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Pukerimu, Landing place.
On original sketchbook mount: Pukerimu, Landing Place April 1864; verso in ink: Looking down the Waikato from the landing place, commissariat stores - the steamer coming up with flats in tow…[letter continues]…I read your letters looking on the…
Off by Moonlight, the girls we left behind us, of course.
Upper left (u.l.) in ink: Off by Moonlight the girls we left behind us of course, no. 3; u.l. in pencil: 20 April 1864; verso: 83
Interior of our headquarters shanty at Te Awamutu.
Upper left (u.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in ink: March 19th 1864, My dear little Janet, I wish you many happy returns of the day and hope you will be a good little girl and sometimes think of your Papa, who often wishes to see you all again - as I am…
A New Zealand boat by Tooi.
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.
[Maori canoes and moko] by T. Tooi. August 20 1840.
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…
Fair Zealandia’s vampire foes.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Fair Zealandiaís Vampire Foes. Sir R. Stout, salary - £1,750, travelling expenses £455, Attendants £203.s11.d6. Total 2,409.2. Colonial Treasure, salary & travelling expenses, attendants, total 1,498.1.2. Native…
City of Wellington, New Zealand.
Margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: City of Wellington, New Zealand. W. Richardson lith from a sketch by L. Nattrass. Published for the proprietor at Huggins' Marine Mart 105 Leadenhall St London. Printed by Dean and Munday Threadneedle St…
Captain Bellairs’ house at corner of Frederick & Leith Streets.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: 13; on original mount in ink: Reproduced from a sketch painted in 1853-54 by Capt.n the Hon.ble E.H.W. Bellairs by T.W. Eyton; on original mount (in Dr Hocken’s hand: Cap. Bellair’s house at corner of Frederick &…
[View of Auckland.]
Through image in ink in unknown hand: Seccomb’s Brewery, Outhwaite’s Carleton Gore, Bishopscourt, St Marys, Capt Cook Htl, Dr Kinder, Motu Tapu, Ch. of England Grammar School, Okahu P.t, Waihiki, Motu Ihi; u.l. in pencil in unknown hand: Royal…
Engagement at Okutuku.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Engagement at Okutuku; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Sketch of the second attack on Otukutu, 7th Nov. 1868, drawn by a soldier who was present. The fight, which took place about 8 miles east of Patea, is sometimes…
Captain Billy Williams.
Margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Captain Billy Williams, an old whaler of Preservation Inlet in 1827. Died in Dunedin leaving a son, Peter W. & daughter married to W.H.S. Roberts of Oamaru; verso in ink [section of book-keeping book].
A New Zealand boat by Thomas Tooi.
All inscriptions in Dr Hocken's Hand Through image recto in ink: Drawn by Thomas Tooi & given to George S. Bull and by him to Wm Greenwood; through image recto in pencil: A New Zealand boat by Tooi; around edges of image recto vertically in ink: 12…
Otago University [opened 1879].
We can assume that this work, by being one of two elevations of the west wall of the clocktower building, was effectively commissioned by the University in 1877 when they asked Bury, the winner of the competition for a new university building, to…
Chinese stonecutters. Plate II.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese stonecutters; through image in ink: Chinese stonecutters Kay Tribe. Plate II 2. 1 2 Chinese stone breakers. Kay Tribe 3 4 5 Tool menders of Kay Tribe 6 7 8 Tool menders of the Aya Tribe 9
Chinese stonecutters. Plate I.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese stonecutters; through image in ink: Chinese stonecutters Kay Tribe. Plate I. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chinese workmen.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese workmen; through image in ink: Carpenters, beating our a piece of iron, carving a small piece of wood, Chinese coolies
Chinese artificers.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese artificers; through image in ink: planing, chipping, chipping, sawing, sawing, driving home a nail, boring a hole, marking a straight line, sawing a small piece of wood, sawing a large block of…
Bamborough Castle, Northumberland.
Sketch made 12/7/38 age 17 in Batavia Roads of Bamborough Castle.
The beggar boy.
On backing verso in ink: Belonging to and drawn by John Turnbull Thomson Glororum 1836. (aged 14)
The smoker.
On backing verso in ink: Belonging to and drawn by John Turnbull Thomson Glororum 1836. (aged 14)
Game of chess, Ralph Hotere.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: JP 70 [circled] ; verso in pencil: XVI (VI) 14 x 10