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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn reinvented himself. He was known as Patrick in his native Ireland, Lafcadio in America, and Yakumo Koizumi in Japan. He wrote 11 substantial books about his adopted country. On arrival he was given useful advice: 'Do not fail…

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Sheet music of 'God defend New Zealand : dedicated by permission to His Excellency the most honorable the Marquis Governor of Normanby, New Zealand'

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Lower left (l.l.) in ink: W. Deverell Jany 1880; margin below image in pencil: Gog & Magog Stewart Island.

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Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1853; on mount in ink: Gold workers, Ceylon. 1853

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A caricature depicting a Medical Professor, William Percy Gowland with a Science professor, J. K. H. Inglis, playing golf with two Humanities Professors, Thomas Dagger Adams and H. Ramsay. The caricature is entitled "Keep Your Eye On The Ball". The…

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Sheet music of Louis A. Benzoni's 'Good old New Zealand'

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Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Hospital; on sketchbook mount: Government Hospital, Auckland. 1849; 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…

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On mount in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Government House, Auckland, NW view T.M. Hocken; margin above image in ink: No III; on mount in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: These four most interesting sketches are copied from Mrs Hobsonís Album. The originals…

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On mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: IV Government House, Auckland, showing the north head of Waitemata Harbour. Back view of Government house. The North Shore & Rangitoto are in the distance. Mr William Mason, afterwards the first Mayor of…

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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…

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