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Camp, Alexander’s farm.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: Camp. Alexander’s farm. Jan.y 20 65
Bell Block House.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Bell Block House 15 June 1864; verso: 22
Bell Block.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Bell Block. 15 June 64; u.c. in pencil: Sent home in a letter Shape of mountain on other side; verso: 23
On the morning of Sunday the 5 Feb. the headquarter column under Gen.l Cameron arrived at the Waitotara, and commenced the passage of the river, which proved fordable at low water.
Upper left (u.l.) in ink: 7: verso in ink: descriptions to accompany sketches by the book in case they might publish in Ill-News. 1. the settlement of Wanganui on a navigable river 4 miles up - protected by 3 block houses 2 of which are shewn - 2 and…
Waitotara.
On mount: Camp on Waitotara River Feb.y 7 1865; a. verso: [watercolour sketch 75/170 ai titled] A little island and pretty bush on Lake Waikato near Nukarumu; b. l.r. in pencil: Waitotara Feb.y 7 65
Chapman’s Redoubt. Pukerimu - 13 April.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Chapman’s Redoubt, Pukerimu - 13 April; in ink: 79; verso: [watercolour of 2 figures]
Troops crossing Patea River, New Zealand.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Troops crossing Patea River, NZ; through image with brush: W. L.t Com.d.r R.Artillery L. Col Williams Roy. Artill; verso: 61
A stroll on the beach - Mount Egmont in the distance - 16 Feb.y 65 - daybreak. After marching all Night Wanganui Campaign.
Lower left (l.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 3. A stroll on the beach - M.t Egmont in the distance - 16 Feb.y 65 Daybreak after marching all Night Wanganui Campaign; on sketchbook mount: this is the only time I myself ever saw troops marching…
Sketch from the Sandhills close behind the camp.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: EW [monogram]; margin above image: No 4 Sketch from the Sandhills close behind the camp. Looking inland shewing the ground on which the skirmish of 25th January took place. Some cultivations with stout cattle fencing lay…
Seige train on Pukerimu Flats, Waikato.
Verso in pencil: No 4 Seige train on Pukerimu Flats, Waikato
Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Pukerimu.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: R.A. & R.E. Pukerimu 13 April - 64; verso: 75 [unfinished sketch of boats]
Pukerimu, Landing place.
On original sketchbook mount: Pukerimu, Landing Place April 1864; verso in ink: Looking down the Waikato from the landing place, commissariat stores - the steamer coming up with flats in tow…[letter continues]…I read your letters looking on the…
Portrait of a Captain of Infantry on the march. New Zealand.
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
The picket, Nukumaru. 30 Jany. 65 - near Wanganui.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: The Picket, Nukamaru 30 Jan.y 65 near Wanganui; on original sketchbook mount: J. Johnson of 40th Reg.t killed here. The Scene of a brisk skirmish with the Maories - on 29 January 1865
Patea. Our seige train and flying artillery.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Patea EW [monogram]; verso in pencil: The gun park of the H.D Qu.r Column on the Patea 20 Feb.y 65; verso with brush: Patea; On original sketchbook mount: Our Seige Train & flying Artillery
One of our Brasier’s non fighting days, so we air our kits, and old Timefuze gets his horses shod. Waitotara.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: 2; l.l. - l.r. in ink: One of our Brasier's non fighting days, so we air our kits, and old Timefuze gets his horses shod. Waitotara 14 Feb 65; through image (on tent) in ink: 4 B 7/A; through image (on a box) in opaque…
Mount Egmont from Oakura.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: M.t Egmont from Oakura 28 June 1864; on original mount: Oakura stream on the Coast near Taranaki. Capt. Trajet & Surgeon Hope 57 Reg.t were shot here in an ambush early in 1863. This began the war -
Mount Egmont and the Waitara Plain.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: M.t Egmont and the Waitara Plain; verso: 29; on mount: Visited some natives with Col. Warre in … 1864 June. This gives a very fair idea of Mount Egmont from the Waitara Plains. The sea is behind Spectator. The scene of…
23 January. The Mowhanau Stream. Close to Alexander’s Farm.
Lower left (l.l.) - l.r. in pencil: 23 Jan.y. The Mowhanau Stream. Close to Alexander’s Farm High Water
Looking up the Wanganui River from sandhills near the town.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Looking up the Wanganui River from Sandhills near the town 16 January 65
Landing at Pukerimu.
Margin below image r. in pencil: Landing at Pukerimu - April 64; on original mount: Sir Havelock’s charger drowned here
John Lawrence. 50th Regt.
Lower left (l.l.) - right (r.) in pencil: John Lawrence 50.th Regt. sketched from life on Tongahoe River, Wanganui N. Z. 24 March 1865; verso: 103.
Interior of our mess whare - Te Awamutu. N.Z.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: interior of our mess Whare Te Awamutu. N. Z. 19 March 1864; on boxes below figures in pencil: Medical Comforts No 1, carcase 4 2/5 How.z Amm.n, 750 Enf.d Rifle; in pencil: Dr. Temple, Lt. Col. Williams, Lt. Col. Barstow,…
Interior of our headquarters shanty at Te Awamutu.
Upper left (u.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in ink: March 19th 1864, My dear little Janet, I wish you many happy returns of the day and hope you will be a good little girl and sometimes think of your Papa, who often wishes to see you all again - as I am…
Henry Jones, 50 th Regt.
Lower left (l.l.) - right (r.) in pencil: Henry Jones 50.th Regt. 24 March 1865; verso: 103