Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Papa out sketching on the Waikato; above image in ink: The English mail closes tomorrow the 29th. I have been busy all day and having done what was necessary…[letter continues verso]…Yours Affectionately E.A.W.; verso:…
Upper left (u.l.) in ink: 7: verso in ink: descriptions to accompany sketches by the book in case they might publish in Ill-News. 1. the settlement of Wanganui on a navigable river 4 miles up - protected by 3 block houses 2 of which are shewn - 2 and…
Upper right (u.r.) in ink, a.: 7; through image with brush: EW RA; b. l.r. in pencil: Waitotara 14 Feb; u.r.: 78; from sketchbook mount: Camp life on the Waitotara River - my steed; verso: [watercolour 75/171 bi titled:] The Maoris 18 July 64
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Troops crossing Patea River, NZ; through image with brush: W. L.t Com.d.r R.Artillery L. Col Williams Roy. Artill; verso: 61
Lower left (l.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 3. A stroll on the beach - M.t Egmont in the distance - 16 Feb.y 65 Daybreak after marching all Night Wanganui Campaign; on sketchbook mount: this is the only time I myself ever saw troops marching…
Lower left (l.l.) - right (r.) in ink: Portrait of a Captain of Infantry on the march New Zealand 1865. O Tempora O Mores!!!; l.l. - r. in pencil: EW [monogram] Sir R. Douglas B.t Cap.t 57th Reg.t; verso in pencil: 94, 94
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: 2; l.l. - l.r. in ink: One of our Brasier's non fighting days, so we air our kits, and old Timefuze gets his horses shod. Waitotara 14 Feb 65; through image (on tent) in ink: 4 B 7/A; through image (on a box) in opaque…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Manutahi EW [mongram]; verso in ink: The village, Manutahi. M.t Egmont 30 miles distant 89 [pencil sketches]; on original sketchbook mount: M.t Egmont - from Manutahi on the Wanganui coast. Feb.y - 65
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Hd. Qur. Camp. N.Z. 14/4/64; verso [two pencil sketches]; in pencil: The Brute, copy; in ink: 75; [pencil & wash drawing] 75