Sailors - England

Date: 1915 - 1935

By: Witherby & Company; Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society

Reference: Eph-D-BRITISH-012

Description: Poster shows a lithographic illustration of a steamship being tossed on the waves. It has two red funnels, one of which features the letter "M". It flies the Red Ensign. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 763 x 510 mm.

Date: 1817

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Dodd, D P, active 1784-1785

Reference: A-451-016

Description: A version of the drawing by Dodd, but the image is reversed. Shows a scene in which Captain Cook has already been killed, and is being dragged away from the water's edge by two Hawaiian men, in a face-down position. He appears to be dressed entirely in white. A number of Hawaiians seem to be fighting over the dagger with which he has been stabbed. Cook's men, on board a rowboat just offshore, are helping others who have fled the scene into the boat. The Discovery, or possibly the Resolution, can be seen in the distance Possibly derived from Webber's drawing of 'The death of Captain Cook', engraved by Bartozolli and Byrne (ref C-36-010), with considerable alterations Other Titles - Captain Cook Extended Title - In: Manners & customs of nations (Philadelphia, 1817) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copper engraving, 72 x 126 mm, on sheet 103 x 173 mm Provenance: Purchase: Antipodean Books, Maps and Prints, New York, February 2012

Date: 1785

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Dodd, D P, active 1784-1785; Birrell, O, active 1786-1800

Reference: A-451-007

Description: Shows a scene in which Captain Cook has already been killed, and is being dragged away from the water's edge by two Hawaiian men, in a face-down position. He appears to be dressed entirely in white. A number of Hawaiians seem to be fighting over the dagger with which he has been stabbed. Cook's men, on board a rowboat just offshore, are helping others who have fled the scene into the boat Referred to in: M K Beddie (ed) 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator' (Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970; 2nd ed), no. 2586 Birrell's engraving is a copy of Dodd's drawing, first engaved by Thomas Cook and published in 1784, entitled 'The death of Captain James Cook, F.R.S. at Owhyhee in DMCCLXXIX' / drawn by D.P. Dodd & others who where [sic] on the spot; engraved by T. Cook Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copper engraving, 104 x 175 mm, including margins, on cropped page of laid paper Provenance: Purchase: Antipodean Books, Maps and Prints, New York, February 2012

Date: 1779 - 1640 - 1657

By: Samuel, Richard, active 1770-1786; Cable, Matthew R (Dr), active 1961

Reference: A-097-022

Description: Shows Admiral Blake reproaching a kneeling monk who has chastised an Englishman collapsed on the deck at the right. The scene is on a ship. Has been taken from a book; see top right "Vol II, pa. 175". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 170 x 100 mm Provenance: Donated by Dr Matthew Cable in 1961.

Date: [ca 1860-1960]

By: Marx, Andrew, active 2011

Reference: PA-Group-00702

Description: Collection comprises: Photograph album of scenic photographs of New Zealand, many taken by the Tourist Department Photographs of Githa Enid Fergusson (nee Williams), her grandparents, parents, daughters, and husband, Admiral Sir James Andrew Fergusson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr Andrew Marx, England, 2011 Transfers: Collection as a whole was received by Photographic Archive; material was transferred to other sections from there - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketch book belonging to Maud Burge. Pastel portrait of Thomas C Williams. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Account of the Fergusson children's voyage from New Zealand to England in 1874-75. Letters from Githa Fergusson to family members. Two photocopies relating to the Fergusson family..

Date: 1630 - 1640

By: Briggs, Henry Perronet, 1793-1844; Cable, Matthew R (Dr), active 1961

Reference: A-097-023

Description: A full-length portrait of Admiral Robert Blake standing on the deck of a ship beside a cannon. A photograph of an oil painting, the original held in the Painted Hall, Greenwich Inscriptions: Verso - From original in Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen photo print of painting, 172 x 103 mm. Provenance: Photograph donated by Dr Matthew Cable in 1961. The donor may have been the source of the erroneous opinion that the portrait could be the work of Van Dyke

Date: 1914-1915

From: Gale, Len 1926- :Photographs

By: Gale, Thomas, 1892-1948

Reference: PAColl-9953

Description: Photographs of the Royal Naval Reserve crew on board the British mine sweeper 'HMT Columbia' (a hired trawler) during World War I, taken by deck hand Thomas Gale between 1914-1915. Each photograph is captioned. Images show day to day life on deck including a sailor looking at the damage to the ship after being in action at Zeebrugge, Germany; men demonstrating how they fire at mines with rifles; a group learning wire splicing; enjoying apples from Canada; and the ships mascot, a dog 'Prince' - who was not on the final voyage. Three men are identified: Signal boy Robert (Bob) Clive and the Telegraphists George Clarkson and William Silvester. The prints are cut from an album compiled by Thomas Gale. Relationship complexity - All of these photographs, and a two more, are published, with other information, in Len Gale's book Mine sweeping 1914-1918 : a survivors tale/ (Auckland [N.Z. : Len Gale], 2011). It includes a list of the crew members (also available at http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1915-05May.htm accessed 14 Dec 2011) who died on the 'Columbia' which may enable further identification of the men in the photographs. The 'HMT Columbia' was struck and sunk by a German torpedo boat in the North Sea near Oostende, Belgium, on 1 May 1915. Thomas Gale was the only survivor. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on eight pieces of paper. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints mounted on black paper cut from an album Transfers: From Book Collections - Gale, Len: Minesweeping 1914-1918 : a survivors tale (Auckland [N.Z. : Len Gale], 2011).

