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…
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: J. Brown; margin below in pencil: You cannot be admitted, you are only a retailer; through image in pencil: Öe AlbÖ, Pleasure trip for those who are A1 at Greers; u.c. in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Class distinctions…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: JB; through image in pencil: The fate of ingratitude; margin below image in pencil: Wounds may be bound up, and words forgiven, but he who betrays his friends, loses all credit. Feb 23 1861; margin below image in ink in…
Through image in pencil: [painting notes inscribed]; above image in pencil: [illeg inscription crossed out]; verso vertically in pencil: [illeg] from Psalms 1 25.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil vertically: Jan 1 1946; through image in pencil; [grid lines colour notes] concave; verso: [fragmentary sketch] landscape from Port Chalmers white.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: for Rodney Kennedy’s landscape; c.r. in pencil: missing drawing from this sheet with R.N. O’Reilly; inscribed through image in blue & black ink: artist’s notes; verso: fragment of painting.