Design from Maori carving.

[Design from Maori carving. Frontispiece of Diary] To Thomas Tucker, Esq.re of Delhi House, Charlton, Kent, the following story is dedicated in affectionate remembrance of the many hours spent in his society by his friend and relative W.D. Timefuze. 1864. Williams’ Diary dedicated to Thomas Tucker: frontispiece.

1864

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Margin below image l.c. in iron gall ink: To Tommy Tucker, Esq.re of Delhi House, Charlton, Kent, the following story is dedicated in affectionate remembrance of the many hours spent in his society by his friend and relative W.D. Timefuze; margin below image l.c. in pencil: 1864; margin below image l.r. in pencil: 1; margin left of image in iron gall ink: [page of Diary]; chop (blindprint): Superfine.

52 x 63 mm (irreg)

watercolour & pencil on paper

Given by Dr H.D. Skinner, Dunedin, 1948.

Initially placed in Hocken archives as a manuscript (M.,1 178). Transferred after exhibition, Waikato Museum of Art & History, to pictures 1978.