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Untitled.
Ruth Dallas wrote: 'When Janet Paul was considering publishing 'Song for a Guitar' she suggested the book should contain drawings by her daughter Joanna Paul. We discussed the enclosed drawings by letter. She was unable to go on with the…
Untitled.
Ruth Dallas wrote: 'When Janet Paul was considering publishing 'Song for a Guitar' she suggested the book should contain drawings by her daughter Joanna Paul. We discussed the enclosed drawings by letter. She was unable to go on with the…
Untitled.
Ruth Dallas wrote: 'When Janet Paul was considering publishing 'Song for a Guitar' she suggested the book should contain drawings by her daughter Joanna Paul. We discussed the enclosed drawings by letter. She was unable to go on with the…
Game of chess, Ralph Hotere.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: JP 70 [circled] ; verso in pencil: XVI (V) 10 x 8
Game of chess, Ralph Hotere.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: JP 70 [circled] ; verso in pencil: XVI (VI) 14 x 10
The smoker.
On backing verso in ink: Belonging to and drawn by John Turnbull Thomson Glororum 1836. (aged 14)
The beggar boy.
On backing verso in ink: Belonging to and drawn by John Turnbull Thomson Glororum 1836. (aged 14)
Bamborough Castle, Northumberland.
Sketch made 12/7/38 age 17 in Batavia Roads of Bamborough Castle.
Chinese artificers.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese artificers; through image in ink: planing, chipping, chipping, sawing, sawing, driving home a nail, boring a hole, marking a straight line, sawing a small piece of wood, sawing a large block of…
Chinese workmen.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese workmen; through image in ink: Carpenters, beating our a piece of iron, carving a small piece of wood, Chinese coolies
Chinese stonecutters. Plate I.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese stonecutters; through image in ink: Chinese stonecutters Kay Tribe. Plate I. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chinese stonecutters. Plate II.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese stonecutters; through image in ink: Chinese stonecutters Kay Tribe. Plate II 2. 1 2 Chinese stone breakers. Kay Tribe 3 4 5 Tool menders of Kay Tribe 6 7 8 Tool menders of the Aya Tribe 9
Otago University [opened 1879].
We can assume that this work, by being one of two elevations of the west wall of the clocktower building, was effectively commissioned by the University in 1877 when they asked Bury, the winner of the competition for a new university building, to…
A New Zealand boat by Thomas Tooi.
All inscriptions in Dr Hocken's Hand Through image recto in ink: Drawn by Thomas Tooi & given to George S. Bull and by him to Wm Greenwood; through image recto in pencil: A New Zealand boat by Tooi; around edges of image recto vertically in ink: 12…
Captain Billy Williams.
Margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Captain Billy Williams, an old whaler of Preservation Inlet in 1827. Died in Dunedin leaving a son, Peter W. & daughter married to W.H.S. Roberts of Oamaru; verso in ink [section of book-keeping book].
Engagement at Okutuku.
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…
[View of Auckland.]
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…
Captain Bellairs’ house at corner of Frederick & Leith Streets.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: 13; on original mount in ink: Reproduced from a sketch painted in 1853-54 by Capt.n the Hon.ble E.H.W. Bellairs by T.W. Eyton; on original mount (in Dr Hocken’s hand: Cap. Bellair’s house at corner of Frederick &…
City of Wellington, New Zealand.
Margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: City of Wellington, New Zealand. W. Richardson lith from a sketch by L. Nattrass. Published for the proprietor at Huggins' Marine Mart 105 Leadenhall St London. Printed by Dean and Munday Threadneedle St…
Fair Zealandia’s vampire foes.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Fair Zealandiaís Vampire Foes. Sir R. Stout, salary - £1,750, travelling expenses £455, Attendants £203.s11.d6. Total 2,409.2. Colonial Treasure, salary & travelling expenses, attendants, total 1,498.1.2. Native…
[Maori canoes and moko] by T. Tooi. August 20 1840.
All inscriptions in Dr Hocken’s hand. through u. image in ink: By T. Tooi; around edges u. image vertically in ink: 6 1/4 inches. 8 inches; through l. image in ink: When Tooi & Teeterree were in England they were very ill and I George Bull, a…