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Petrus van der Velden

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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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Charcoal sketch of a flat landscape with a windblown tree and small figures walking across the field.

Landscape with trees and travellers. From An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Watercolour and pencil sketch of an old weathered wooden boat resting in shallow blue water with grass at its base.

Old boat

Pencil sketch of a woman holding a baby in a doorway, drawn on a numbered sketchbook page.

Sketch of a woman in a doorway holding a baby. From: A Marken sketchbook

1871

Lithograph of sailing ships and boats on calm water with seagulls and a misty shoreline under a grey sky.

Zeegezicht met zeilschepen

1847

Coloured pencil sketch of a green conical peak and rocky formations in an open sketchbook, labelled Paritutu.

Coloured drawing of Paritutu, New Plymouth in An 1893 sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of two cows beside a fence post on a hillside, drawn on a sketchbook page numbered 7.

Sketch of cows in A Wellington sketchbook

1907

Pencil sketch of a landscape with small buildings, a tree and loose cloud shading on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of landscape in An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Open sketchbook page with pencil handwriting in Dutch-style script reflecting on God as the true artist, numbered 8.

Text in A Wellington sketchbook

1905

Pencil sketch of a peaked mountain with rocky slopes in an open sketchbook, with faint landscape marks on the left page.

Sketch of mountains in An Otira Sketchbook

1893

Pencil sketch of the rear of a Cobb and Co stagecoach with passengers on the roof, on a cream sketchbook page.

Rear view Cobb and Co stagecoach. An 1891 sketchbook

1891

Loose watercolour sketch of boats and a steamship with masts and smokestack on water, on a sketchbook page.

Watercolour scene with boats

1907

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a standing couple in an interior with a bed or table and a reclining figure.

Couple in interior in An 1893 sketchbook

1893