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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.
Clipper ship “Ida Ziegler” 900 tons, Mess.rs Wattenbach, Heilgers & Co., Owners, London.
Lower right (l.r.) on stone: T.G.D.
Garden of the temple at lewchew.
"About this period a mutual friendship began to exist between us; confidence took place of timidity; and now, instead of permitting only a few to visit the shore at a time, they fitted up the garden of a temple as a sort of general arsenal for us;…
[Edmund Halswell, M.A., F.R.S. N.Z. Company’s Lands Commissioner.]
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Edmund Storr Halswell, B.A. of Cambridge, a barrister & elected F.R.S. in April 1834 was appointed by the NZ Company in 1840 Commissioner for the Management of Lands reserved…
Momotaro.
Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…
Tongue cut sparrow.
Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…
The Matsuyama Mirror.
Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…
The serpent with eight heads.
Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…
View of Wilson’s house Remuera, taken from the lawn tennis paddock.
Verso in ink over pencil: View of Wilsons house Remuera, taken from the lawn tennis paddock. M.E April unfinished; recto mount in pencil: View of Wilson’s house. Remuera; verso mount in pencil: [title] M. E(lwe?) April unfinished
Rata (leaf fine) - nikau palm at Foot
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: fine leaves rata; verso in pencil: Rata (leaf fine) - nikau palm at foot; verso mount: [title]
Kawatau River at the junction of the Rangitikei River.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Kawatau river at the junction of the Rangitikei river
St Leonards off Wellington Heads.
Lower left (l.l.) in opaque white: W. Forster 1879; on mount below image in ink: The St. Leonards off Wellington Heads.
Ladybird. 1878.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: W. Forster 1878; on mount in ink: Ladybird
The S.S. Wakatu of Nelson. 1880.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush in opaque white: W. Forster 1880; on mount in ink: The S.S. Wakatu of Nelson; verso: Mr Warrell [framing instructions]; typed label detached from mount: W. Forster SS Wakatu 1880. Built at Nelson in 1879, she went aground…
Dunedin.
Lower left (l.l.) & l.r. in pencil: Dunedin; on mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dunedin, Otago. Jan. 1849. (By Mr (Sir William) Fox. [numerals & key] 1. Mr Charles Kettle’s house (Chief Surveyor) 2. N.Z. Co’s Survey Office about Bond St &…
Rakawakaputa, P. Cooper Plains.
Lower left (l.l.) in blue ink: Rakawakaputa, P. Cooper Plains W. Fox Dec.r 1848; on sketchbook mount: Native wata or storehouse at Wataputa Canterbury Jan. 1851; label: Sir Wm Fox; verso mount: 10; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland…
New Plymouth in 1849.
Verso in pencil: New Plymouth 1849. 3 44 [(a)] 3 [(b), framing instructions (d)]; labels in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: New Plymouth in 1849. Sir Wm Fox. Marsland Hill, on top of which were the ruins of a strong Maori Pah called Pukaka. In 1855 in…
Melville Cove, Gore Bay, Cooks Straits.
Verso l.l. in ink: Melville Cove, Gore Bay, Cooks Straits; on sketchbook mount: Melville Cove. S. side of Cooks Straits. 1845 ; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I…
View of Blind Bay from W. Fox’s house.
Verso in ink: View of Blind Bay from W. Fox’s house; on mount in ink: Blind Bay, Nelson. View from W. Fox’s house. 1847; watermark: James Whatman Turkey Mill Kent 1840; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox.…
Mr Bounce in a dog skin cloak. Massacre Bay.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Mr Bounce in a dog skin cloak. W.F. Massacre Bay 1847; on sketchbook mount: Native haranguing. Massacre Bay. 1847; in pencil: Now Golden Bay; verso u.r.: 49 56 [pencil sketch]; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas…