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Petrus van der Velden

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Pencil sketch of a seated figure in an interior with wooden beams and vertical posts.

Dutch interior

Pencil sketch of a man lying across a round table with another figure leaning over its edge, arm hanging down.

Two studies of a Swiss climber: 1. Lying across table. 2. Leaning across table

1867

Charcoal sketch of a grove of trees with dark foliage and a pale hatched sky, from an 1891 sketchbook.

Sketch of trees. From An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch of a seated street vendor beside a canopied cart with a large wheel, with a parasol at right.

Street vendor's stall

Charcoal sketch of a man in a hat bent over reading, drawn loosely on a tan sketchbook page, numbered 41.

Sketch of man reading in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Pencil cloud study on a sketchbook page, dark clouds with light gaps, numbered 30, by Petrus van der Velden, 1905.

Cloud study in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Pencil sketch of a grazing cow in the foreground, a second cow and fence behind, and a faint mountain on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of cows with Mt Taranaki in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketches of a boat hull and branches with handwritten notes and repeated script letters on a sketchbook page.

Inside back cover of An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Sketchbook page with grey pencil handwriting in cursive, numbered 3, with crossed-out words and short notes at the bottom.

Page with text from A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a wide hat with pipes resting across his knee, signed by Petrus van der Velden.

Two studies of a Swiss climber: 1. Resting with pipes across knee. 2. Blowing pipes

1867

Pencil sketch of hills and a hazy distant range across a pale, misty landscape on a sketchbook page.

Sketches of hiils in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Lithograph of moored sailing ships and gabled houses along a canal harbor, with figures on the quay and a rowboat.

Gedenkplaat 50 jaar na het uitzeilen van de eerste haringvloot na de herstelling van Nederlands onafhankelijkheid, 1864

1864

Pencil sketch of house rooflines and chimneys on a diagonal hillside, with loose hatched strokes below, on cream paper.

Pencil sketch of house rooflines from A wellington sketchbook, c1908-12

1908

Pencil sketch study with hands holding a frying pan, a reaching hand, a partial face, and a sketched cat on aged paper.

Untitled [studies of a cat, hands, frying pan, face]

Graphite sketchbook page with a rough landscape study of hills, trees and shaded rocks above a horizon line.

Landscape sketches. From An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch of two sailing boats on water in a sketchbook, with a larger two-masted ship and a smaller sailboat.

Sketch of boats in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Blank cream sketchbook page with faint grey smudge on the right and the handwritten number 26 in the lower left corner.

Blank page

1908

Charcoal sketch of a dark barge on water with a standing figure at right and faint outlines of boats on the left.

Funeral barge

1875

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a bonnet kneeling and scrubbing a floor beside a bucket.

Woman scrubbing

Two studies of a young boy: 1. Standing. 2. Lying on chair

1867

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman in a long dress and feathered hat, hands folded in her lap.

Study of a woman in fashionable dress, seated

1867

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of rolling hills with grazing livestock and fence posts in a landscape.

Sketch of livestock in landscape in A Wellington sketchbook

1907

Pencil sketch of a house, a horse cart and standing figures on open ground, drawn in a sketchbook.

Sketch of house, cart, figures in A wellington sketchbook c 1908-12

1908

Pencil sketch of a cable car on overhead cables crossing a wooded hillside, with handwritten notes below.

Sketch of a cable car. From An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch of a horse with a cart behind it on a sketchbook page, loosely drawn with scribbled graphite shading.

Sketch of horse with cart from A Wellington sketchbook c1908-12

1908

Loose pencil sketch of a cow with dark hatched shading on a cream sketchbook page numbered 9.

Pencil sketch of cows from A wellington sketchbook, c1908-12

1908

Double-page pencil sketch in a sketchbook showing loose strokes of a ridge and rocky landforms, page numbered 64.

Double page landscape sketch from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Open sketchbook page with faint smudged charcoal transfer marks and a cloth tie, numbered 8 in the upper corner.

Page with charcoal transfer in a Wellington sketchbook

1907

Open sketchbook showing a blank cream page with faint pencil marks near the center and the number 24 in the corner.

Blank page in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Pencil sketch of a two-masted boat with a standing figure on deck, drawn loosely on a cream sketchbook page.

Sketch of boat from A Wellington sketchbook

1907

Charcoal sketch on a sketchbook page of cats resting together on a cushion beneath loose lines of furniture.

