-1893

 

Only Wellington identified

 

13.2

18.2

Te Papa Archives

CA000418

1893-1894

 

Otago and Wellington

Sketchbook, pencil sketches and watercolours, hardbound book, 34 leaves, inscribed and dated, partly used.

11.6

17.6

Alexander Turnbull Library

E-515

?-1915-?

One sketch is dated 1915.  One other  is attributed to the 1890s by MEM (but I'm doubtful)

Mainly in Brighton, Dunedin

Sketchbook, mainly pencil sketches, hardbound book, 21 leaves, inscribed and dated, partly used.

13.2

17.6

Alexander Turnbull Library

E-516

1925?-1934?

The sketchbook is dated 1925 and the first, and only pre-1930, sketch is of a voyage, which could be that to the USA. But it could be some other voyage. The last sketch is tentatively identified with Suffolk.

Voyage to US?, Oban, Russia, Sussex; Suffolk?

Sketchbook, mainly pencil sketches, hardbound book, 30 leaves, inscribed and dated, partly used.

13.8

22.4

UK private

DM3

1925-1926

 

Voyage to USA and in USA

Sketchbook, pencil sketches, hardbound book, 24 leaves, inscribed and dated, fully used.

12.5

17.5

UK private

DM1

1926-1927

 

USA

 

12

18

Alexander Turnbull Library

E-565

1927-1930

 

Voyage to Tahiti, in Tahiti, Dunedin, voyage to England.

Sketchbook, pencil sketches, hardbound book, 23 leaves (one missing), partly used.

13

20

UK private

DM2

1931(-1932?)

Mostly from Capri, some of which could date from 1932.

Mainly in Capri

Sketchbook, pencil sketches and watercolours, hardbound book, 13 leaves, inscribed.

14

23.3

Alexander Turnbull Library

E-517

1934-1951

 

Woodbridge, Kersey, Sussex etc, Tossa

Sketch/notebook, pencil sketches and watercolours, hardbound book, 63 leaves, partly used, inscribed.

11

14

Alexander Turnbull Library

E-518

1934-1951

 

Woodbridge, Sussex, Scotland, Tossa

Sketchbook, watercolour and pencil sketches, hardbound book, 48 leaves, partly used.

14

18

Alexander Turnbull Library

E-519