Sedan chairs
Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :The Indians of Fiji will be treated like anybody else under the ...
Date: 1987
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn in 1987, mainly for the New Zealand Listener].
Reference: C-133-170
Description: A two-panelled cartoon shows Fijian coup leader Major Sitiveni Rabuka, seated on a chair with his golf clubs, his chair is carried about the golf course by four Indian bearers. This cartoon was published in the New Zealand Listener on 24 October 1987, page 15. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 340 x 515 mm, on sheet 435 x 640 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.
[Ashworth, D J] :[A monk and a Roman Catholic priest, Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-034
Description: On the left, a Capuchin(?) monk in hooded cassock, a rope around his waist, his head shaven in a tonsure. He has his back to the figure on the right, a Roman Catholic priest in cassock and cotta (short surplice), a rosary around his neck and a biretta on his head. A faint pencil drawing in the background is of two men carrying a type of sedan chair. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on paper, 186 x 144 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966
[Ashworth, D J] :Un grand Monsieur en route [Mauritius, 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s
Reference: A-209-032
Description: A white man in a top hat, seated in a sedan chair carried by two black slaves. Behind him follow four other black slaves, carrying his baggage, fruit and slaughtered small birds on their heads and shoulders. The woman carrying the fruit basket also has a baby in a sling on her back. Other Titles - A fine gentleman on the move [translation] Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink on paper, 81 x 242 mm (irregular)
Agnes Moncrieff and companions travelling down T'ai Shan
Date: [193-?]
From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family
Reference: PA1-o-1191-12
Description: Agnes Moncrieff and companions being carried down Mount Taishan, Shandong Province, China, in sedan chairs, by Chinese men. From front to back: Ruth Kwok, Cornelia Eckert, Agnes Moncrieff, Ruth Hill. Photograph taken ca 1930s by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Starting down T'ai Shan. From front to back; Ruth Kwok, Cornelia, yours truly, Ruth Hill Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 14 cm