Sketch of three cats in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Charcoal sketch of dark scrubby hills and a faint distant ridgeline on a sketchbook page, numbered 37.

Sketch of hills in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Watercolor sketch of two women in traditional dress in a doorway, one standing with a red neckerchief, one seated.

Study of two women in a doorway. From: An 1876 sketchbook

1876

Two studies of a young boy: 1. Facing forwrds, across back of chair. 2. Lying face down on chair

1867

Pencil sketch of a young man in a tricorn hat and period coat, holding a cane and pointing, with a boot study at right.

Young Dutch gentleman

Pencil sketch of a man fishing from a rowboat with a long pole, with a hazy shoreline and buildings in the distance.

Sketch of man fishing from boat in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of a vertical line on a sketchbook page with handwritten notes naming Shakespeare, Rembrandt and Venus of Milo.

Page in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Pencil sketch of two studies of a woman in fashionable dress, one with a hat, on aged paper.

Two studies of a woman in fashionable dress, three-quarters view, one with hat and coat, the other without

1867

Pencil sketch of a sailing craft with mast, sail and rigging, and a small seated figure in the boat, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of a sailing craft. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Loose pencil sketch of two figures and a bundle on a sketchbook page, with the left side of the page blank.

Pencil sketch of figures in A Wellington sketchbook, c1908-12

1908

Charcoal sketch of a waterfall over rocks in a river, drawn on a numbered sketchbook page.

Sketch of waterfall over rocks in river. From An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing a faint ridgeline and a shaded hillside at the right edge.

Sketches in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Charcoal sketch of dark hills above a river with rounded rocks in the foreground, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of hills with river and rocks. From An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch on tan sketchbook page showing a loosely drawn figure with hatched shading, numbered 45.

Sketch of a figure in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Sketchbook page with loose charcoal studies of two figures, one seated and one standing near a diagonal line, numbered 70.

Sketches of figure near water in An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch of mountain peaks and hills on a tan sketchbook page, drawn in 1893.

Sketch of hills/ mountain in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Charcoal sketch of angular rocks and a dark ridge on a sketchbook page numbered 74.

Sketch of rock formation from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch on a cream sketchbook page, page 31, with loose gestural lines forming a rounded shape and angular strokes.

Sketch from A Wellington Sketchbook c1908-12

1908

Pencil sketch of an elderly man raising a cleaver overhead, wearing a striped shirt, with a small study of a seated figure.

Two studies of an elderly man: 1. Standing with cleaver in hand. 2. Seated on high stool, wearing waistcoat

1867

Pencil sketch of two men in a small dinghy on water, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of men in dinghy in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a standing woman with raised arm and several seated figures in headscarves.

Sketch of a group of male and female figures . From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Blank cream sketchbook page with faint smudges, beside a partial pencil sketch on the facing page at the right edge.

Blank page. From: A 1907/08 sketchbook

1907

Inside front cover of a sketchbook with a printed label and faint pencil sketch of a tree and handwritten numbers.

Inside front cover of A Wellington sketchbook c 1908-12

1908

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a long dress seen from behind, seated with hatched shading on the skirt.

Two studies of a young woman in fashionable dress: 1. Crouching, back view. 2. Seated on stool, back view

1867

Blank cream sketchbook page with a faint smudge near the top center and page number 7 in the lower right corner.

Blank page from A wellington sketchbook, 1908-12

1908

Charcoal sketch of jagged mountain peaks above a valley with a winding river in the foreground.

Sketch of mountain pass in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketchbook page with handwritten place names and the date 23 January 1891, plus smudged graphite shapes and a stool sk

Inside cover of An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Charcoal sketch of a kneeling figure by a campfire and tent, with a standing figure and tall trees in a forest clearing.

Sketch of figure kneeling in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of a horse grazing on a sloping hillside, with a tree branch and rough ground lines around it.

Pencil sketch of horses grazing in A Wellington sketchbook c 1908-12

1908

Loose charcoal sketch of a hooded seated figure beside dark hatched shading and vertical strokes on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of figure in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of layered hills and mountain peaks on a tan sketchbook page.

Sketch of hills in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of a group of figures beside a boat, with a reclining figure below, on a sketchbook page numbered 27.

