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Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1847: on mount in ink: A Sabimba of Johore, Malay Penins.la

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Upper left (u.l.) - upper right (u.r.) in ink: A sketch of the Maoris’ position at Maungatautau on the Waikato River; l.l. in ink: the figures are supposed to be 1,000 yards from the main pah [location notes]; verso: [fragment of letter]

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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…

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William Adams (1564-1620) was the first Englishman to reach Japan, arriving on a Dutch ship at Bungo (a principality containing present day Usuki City) in May 1600. After a summons by the Emperor at Osaka, imprisonment and interrogation, he was…

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Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: A Sumatra; in pencil: 1851

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"Towering over all in the western distance, but too often concealed by clouds, the majestic Fusi-yama reared its conical summit" (Oliphant, 1859, v. II, p. 97).

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Margin below image l.r. in ballpoint pen: Drawing for Black painting, Hotere; verso: [pen & ink drawings crossed out].

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Lower right (l.r.) in fountain pen: Woollaston; verso in pencil: A. Prior, ca 1956

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Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1878; on mount in pencil: Abbey Lindisfarne. From a photograph. 1878

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Lower left (l.l.) incised: J.T. Thomson 1873; on canvas verso: Abbey St Bathan’s House, Berwickshire, Scotland 1878

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G.H. Brown writes: McCahon described this work to me as 'a sort of Gate', & laughingly said that the title could be Abstract: Gate, but whether that is accurate enough to use as a generic title for the complete set, to which this work belongs, seems…

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Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1849; on mount in ink: Achenese prows

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Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1853; on mount in ink: Aden looking towards the Pass

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Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Akaroa; on sketchbook mount in ink: Akaroa 1850; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was a frequent visitor…

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On sketchbook mount in ink: Akaroa. French Settlement on Banks Peninsula; label in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: Akaroa. French settlement on Banks Peninsula. Sir Wm Fox. About 1835 a French Mariner, Captain L'anglois visited Akaroa and bought from the…

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Through image in pencil: [colour notes]; verso in pencil: Akaroa. From the head of the harbour 1859 … [illeg]; on sketchbook mount in ink: Akaroa. From the head of the harbour 1858; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir…

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Lower left (l.r.) with brush: Woollaston; verso in ink: 65 140

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Label by Dr B.H. Howard: Duppa's Allington. The house has long since disappeared, but the name is still used by the present. The site is on the Highway from Nelson to the Buller just before it crosses the Wairoa River. national Highway No 6.…
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