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Governor Gore Browne’s first visit to the Settlement of Otago in January 1856.
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…
Don Quixote & Sancho Panza.
Lower centre (l.c.) with brush: Don Quixote & Sancho Panza; on label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Bellairs and Ebenezer Brown who was a shepherd when B. took a run at Toi Tois.
Mr George Lloyd of Green Island proposes to enrol some noble volunteers in 1859 during the Maori outbreak in the North Island.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Brown; u.r. in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Mr George Lloyd of Green Island proposes to enrol some noble volunteers in 1859 during the Maori outbreak in the North Island. T.M.H.; label in ink: Mr Lloyd of Green Island enrols…
Refers to the disastrous separation of Southland from the Province of Otago of which it formed part.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: J. Brown; through image in pencil: Superintendency, Separation, Otago Province, Mataura; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Refers to the disastrous separation of Southland from the Province of Otago of which it formed…
Mr Bellairs, a gentleman settler at Brockville, Half Way Bush, prepares to leave New Zealand.
Label in ink: Mr Bellairs, a gentleman settler at Brockville, Half Way Bush, prepares to leave New Zealand. circa 1858; second label in ink: Mr Brock-Holinshead of the Half Way Bush prepares to leave New Zealand.
Mr W.B.D. Mantell. An amplification of his well known discovery of Moa remains.
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.
Captain Cargill addresses a meeting. Napier is close to barrel. Buchanan, an elder, near him. Manning is at left.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: J. Brown, 18; l.c. in pencil: 10; on label in ink: Captain Cargill addresses a meeting. Napier is close to barrel. Buchanan, an elder, near him. Manning is at left
Rev.d Thomas Burns, D.D. of the First Church, Otago.
Lower left (l.l.) on stone: J. Brown.
Mr George Lloyd drilling volunteers.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 6; verso in pencil: [face]
Sold again and got no money.
Through image on stone: JB; To England, S.E.R.J., Bankruptcy, Gas Comp. Transfer Shares; through image in ink: 1. 2. 3. 4; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: 1. Shadrach Edward Robert Jones of the Provincial Hotel, Dunedin, a smart rogue & bankrupt.…
Messrs Vogel and J.G.S. Grant run for the Waikouaiti seat.
Through image in pencil: To Waikouaiti, The Jews Harp, Discord; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Messrs Vogel and J.G.S. Grant run for the Waikouaiti seat. 1863. T.M.H.; verso in ink: Dunedin, 20 April 1864, Mr James Tinley.
In time of some scarcity of food the Rev. Thomas Burns was applied to to sell flour from his farm at Grant’s Braes.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 14; through image in pencil: 20s per Bushel; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: In time of some scarcity of food the Rev. Thomas Burns was applied to to sell flour from his farm at Grant’s Braes. (now) He refers…
Captain Cargill confers the Commissionership of Crown Lands on his son-in-law, Mr W.H.Cutten.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: J. Brown, 1856; through image in pencil: Provincial Secretary, Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Zealand; margin below.
Dr Williams, a candidate for senatorial honours, is aided by his friends Mantell, Strode, Carnegie & the Maoris, - and is pelted with rotten eggs by his opponents Cap. Cargill & Cutten. Old Royal Hotel in the distance.
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…
Mr Mantell secures the votes of the Maoris for his friend Dr Williams by bribing them with toys.
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…
Unbending, from public cares, on public grounds.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Unbending, from public cares, on public grounds; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr James Howorth, the lawyer & Crown prosecutor and Mr Alexander Rennie the tailor, teetotaller, and Provincial Councillor in the old…
Wounds may be bound up, and words forgiven, but he who betrays his friends, loses all credit. Feb 23 1861.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: JB; through image in pencil: The fate of ingratitude; margin below image in pencil: Wounds may be bound up, and words forgiven, but he who betrays his friends, loses all credit. Feb 23 1861; margin below image in ink in…
Diogenes -Rant, viewing with contempt, the follies of the age.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Diogenes -Rant, viewing with contempt, the follies of the age; through image in pencil: Let Otago flourish, High School, Advance Dunedin, Dunedin Saturday Review, Wormwood, Gall, Hope, the balm of life, Beggars Petition;…
Almost the only way in the early days of reaching the Legislative Council at Auckland. Captain Cargill takes it.
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…
The coming man.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: J.B.; l.c. in pencil: The Coming Man; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr James Macandrew. 1852. T.M.H.