A caricature showing the various obstacles that face medical students during their metaphorical climb up the 'mountain of life'. After encountering exams, financial difficulties and illness, they reach their ultimate goal - a degree as depicted by a…
Through image in ink: Drawn by Thomas Tooi and given to George S. Bull and by him to Wm Greenwood. A New Zealand boat by Tooi; around edges of image vertically in ink: 12 inches. 7 inches.
All inscriptions in Dr Hocken’s hand. through u. image in ink: By T. Tooi; around edges u. image vertically in ink: 6 1/4 inches. 8 inches; through l. image in ink: When Tooi & Teeterree were in England they were very ill and I George Bull, a…
On stone: Supplement to NZ Public … [lacunae] Saturday Nov.r 17th 1883. Nemo Me Impune Lacessit. Flagstaff. Silverpeaks. Mout Stoker. Licence. Cottesbrook. A lion in the path. Law versus lawyers or husbandmen v. warreners. Otago NZ November 8th…
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: John Douglas, 1721-1807, Bishop of Salisbury. A friend of Captain Cook’s who, at the request of Lord Sandwich superintended the publication of Cook’s Second Voyage. T.M. Hocken.
On mount in ink: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Born at Greenock Aug 25 1799, educated at Glasgow University, died at Sydney Aug.t 8 1878. He arrived at Sydney in 1823 introducing the Presbyterian church & school system & in 1832…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: R.S. Kelly; on old mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dunedin 1862, taken from the descent of Graham into McLaggan Street, down which the picture looks. T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: R.S. Kelly; on old mount: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The road above the quarry conceals the present road to Canongate St. Beyond is Victoria PArk, to the right of Serpentine Avenue. The solitary…
Lower left (l.l.) on stone: F. Johns; on mount in ink: North East Valley, from View Street 1862; on mount in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dunedin about December 1861 (Taken from View St); label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: In the foreground & running up to…
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Sir Piercy Brett, 1709-81. Admiral, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. Cook named after him Cape Brett and Piercy Island or rock at the entrance to the Bay of Islands. T.M. Hocken.
(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…
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.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; Dr Hocken’s collector’s chop: Hoc in Loco Deus Rupes; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Lieut. Willoughby Shortland, R.N., Drawn for me by his niece from a portrait. Landed…