Dr Williams, a candidate for senatorial honours, is aided by his friends Mantell, Strode, Carnegie & the Maoris, - and is pelted with rotten eggs by his opponents Cap. Cargill & Cutten. Old Royal Hotel in the distance.

[1853?]

1853

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 7,728

a1401

Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Sub T…asury; u.r. in pencil: Rotten; u.l. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dr Williams, a candidate for senatorial honours, is aided by his friends Mantell, Strode, Carnegie & the Maoris, - and is pelted with rotten eggs by his opponents Cap. Cargill & Cutten. Old Royal Hotel in the distance 1. Carnegie 2. Strode 3. Dr Williams 4. Mantell 5. Cutten 6. Cargill. Election in 1853 T.M.H.; on label in ink: Dr Williams, a candidate for senatorial honours, is aided by his friends Mr Mantell, the Maori voters & others, pelted with rotten eggs by Cap. Cargill & Mr Cutten, his opponents. Royal Hotel in distance

360 x 475 mm (lacunae)

pencil on paper

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.

Found uncatalogued 1948. Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.