Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: G.O’Brien 1865; l.c. in pencil: Dunedin Harbour from the Caversham Rise; l.r. in ink: T.M. Hocken; through image in pencil: [location & colour notes, gridlines]; verso: [sketch of Dunedin from the South].
Verso c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: An unfinished copy from no 1. Done by Robert Fulton in 1849 & given to me by his brother James Fulton in 1894. Dunedin looking down the line of Stafford St. Very similar to Kettle’s View of Dunedin & Upper…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon Jan 1968; u.c. in pencil: Easter landscape with the three falls & an epilogue; inscribed through image: [colour notes]
Margin below image in iron gall ink: The first glimpse of the Waikato and Queen’s Redoubt lies at the foot of the hills. I do not think a finer view can be seen … [page of Diary]; margin left of image in iron gall ink: [page of Diary]; chop…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: G. O’Brien 1865; l.l. in pencil: Flagstaff from Clifford’s house. Acclimatisation grounds. (Present Botanical gardens); through image in pencil: [gridlines].
Margin above image in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Auction sale in early days. For a dozen of champagne Mr W.H. Reynolds carries down from the Half Way Bush a bath for Dr Manning who, with his wife, walks before him. 1. Dr Manning; 2. Mr Reynolds,…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: G. O’Brien 1865. From the Main North Road between the X and XI milestones looking north; through image in pencil: [gridlines].
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.Brown; through image with brush: Welcome Gore Browne; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: Governor Gore Browneís first visit to the Settlement of Otago in January 1856. William Simpson the shoemaker assures his…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Hill side. Capt. Cargill’s. Superintendent Otago; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was a frequent…
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: How Otago is being settled; through image in pencil: Ye diggers cutting away, Ye bullocks charging them, Ye squatters flourishing stock whip; margin left in pencil: 12; margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: A…
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 14; through image in pencil: 20s per Bushel; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: In time of some scarcity of food the Rev. Thomas Burns was applied to to sell flour from his farm at Grant’s Braes. (now) He refers…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: interior of our mess Whare Te Awamutu. N. Z. 19 March 1864; on boxes below figures in pencil: Medical Comforts No 1, carcase 4 2/5 How.z Amm.n, 750 Enf.d Rifle; in pencil: Dr. Temple, Lt. Col. Williams, Lt. Col. Barstow,…