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Town of Lyttelton as viewed from the ship, Erskine Bay 1842.

This and 11,918 are part of the same panorama but linking section is missing.

Tags: Coasts, Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Harbors, Harbours, Image, Lyttleton Harbour (N.Z.), Nineteenth century, Paintings, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Town of Aden from the Pass.

Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1853; on mount in ink: Town of Aden from the Pass

Tags: Aden, Cities and towns, Cityscapes, Image, Mountains, Nineteenth century, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…

Tags: Book covers, Covers (Illustration), Fairy tales, Folklore, Illustrations, Image, Japan, Nineteenth century, Prints, Still Image, Wood blocks

Tombstone, Bamborough Churchyard.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1878; on mount in pencil: Tombstone, Bamborough Churchyard. 1 Mar 1878

Tags: Cemetaries, Image, Nineteenth century, Northumberland (England), Sepulchral slabs, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Tombs in the suburbs of Cairo.

Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1853 1853; on mount in ink: Tombs in the suburbs of, Cairo

Tags: Cairo (Egypt), Image, Nineteenth century, Still Image, Tombs, Watercolors, Works of Art

Tokohou : [the story of Prince Tokugawa the fifteenth].

In 1867, the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, resigned and the Emperor, Mutsuhito, regained the position of actual head of government. Mutsuhito took the name Meiji ('enlightened government') to designate his reign and this became his imperial…

Tags: Battles, Illustrations, Image, Japan, Japanese, Nineteenth century, Prints, Shoguns, Still Image

Toi-Toi (or any other man) or woman. Defence force Taranaki.

Centre (c.) in pencil: Toi-Toi (or any other man) or woman; l.l. - l.r. in pencil: Defence force Taranaki. 12 stone 30 June 64; verso: [pencil sketch inscribed: Mahoetai - 20 June]

Tags: Image, Maori (New Zealand people), Military uniforms, Nineteenth century, Portraits, Still Image, Taranaki (N.Z.), Works of Art

Toad Hole, Bamborough Castle.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1878; on mount in pencil: Toad Hole, Bamborough Castle. 22 mar 78

Tags: Image, Nineteenth century, Northumberland (England), Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Titiroa River.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: JTT 1881; label recto: Titiroa River. 1881; on canvas verso: Titiroa River. 1881; label verso: T.T. Thomson for exhibition only

Tags: Image, Nineteenth century, Oil paintings, Rivers, Southland (N.Z.), Still Image, Works of Art

Timaru Downs.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1877; on mount in pencil: Timaru Downs. 29 Jany. 1877

Tags: Canterbury (N.Z.), Cows, Farms, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Through China with a Camera [front cover].

"Cixi huang hou yu bi zhi bao" are the words of the seal of the Empress Dowager Tsze Hsi. This seal was used to confirm authorship of documents written by her.
'My design is to present a series of pictures of China and its people, such as shall…

Tags: Book covers, China, Covers (Illustration), Description and travel, Illustrations, Image, Nineteenth century, Still Image

Three Otago worthies: His Honour Captain Cargill; Sir John Richardson; Rev.d Dr Burns, D.D.

Lower left (l.l.) each image with brush: JTT 1879; on mount in pencil: J.T. Thomson Del.t 1879.Three Otago worthies: His Honour Captain Cargill; Sir John Richardson; Rev.d Dr Burns, D.D.

Tags: Burns, Cargill, Clothing and dress in art, Image, Men, Men in art, Nineteenth century, Otago (N.Z.), Paintings, Portraits, Richardson, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Three Maoris, two seated, one lying down.

Verso in pencil: 5.

Tags: Costumes and clothes, Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Image, Ink drawings, Maori (New Zealand people), Nineteenth century, Pen works, Portraits, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Three Maoris seated in front of a whare.

Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: J Merrett 1850; verso in pencil: 4 X.

Tags: Clothing, Costumes and clothes, Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Dwellings, Food, Image, Ink drawings, Maori (New Zealand people), Nineteenth century, Pen works, Pencil works, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Thomas Burns D.D. Minister of the First Church of Otago.

Margin below image in ink: T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki.

Tags: Burns, Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Image, Nineteenth century, Portraits, Still Image, Stipple engravings, Works of Art

This is meant for Auckland Harbour.

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

Tags: Auckland Harbour (N.Z.), Church buildings, Harbors, Harbours, Image, Maori (New Zealand people), New Zealand, Nineteenth century, Ships, St Paul's Church (Auckland N.Z.), Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art

Things Japanese : being notes on various subjects connected with Japan for the use of travellers and others [front cover].

Tags: Book covers, Covers (Illustration), Description and travel, Illustrations, Image, Japan, Nineteenth century, Social life and customs, Still Image

The whalers of the deep deep sea.

Notes on cover: "Owned by M.E. Hodgkinson of Riverton in 1857"

Tags: Covers (Illustration), Image, Maori (New Zealand people), Nineteenth century, Prints, Still Image, Whaling

The Union Bank, Queen Street, Auckland.

Tags: Auckland (N.Z.), Commercial Buildings, Image, Landscape, Nineteenth century, Photographic prints, Photographs, Sir Joseph Banks, Still Image

The Taieri Plains, 1867. Taken from the the Upper or Halfway Bush Road leading down to the North Taieri.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: G. O'Brien 1867; on mount in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: The Taieri Plains, 1867. Taken from the the Upper or Halfway Bush Road leading down to the North Taieri. Saddle Hill. T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken's hand:…

Tags: Chain Hills (N.Z.), Dr Hocken's Original Pictures, Image, Lake Waihola (N.Z.), Landscape, Maungatua Range (N.Z.), Mountains, Nineteenth century, Otago (N.Z.), Paintings, Plains, Still Image, Taieri Gorge (N.Z.), Taieri Plain (N.Z.), Taieri River (N.Z.), Waipori River (N.Z.), Watercolors, Works of Art

The smoker.

On backing verso in ink: Belonging to and drawn by John Turnbull Thomson Glororum 1836. (aged 14)

Tags: Image, Ink drawings, Nineteenth century, Pen works, Portraits, Still Image, Works of Art

The Silk Cord Makers.

"The figures represented ... are engaged in manufacturing silk-twist by a very different mode to that adopted by Europeans. Their machinery is not horizontal, but vertical. The threads are extended round a truncated cone. The females who twist…

Tags: China, Costume, Illustrations, Image, Nineteenth century, Prints, Social life and customs, Still Image, Women silk industry workers

The serpent with eight heads.