Date: [17 July 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/321/22-G

Description: The lounge of a new club for British sailors. Photograph taken circa 17 July 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: [17 July 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/321/23-G

Description: The sports room and bar of a new club for British sailors. Photograph taken circa 17 July 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: [Aug 1940?]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-00586-F

Description: Group of Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve ratings photographed in England. Taken possibly August 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Jun or Jul 1941

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-01286-F

Description: BBC news commentator Robert Dougall enables New Zealand officers, ratings, and members of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service on board the HMS Victory to broadcast messages to friends and relatives back home. Photographed during Peter Fraser's visit to England in June/July 1941. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1910 - 1920

From: Various artists :[Postcards and greeting cards collected by McCarthy. 1880s-1940s?]

By: McCarthy, active 1900s

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-McCarthy-001

Description: British produced postcard. Shows a head and shoulders portrait of a sailor, inside a lifebuoy, as an inset at the top. Below is a steamship, and there is an inset verse at the bottom: "Thinking of you" : "Let storm and peril threaten / Let wind or battle roar / Our hearts will turn to that glad day / When we shall meet once more". Exhibited in 'Posted love; love letters from the Turnbull Library and beyond', at the National Library Gallery, 9 April - 4 July 1999. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 140 x 89 mm. Provenance: Part of the McCarthy Collection of greeting cards.

Date: [Aug 1940?]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-00585-F

Description: NZ High Commissioner William Joseph Jordan with officers in front of assembled Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve ratings in England. Taken possibly August 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1941]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-01283-F

Description: New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser visiting Scheme B naval officer ratings and cadets training on a ship on the south coast of England. Shown with Bob Dougall of the BBC (adjusting microphone) and Captain Pelly (speaking into microphone for BBC NZ programme). Mr Jordan, High Commissioner for NZ on left. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosive film negative

Date: [ca 1901]

Reference: 1/2-032270-F

Description: Officers of the 'Discovery' on the 1901-1904 British Antarctic Expedition. From left: Edward Adrian Wilson, Ernest Henry Shackleton, Albert Armitage, Michael Barne, Mr Koettlitz, Reginald Skelton, Robert Falcon Scott, Charles Royds, Louis Bernacchi, Hartley Travers Ferrar, T V Hodgson. Taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1901. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1785

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Dodd, D P, active 1784-1785

Reference: A-451-015

Description: Shows a scene in which Captain Cook has already been killed, and is being dragged away from the water's edge by two Hawaiian men, in a face-down position. He appears to be dressed entirely in white. A number of Hawaiians seem to be fighting over the dagger with which he has been stabbed. Cook's men, on board a rowboat just offshore, are helping others who have fled the scene into the boat Possibly derived from Webber's drawing of 'The death of Captain Cook', engraved by Bartozolli and Byrne (ref C-36-010), with considerable alterations Other Titles - Captain Cook Extended Title - From: Manners & customs of nations, p.498, pl.53 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copper engraving, 75 x 130 mm, on sheet 96 x 168 mm

Date: 1820

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-451-014

Description: A view of Captain Cook at the water's edge at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, based on a detail from the Webber painting of ca 1781. Cook would seem to be gesturing to his men to hold their fire, while a Hawaiian man raises a spike in readiness to stab Cook in the back Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, 100 x 178 mm on sheet 114 x 182 mm

Date: 1781

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cumberlege, Stephen Austen, 1747?-1828

Reference: A-451-004

Description: A view of Captain Cook at the water's edge at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. He and his men are mid-skirmish with a group of Hawaiian natives, and one directly behind Cook lifts a dagger to plunge into his back; the oblivious Cook gestures to his men in a rowboat at the left of the scene not to fire their weapons Referred to in: M K Beddie (ed) 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator' (Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970; 2nd ed), no. 2650 Possibly derived from Webber's drawing of 'The death of Captain Cook', engraved by Bartozolli and Byrne (ref C-36-010), with considerable alterations Other Titles - Captain Cook Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Copper engraving, hand-coloured, 180 x 210 mm (plate mark), on laid paper 208 x 265 mm

Date: 1781

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Cundee, James, active 1800-1850

Reference: A-451-008

Description: A view of Captain Cook at the water's edge at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, probably based on Cleveley's 1788 work 'View of Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands in the South Seas'. Shows Cook as a peace-maker, while fighting goes on around him, and he is oblivious to two men behind him, one wielding a club and the other a dagger. The Resolution and Discovery can be seen in the background. The clothing worn by the Hawaiians is decorative and detailed Referred to in: M K Beddie (ed) 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator' (Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970; 2nd ed), no. 2644 Extended Title - From: Andrew Kippis, The life of Captain James Cook (Basil, 1788), opp. p. 515 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copper engraving, 138 x 200 mm on sheet 183 x 215 mm Provenance: Purchase: Antipodean Books, Maps and Prints, New York, February 2012

Date: 1784

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Robinson, G, active 1784

Reference: A-451-005

Description: A three-quarter, head-and-shoulders portrait of Captain Cook, in an oval frame, probably based on the Hodges portrait of 1775-1776, though the image is reversed. The portrait is draped in fabric and sits on top of a vignette of the death of Cook. The eye-piece end of a telescope can also be seen Referred to in: M K Beddie (ed) 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator' (Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970; 2nd ed), no. 3553 Other Titles - Captain Cook Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Unrecorded [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copper engraving, 165 x 95 mm on sheet 178 x 112 mm