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The city of Yedo or Edo (now Tokyo) [detail].
Between 1630 and 1830 Japan's borders were virtually closed to western visitors. The only Europeans allowed into Japan were the Dutch. Atlas Japannensis: being remarkable addresses by way of embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces…
Somewhere in France, dear Mother
Sheet music of Jack O'Connor and Arthur LeClerq's 'Somewhere in France, dear Mother." Front cover also reads: "special revue edition"... featured in Fred Coyne's London revue "Something Doing" on the B. J. Fuller circuit. Seller's stamp reads…
Mount Cook from the Hooker Valley near the Hermitage. 1863-88.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush in opaque white: G. O’Brien; verso original mount in pencil: framing instructions
From the Main North Road between the X and XI milestones looking north.
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].
Flagstaff from Clifford’s house. Acclimatisation grounds. (Present Botanical gardens).
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].
Mount Charles, Otago Peninsula, from the Camp.
1. It appears to have been mounted and titled for Mrs Buckland. 2. The site of Larnach Castle was known as the Camp by 1876, but not by 1867. Therefore, the date given on the mount title could either be a typographical mistake or reflect the date it…
Dunedin Harbour from the Caversham Rise.
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].
[Dunedin from the neighbourhood of Larnach’s Castle.]
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: G. O’Brien
The Taieri Plains, 1867. Taken from the the Upper or Halfway Bush Road leading down to the North Taieri.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: G. O'Brien 1867; on mount in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: The Taieri Plains, 1867. Taken from the the Upper or Halfway Bush Road leading down to the North Taieri. Saddle Hill. T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken's hand:…
View of Otago Heads and Port Chalmers from Signal Hill near Dunedin. From a sketch from nature by George O’Brien, Civil Engineer. ca 1866.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: View of Otago Heads and Port Chalmers from Signal Hill near Dunedin from a sketch from nature by George O’Brien, Civil Engineer.
View of Otago Heads, Port Chalmers, Mount Cargill and Blueskin from the Portobello Road - six miles from Dunedin.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: View of Otago Heads, Port Chalmers, Mount Cargill & Blueskin from the Portobello Road - six miles from Dunedin, sketched from nature by George O’Brien, Civil Engineer &c 1866
