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Edward Gibbon Wakefield Esq.r.
Dr Hocken’s collector’s chop: Hoc in Loco Deus Rupes; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Edward Gibbon Wakefield, to whom the annexation & colonization of NZ is due was born in London March 20th 1796, and educated…
Edith sketching.
Verso mount in pencil: mt only. M. Woollaston. [additional framing instructions] Deliv to Mr Cochrane.
Drawing of Rodney Kennedy.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Portrait of R. Kennedy. C. McCahon 1940; l.r. in REK's hand: R. Kennedy; verso: C McCahon Drawing of RE Kennedy 1/-
Drawing of Decimus Wells’ family.
Verso in pencil in Kennedy’s or Brasch’s hand: M.T. Woollaston, Drawing of Decimus Wells family 1936; in artist’s hand: [unfinished sketches]
Dr Hawkesworth.
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dr John Hawkesworth, L.L.D. 1715-1773, Edited Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere including Captain Cook’s First Voyage. T.M. Hocken; label: Na te Hakena Tenei Tiki.
Double portrait.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: Hodgkins; label: Bourlet & Son, London; label: City of Manchester Art Gallery 15137; label: Double Portrait by Frances Hodgkins lent by Jane Saunders, 12 Victoria Rd Fallow Weld, Manchester; label: Isle of Purbeck Arts…
Deci at piano in shirt sleeves.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: M.T. Woollaston; verso in pencil: Deci at paino [sic] in shirt sleeves [sketch of head]
David Edward Hutton, eldest son of the artist.
Donor requested acknowledgement on painting to read: David Edward Hutton, eldest son of the artist. Painted 1873 by David Con Hutton. Presented 1955 by the granddaughters of the artist, Sheila and Kathleen.
Daniel Wakefield Esq.r of Lincoln’s Inn Barrister at Law.
Dr Hocken’s collector’s chop: Hoc in Loco Deus Rupes; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Daniel Wakefield, Q.C., an eminent chancery barrister & pamphleteer was uncle of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. A man of great…
D. Ioh. Reinhold Forster.
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dr Johann Reinhold Forster 1729-1798. Naturalist, with his son on Cook’s second expedition, described the natural history of the voyage. The genus Forstera is named after him. T.M. Hocken; label: Na te Hakena…
Colonel at Home.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: EAW; l.l. on mount in pencil: 1864; on sketchbook page into which image is slipped in iron gall ink: The Colonel at home. Ö[page of Diary]; margin left of image in iron gall ink: [page of Diary]; on sketchbook page r. in…
Clouds, hill and Claudia.
Upper left (u.l.) with brush in capitals: Clouds, Hills & Claudia, u.r. in capitals: R. White ’72
Christmas.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Christmas 1969; verso: To Colin, Anne and Family. Love and greetings from Doris. I look forward to seeing you all in January
Catherine Anne McCahon, 6 weeks old today, thursday, may 17.
16 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Catherine Anne McCahon, 6 weeks old today, Thursday, May 17 Blue Black ink drawing. Signed Colin McCahon. 7" x 5""
Captain James Cook. Taken from a painting in the Trinity House, Hull.
Margin below image in ink: Captain James Cook. Taken from a painting in the Trinity House, Hull; imprinted: Turner & Drinkwater, Regent’s Terrace, Hull; below plate marks in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: This was given to me on the understanding that…
Captain Flinders, R.N.
(Autograph copy of parole on his release from 6 years captivity in the Isle of Mauritius). Port Napoleon, Isle de France, 7th June 1810 (Signed) Matt.as Flinders. Litho-Photographed from the original miniature painted 1801, age 27. Published by…
Bugis of Waju, Celebes.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: Bugis of Waju, Celebes; through image in pencil: Bugis of Waju, Celebes
Artist’s daughter, Anna Woollaston.
Verso in pencil in Kennedy’s or Brasch’s hand: M.T. Woollaston, Artist’s daughter, Anna Woollaston 1948
Arthur Hadfield Fisher, 1871-1961.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: G.P. Nerli [monogram]; on mount with brush: One of New Zealand’s best known and most successful bowlers of all time. Arthur Hadfield Fisher, 1871-1961. Presented to Carisbrook Cricket Club by Thomas Richmond Fisher.
Arabs of mixed race.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: Arabs of mixed race. Barrahk of Zanzibar, Furham of Zanzibar, Bashier of Muscat; through image in pencil: Barrahk of Zanzibar, Furham of Zanzibar, Bashier Tanzibar …[illeg] Muscat