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Political squib connected with the Provincial Council election of 1853.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 16; through image in pencil: C…lls collection of mechanical figures; label in ink: A political squib connected with the Provincial Council election of 1853. Cap. Cargill the showman.
Dunedin from Little Paisley.
This small watercolour of Dunedin from Little Paisley was painted by Edward Immyns Abbot in 1849. The work was acquired by Dr T.M. Hocken who described the artist as ‘a young surveyor of superior abilities’. The surveyor’s role was to record…
Unbending, from public cares, on public grounds.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Unbending, from public cares, on public grounds; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr James Howorth, the lawyer & Crown prosecutor and Mr Alexander Rennie the tailor, teetotaller, and Provincial Councillor in the old…
Approach to Brighton from Dunedin. Drawn by S.F. Every, Aug.t 1864
Margin below image l.r. in ink: T.M. Hocken.
Anderson’s Bay. Drawn by S.F. Every. 1864
Margin below image l.r. in ink: T.M. Hocken; verso in pencil: J.H. Ewer.
Sketch of Dunedin and harbour from the south, from about Fern Hill.
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 ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Sketch of Dunedin & harbour from the S., say from about Fernhill where Cap.…
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 &…
My house in New Zealand.
On original mount in ink: Reproduced from a watercolour sketch painted in 1853-54 by Capt.n the Hon.ble E.H.W. Bellairs by T.W. Eyton, London; on original mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The house is on Sec. 29 Blk xxvy, corner of Frederick &…
Tomahawk.
"[Field's] ideas on painting had been influenced by the Post-Impressionists to the extent of allowing heightened colour and a degree of flattening and formal interest in the constructin of the imagery. Anywhere else Field would not have seemed…
Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand. South. Looking north. Looking down the harbour. 1865 Dunedin.
Verso a in ink: Dunedin City Otago New Zealand 1865; on sketchbook mount a in ink, & b in pencil: Dunedin in 1865; on sketchbook mount of c in pencil (library hand): (Unidentified view of a harbour) Dunedin?; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas…
Dunedin looking down the line of Stafford Street.
Verso c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: An unfinished copy from no 1. Done by Robert Fulton in 1849 & given to me by his brother James Fulton in 1894. Dunedin looking down the line of Stafford St. Very similar to Kettle’s View of Dunedin & Upper…
Corner of Rattray & Princes Streets, 1862
Now site of Government Insurance Buildings Harnett & Co.
Dunedin from the track to Anderson’s Bay. 1864.
On original mount in pencil: Dunedin from the track to Anderson’s Bay. 1864 Hamilton; on mount in ink: T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The old Anderson’s Bay track in 1864, now merged with the…
City of Dunedin. 1864.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: W. Handcock; label: City of Dunedin by W. Handcock, D.cr 1864; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: W. Handcock was the first drawing master of the Boys’ High School. His watercolour is very accurate. By the old…
The Ocean Beach, Dunedin. ca 1864.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: W. Handcock S.R.A.; on original mount in pencil: The Ocean Beach, Dunedin.
Dunedin. DH. Drawn, lithographed and published by David Henderson, Dunedin, February 1869.
Margin below image: Drawn, lithographed & published by David Henderson, Dunedin, February 1869.
Princes Street South, Dunedin, 1853.
Margin below image in ink: Copy of old drawing (… [illeg] 1853) of Princes St South just past Anderson’s Bay Road showing early settlers’ struggles with the swampy conditions of the road at the beginning of winter. The fences bound the Southern…
Dark Trees, Dunedin.
Signed l.r.: Colin McCahon.
Otago Harbour.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: Colin McCahon 41; verso with brush: Otago Harbour Colin McCahon 1941; verso in ink: oil on gesso 25 gns; verso in ink: 24 Prestwick St, Maori Hill, Dunedin; verso in ballpoint pen: 15gns; verso in pencil: 30 green…
Dunedin Summer Show at Tahuna Park.
04 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "on left. Dunedin Summer Show at Tahuna Park. Unsigned - undated but c 1935-6. Tempera c. 11 x 14".
Sketch for landscape from Flagstaff.
03 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Below. From Flagstaff - (Taieri Plain oil 1942. c 15 x 22".
Dunedin Harbour from the Caversham Rise.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: G.O’Brien 1865; l.c. in pencil: Dunedin Harbour from the Caversham Rise; l.r. in ink: T.M. Hocken; through image in pencil: [location & colour notes, gridlines]; verso: [sketch of Dunedin from the South].