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Nicholas Chevalier

148 works

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Pencil and chalk sketch of a calm creek lined with tall trees and reeds, with reflections in the water and a pale sky.

Creek near Hokitika

1866

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a tall tree, a branching tree, and ferns and grasses in dense bush undergrowth.

Untitled (Bush near Hokitika)

1866

Watercolour of a harbour with a crowded wooden jetty, moored boats, brewery buildings on the shore and a mountain behind.

Near Port Chalmers (Mr. Boy(les?) Brewery)

1865

Pencil sketch of ships at anchor on a distant horizon with rowing boats on a shoreline in the foreground, on the back of a sh

Untitled (Sketch of ships at anchor)

1869

Watercolor of the Upukerora River flowing past forest and fallen logs toward distant snowy mountains under a pale sky.

Upukerora River

1866

Pencil drawing of a mountain valley with snow-capped peaks rising above a lake framed by steep hatched slopes.

Lake Coleridge from the bridle track

1866

Panoramic sketch of a hillside town with a grand civic building, church spire, tree-lined streets, carts and distant harbour.

Untitled (Dunedin City)

1865

Pencil drawing of a river between steep cliffs, with three riders on horseback fording the water in the foreground.

Mararoa River

1866

Watercolour of a calm lake with a small sailboat, rocky shore, forested cliffs and distant snowy mountains under pale clouds.

Te Anau Lake, N.Z.

1866

Pencil sketch with white highlights of a waterfall falling through a narrow rocky gorge, with shingle in the foreground.

Otira Gorge (Waterfall: The Devil's Punchbowl)

1866

Pencil sketch of Queenstown's wooden buildings along Lake Wakatipu, with sailing boats and mountains rising behind the lake.

Queenstown on the Lake Wakatipu

1866

Pencil sketch of kiekie climbing a tree with wharawhara plants and vines, labelled in handwriting, 1868.

Kiekie and Wharawhara at Westoe

1868

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse on a hill with a rider, wooden fences, palm trees and rolling hills beyond.

Mr Bank's farm

1866

Panoramic pencil sketch of a braided river valley with snow-capped mountain ranges in the background.

Waimakariri River

1866

Pencil sketch of a river with wooded hills, rowing boats, sailboats and a row of buildings along the shore.

On the River Grey

1866

Watercolour of rose-lit alpine peaks above a misty blue valley, with a large tree and rocks in the foreground.

Untitled (A view of the Alps)

1884

Pencil sketch of a lake with jagged mountain ranges above and a small group of huts on the shore.

Hawea Lake

1866

Watercolor of a Tahitian village green with shade trees, thatched huts, palms, people gathered on grass, and blue mountains b

At Papeete, Tahiti

1869

Pen and grey wash drawing of cows resting by a stream beneath tall trees, with hills and a farmhouse in the distance.

Near Dunedin (stream, trees, cows)

1865

Pen sketch of tall trees and a small cottage beside a fence along a bush track, drawn in brown ink.

On the Blue Skin Road near Dunedin

1865

Watercolor of a river gorge with steep cliffs, green trees and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

The River Von, near Lake Wakatipu

1866

Pencil sketch of a flooded plain with grass tufts, pointed mountains behind, small buildings and distant riders at right.

The Mataura flooded and the Pyramids

1866

Pencil and wash sketch of a mountain gorge with forest, a snowy peak, a river and rocks, annotated with colour notes.

Otira Gorge

1866

Grey wash drawing of misty mountains above a harbour with several masted boats at anchor on calm water.

Port Chalmers

1865

Pencil sketch of the Otira Hotel, a wooden building with a chimney, set below a steep forested mountain slope.

Otira Hotel

1866

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with wooded banks, shoreline buildings, and small sailboats and rowboats on the water.

South Spit landing, Hokitika

1866

Pencil sketch of a small boat on a river beside an overhanging tree and dense bush, with distant hills.

Untitled (Creek near Hokitika?)

1866

Watercolor of a coastal bay with hills, surf and a sea stack, framed by trees and tree ferns in the foreground.

Sandfly Bay, Otago

1879

Watercolour of a valley with a winding road, a horse-drawn wagon, a river, and a blue mountain under a pale sky.

Pomahaka valley, Otago

1866

Pencil drawing of Akaroa Bay with a coastal village, rolling hills, moored sailing ships and grasses in the foreground.

Akaroa Bay, Banks Peninsula

1866

Watercolour of a decorated barge with canopy and passengers on a river before a city with domes and minarets.

Benares

1870

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with snowy peaks, a river, a pack horse and two travelers, and a rocky cliff at right.

Lindis Pass

1866