Group of figures with a boat. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Charcoal sketch of a distant church spire and rooftops under a dark, cloudy sky, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of distant church in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of two standing men in an interior, one in a cap and tunic, one in a turban, with a reclining figure beside the

Figure studies. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Charcoal sketch of a landscape with streaky clouds over dark hills and tree silhouettes on tan paper.

Landscape sketch from An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Charcoal sketch of a horse and wagon crossing hills, with the label Porters Pass written at upper right.

Horse and wagon from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch page from a sketchbook showing door knobs, a curved plate outline, and a handwritten word across the centre.

Diagrammatic sketches of door elements. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a robe and tall cap holding a pipe, with hatched shading on the garment.

Two studies of a Moroccan soldier: 1. Seated, with pipe in hand. 2. Standing, with hands in waistcoat

1867

Pencil sketch of gabled rooftops and chimneys under a cloudy sky, with a grassy hillside in the foreground.

Duppa St, Wellington

1909

Pencil and charcoal sketch of sloping mountain terrain with hatched shading on a numbered sketchbook page.

Landscape sketch from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Two studies of a young boy: 1. Standing with staff in hands. 2. Leaning against wall, one leg crossed over the other

1867

Pencil sketchbook page with a standing figure at left, a sailing boat and a rowing boat with two people on rippling water.

Sketches of figure and of boats in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Pencil sketch of two men struggling, one bent low gripping the other, with a faint smaller figure at upper right.

Figures fighting

Pencil sketchbook page with loose studies of tree trunks and foliage on the left, handwritten notes, and a blank right side.

Page from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Loose pencil sketch of a seated figure in a hat holding an oar, on an empty sketchbook page with a scale ruler below.

Sketch from A Wellington sketchbook

1907

Pencil sketch of a rugged mountain landscape with rocky slopes, inscribed Porters Pass, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch inscribed Porters Pass from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Charcoal landscape sketch of a hatched mountain ridge above a rough foreground, from an 1891 sketchbook page.

Landscape sketch in An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch of a wharf with a small hut, a crane, a mooring post and figures on a cream sketchbook page.

Wharf scene from A wellington sketchbook

1907

Inner back cover of a sketchbook with pencil notes, a small ship sketch, and a red leather border.

Inner back cover of An Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in cavalier costume with a sword, seated on a stool beside a ledge with a glass.

Two studies of a cavalier: 1. Standing with hand on hip. 2. Seated on stool

1867

Pencil sketch of a leafy plant with broad overlapping leaves and a flower bud on a sketchbook page.

Plant study in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of a sailing craft above horizontal water strokes, with handwritten inscription, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of sailing craft.. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Sketchbook page with a partial pencil sketch at upper left and the rest of the sheet blank, numbered 99.

Page with no subject from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Blank cream sketchbook page with faint smudges and page number 36 in the lower left corner.

Blank page. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Charcoal sketch of a figure in a long coat and hat walking along a diagonal path on a cream sketchbook page.

Photographer in landscape in An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a long gown and white cap, seen from behind, beside a reddish bench.

Dutch woman as seen from behind

Charcoal sketch of figures hanging laundry on a line before rolling hills, on a sketchbook page numbered 32.

Charcoal sketch of line of laundry with hills in A Wellington sketchbook c 1908-12

1908

Graphite sketch of two women seen from behind, wearing headscarves, on a cream sketchbook page.

Sketch of two female figures. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge with hatched shading and streaming clouds, drawn on a numbered sketchbook page.

Sketch of Mt Rolleston. From An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Pencil sketch of a hillside with a winding road and a small standing figure, numbered 53 in a sketchbook.

Figure on mountain road in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Charcoal sketch on a sketchbook page showing a building at left and a rugged mountain landscape with a path at right.

Two scenes from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of a dim interior with a table, chairs and a group of men in hats gathered near a counter.

Two page depiction of interior in an Otira sketchbook

1893

Charcoal and pencil sketch of hills on a sketchbook page, dark masses on the sides with pale ridges below.

Sketch of hills from an Otira sketchbook

1893

Sketch of a flute player. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Pencil sketch of a wooden table with pegged planks and splayed legs, plus a small stool study and handwritten notes.

Sketch of wooden tables. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Graphite sketch of hills, trees and clouds in a landscape, labelled Kumara, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of Kumara landscape in An 1891 sketchbook

1891