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Mr W.B.D. Mantell. An amplification of his well known discovery of Moa remains.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 3; l.c. in pencil: 7; c.l. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr W.B.D. Mantell. An amplification of his well known discovery of Moa remains! T.M.H.
Governor Gore Browne’s first visit to the Settlement of Otago in January 1856.
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…
Refers to Mr W.B. Mantell’s moa bone discoveries.
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Crown dom…tion. Gravel and sand; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Refers to Mr W.B. Mantell’s moa bone discoveries. The gravel and sand bag bespeak him a geologist. T.M.H.; label in ink: Refers to Mr Mantell’s…
Political squib connected with the Provincial Council election of 1853.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 16; through image in pencil: C…lls collection of mechanical figures; label in ink: A political squib connected with the Provincial Council election of 1853. Cap. Cargill the showman.
Captain Cargill, W.H. Cutten, his son-in-law.
Through image in pencil: The Spectator; through image in ink: 1. 2. 3.; margin above image in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: 1. Captain Cargill, 2. W.H. Cutten, his son-in-law.
Auction sale in early days.
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,…
Captain Cargill as a performing monkey.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 11; l.c. in pencil: 11; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: John de la Condamine Carnegie. 2. Captain Cargill. 3. W.B.D. Mantell. 4. Dr Williams. -1853.
Mountain at sunset.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush in blue paint: Woollaston; verso in fibre tipped pen: 64/100 Mountain at sunset. M.T. Woollaston; verso in green fibre tipped pen: 75gns; label: Woo 12; 2nd label: T. Woollaston oil Mountain of [superimposed to read] at…
[Maori wearing a cloak. Copy after G.F. Angas.]
Lower left (l.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Copy Angas Published by McLean 26 Haymarket.
Auckland.
Verso in pencil: Auckland. This is the third attempt I have made at this view from the Domain, a very pretty kind of rough botanical garden of some extent. The large building, the House of Assembly. The Man of War lay in the stream, but the Pier and…
This is meant for Auckland Harbour.
Margin below image l.- r. in pencil: This is meant for Auckland harbour 14 July 64 - the Alexandra, the Cathedral, F.t Britomart, the Maoris and English ships; verso in pencil: 33
Portrait of a Captain of Infantry on the march. New Zealand.
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
From the Club window at Wellington.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: From the Club window at Wellington 13 August 1865 EW [monogram]; verso in pencil: [unfinished sketch of ship]
Clouds, hill and Claudia.
Upper left (u.l.) with brush in capitals: Clouds, Hills & Claudia, u.r. in capitals: R. White ’72
An incident during a Hau-hau raid on a settler’s farm.
On label verso mount: An incident during a Hauhau raid on a settler’s farm. Painted by Major von Tempsky. Presented by Mrs N Kettle (née von Tempsky)
Dart Valley.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1883; verso: Dart Valley 1883
Fern tree, Wakari, Dunedin.
On mount in pencil: Fern tree, Waikari, Dunedin. J.T.T. 1865
Making a new acquaintance, Higlay Hill, Otago, 13 Nov 1857.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1877; on mount in pencil: Making a new acquaintance, Higlay Hill, Otago. 13 Nov 1857
Tripped in an earth crack, Waikari [Wakari].
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1877; on mount in pencil: Tripped in an earth crack, Waikari. July
Portrait of Sarah Jones, wife of John Jones.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: J Tensfeld 1868[?3]; verso mount: I-8753; label: Reed & Co, 49 Collins St., East Melbourne
Surf Bathing Pavillion.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: JMP 81
Lawyer’s Head from above St Clair.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: E Anscombe July 1891; verso: artist’s name & title on torn label
Swampy flat land, South Dunedin. 1869 South Dunedin.
Lower right (l.r.) in brown ink: T.L. Stanley 1869; u.r. in ink: T.M. Hocken; on mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The former swampy flat now covered by Caversham, South Dunedin, S.t Kilda, & S.t Clair. The gable of the Benevolent Institution well…