Lower left (l.l.) - right (r.) in ink: Portrait of a Captain of Infantry on the march New Zealand 1865. O Tempora O Mores!!!; l.l. - r. in pencil: EW [monogram] Sir R. Douglas B.t Cap.t 57th Reg.t; verso in pencil: 94, 94
Margin below image l.- r. in pencil: This is meant for Auckland harbour 14 July 64 - the Alexandra, the Cathedral, F.t Britomart, the Maoris and English ships; verso in pencil: 33
Verso in pencil: Auckland. This is the third attempt I have made at this view from the Domain, a very pretty kind of rough botanical garden of some extent. The large building, the House of Assembly. The Man of War lay in the stream, but the Pier and…
Lower right (l.r.) with brush in blue paint: Woollaston; verso in fibre tipped pen: 64/100 Mountain at sunset. M.T. Woollaston; verso in green fibre tipped pen: 75gns; label: Woo 12; 2nd label: T. Woollaston oil Mountain of [superimposed to read] at…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 11; l.c. in pencil: 11; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: John de la Condamine Carnegie. 2. Captain Cargill. 3. W.B.D. Mantell. 4. Dr Williams. -1853.
Margin above image in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Auction sale in early days. For a dozen of champagne Mr W.H. Reynolds carries down from the Half Way Bush a bath for Dr Manning who, with his wife, walks before him. 1. Dr Manning; 2. Mr Reynolds,…
Through image in pencil: The Spectator; through image in ink: 1. 2. 3.; margin above image in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: 1. Captain Cargill, 2. W.H. Cutten, his son-in-law.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 16; through image in pencil: C…lls collection of mechanical figures; label in ink: A political squib connected with the Provincial Council election of 1853. Cap. Cargill the showman.
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Crown dom…tion. Gravel and sand; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Refers to Mr W.B. Mantell’s moa bone discoveries. The gravel and sand bag bespeak him a geologist. T.M.H.; label in ink: Refers to Mr Mantell’s…
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.Brown; through image with brush: Welcome Gore Browne; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: Governor Gore Browneís first visit to the Settlement of Otago in January 1856. William Simpson the shoemaker assures his…
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 3; l.c. in pencil: 7; c.l. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr W.B.D. Mantell. An amplification of his well known discovery of Moa remains! T.M.H.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Sub T…asury; u.r. in pencil: Rotten; u.l. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dr Williams, a candidate for senatorial honours, is aided by his friends Mantell, Strode, Carnegie & the Maoris, - and is pelted with rotten eggs…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: J. Brown 1854; u.c. in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Mr Mantell secures the votes of the Maoris for his friend Dr Williams by bribing them with toys. 1. Carnegie; 2. Mantell, Circa 1853, T.M.H.; label in ink in Dr Hockenís…
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Almost the only way in the early days of reaching the Legislative Council at Auckland. Captain Cargill takes it. Circa 1854. T.M.H.; on label in ink: The only way in the early days of reaching the…
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: Auckland from the west side of Commercial Bay, 12th February 1844; through image in ink: [numerals] 1. Queen Street 2. Shortland Crescent 3. Conroy- solicitor 4. Broadbent 5. Cormack- watchmaker &…
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Engagement at Okutuku; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Sketch of the second attack on Otukutu, 7th Nov. 1868, drawn by a soldier who was present. The fight, which took place about 8 miles east of Patea, is sometimes…
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: E.M.H.; l.l. in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Princes St Auckland N.Z. circa 1845 (copied from a sketch by an officer who fought in Hekeís war) T.M. Hocken; through image in ink: Woods Hotel. Passage leading to Surveyor…
Through image in ink in unknown hand: Seccomb’s Brewery, Outhwaite’s Carleton Gore, Bishopscourt, St Marys, Capt Cook Htl, Dr Kinder, Motu Tapu, Ch. of England Grammar School, Okahu P.t, Waihiki, Motu Ihi; u.l. in pencil in unknown hand: Royal…