On mount in ink: T.M. Hocken. John Robert Godley was born in 1814 at Killigar, Ireland. Educated at harrow & Christchurch, Oxford. He then travelled extensively & in 1844 published his Letters from America marked by great ability & thought. This work…
Margin below image in ink: Wanganui. N.Z. Oct.r 1847; on mount in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Wanganui 1847 showing stockades and settlers houses some of which were fortified. T.M.H.; label in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: The town of Petre which soon…
Margin below image in ink in Mrs Hocken’s hand: Waikouaiti church, Feb 1/63. From a drawing by L. Bradley; through image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Reproduced with all its faults of drawing & perspective. represents the original Church which…
Margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: View of works at Lyttelton, 1850 Copied & enlarged by Mrs Hocken from Sir W Fox’s sketch 1850. T.M. Hocken.
Margin in ink: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: These six views of the Province of Auckland were drawn by Major Frederick Rice Stack, Major of Brigade & were dedicated to Governor Sir George Grey. They were accompanied by some…
Lower left (l.l.) - l.r. in ink: Back of Cap Cargillís old house in Princes St to which Otago Witness office was removed in 1861 & where first number of Daily Times was printed. Looking across to Waverley, section at back occupied in the sixties by…
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: After G.B. Shaw 1851; on original mount in ink (in Dr Hocken’ hand: View of part of Dunedin from Stafford St with the upper harbour November 1851 by Geo B. Shaw copied from the original in the possession of Gilbert…
Margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Town of Lyttelton March 1851 T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; note by W. Holmes transcribed in ink by Dr Hocken: VII. College Wood. 1600 feet high. Direction of Bridle Road. Lyttelton…
Margin below image in pencil: Geo.B. Shaw; margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand superimposed over pencil: View of Dunedin from Church Hill, looking towards Ocean Beach, November 1851.
Margin below image in ink: Otago Witness Office, 1851, Bond St, being W.H. Cuttenís store on the presnt site of the back portion of MacKerras & Hazlettís Store. Adjoining is part of Mr Parkís (NZ Co Surveyor) house, near Liverpool St. Enlarged by…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: RTR [monogram, first R reversed]; l.r. in pencil: TR Redmayne Aug 1864; margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: View of Dunedin &c. from the Anderson’s Bay Road T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand:…
Margin in ink: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The North Shore is now connected with Auckland by a frequent steam service. Lake Takapuna is one of the most picturesque spots near Auckland. The Maoris had a tradition that it was…
Margin in ink: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mount Eden - Maungawhau - called after Lord Auckland’s family name, is about 700 feet in height & about two miles distant from the city. The crater is about 200 yards in diameter & 60…
Margin in ink: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The Miranda, Cap. R. Jenkins, & the Fawn Cap. R.P. Cator were ordered up from Taranaki by Commodore Seymore after the cessation of hostilities. To the left is the suburb of Parnell with…