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View in the Eastern side of the Imperial Park at Gehol.
"The Emperor having been informed that, in the course of our travels in China we had shown a strong desire of seeing every thing curious and interesting, was pleased to give directions to the first minister to shew us his park or garden at Gehol. It…
Playing at Shuttlecock with the feet.
"Near to the afflux of the Tchang-ho with the Cha-ho, river of floodgates, or imperial canal, is a splendid octagonal pagoda : it consists of nine stories, adorned with projecting eves, and it tapers with a remarkably gradual and graceful…
Iohann Reinhold Forster.
On label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Johann Reinhold Forster, L.L.D, F.R.S., F.A.S. 1729-1798. Johann Georg Adam Forster, M.D., 1754-1794. Father & son. Accompanied Cook on his second voyage. Conjointly wrote Observations &c on the voyage & its…
A Savage of New Zealand.
Margin below image in ink: 1800.
Sir Piercy Brett K.t.
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Sir Piercy Brett, 1709-81. Admiral, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. Cook named after him Cape Brett and Piercy Island or rock at the entrance to the Bay of Islands. T.M. Hocken.
Dr Hawkesworth.
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dr John Hawkesworth, L.L.D. 1715-1773, Edited Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere including Captain Cook’s First Voyage. T.M. Hocken; label: Na te Hakena Tenei Tiki.
Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: T.M. Hocken.
The Right Honourable Edward, Lord Hawke.
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Admiral Lord Edward Hawke, 1705-1781. First Lord of the Admiralty, after whom Capt Cook named Hawke’s Bay. T.M. Hocken.
John, Earl of Sandwich.
Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: John Montagu fourth Earl of Sandwich, 1718-92, First Lord of the Admiralty, after whom Cook called the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Island. T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki.