Lion

Date: 1914 - 1918

By: Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920

Reference: A-216-005

Description: Shows a draft form of a certificate eventually issued to soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. At the right a soldier signs a book held on the lap of Britannia, while a pride of lions sit at her feet. At the left is a warship, and Maori motifs including carved house posts. At centre left is an inset picture of a lake, waka, whare and mountain. The published form of the certificate is at A-216-006. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink & watercolour, 247 x 300 mm.

Date: ca 1700s

By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Objects-0593

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Statue of a lion, with it's front paw resting on filigree ball. Made in China. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Sculpture, bronze, ca 210 x 170 x 140 mm Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 2024. Previous reference: Curios-029-009. Previous title: Artist unknown :[Chinese lion].

Date: 1983

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-248

Description: The cartoon shows a wounded lion hopping around a rugby field in pain. Behind him is a set of goalposts with a happy Auckland rugby player hiding on one side and a happy All Black and a weary All Black coach hiding on the other side. In the backround a score board reads, Auckland 13 - Lions 12. Refers to Auckland defeating the Lions during the 1983 tour. The Lions also lost to Cantebury and to the All Blacks in all of the four test matches. Extended Title - Watch out! Lions can be very dangerous when they're wounded! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and white ink and letratone on paper, 340 x 335 mm.

Date: 1877

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915; Strutt, Alfred William, 1856-1924

Reference: A-247-027

Description: A poster for an exhibition in London. Shows a roaring lion drawn ca 1880 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, monotone 169 x 127 mm

Date: 1959

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: J-047-001/004

Description: Cartoons on various social and political issues covering topics; safety in school play grounds, the morning after ANZAC Day celebrations, stock diversification among farmers, television attempts to get a closer view of rugby games. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 photocopies Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1924

From: [Various artists] :[Exhibition certificates 1865-1924]

By: Groerman, Eugene, active 1924

Reference: C-098-043

Description: A Belgian civil decoration awarded to J J Kinsey, Hon Consul at Christchurch. Depicts a woman standing in front of a stone wall under construction with a lion seated by her side. Several masons are in the process of building the wall. The woman's hand is resting on a large stone engraved with the words `Constitution Belge', etc. Printed in sepia Other Titles - Civil decoration by royal decree, 8 April 1924, the first class civil medal has been awarded to Mr J. J. Kinsey, honorary consul for Belgium in Christchurch, in recognition of the loyal and devoted service he has rendered in the course of a career lasting more than 25 years. The Minister of Foreign Affairs [translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph with holograph, 745 x 540 mm

Date: 1988 - 1990

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising performances by popular music groups, singers, musicians, and rock bands performing in New Zealand in 1989].

By: Rowberry, Tim, active 1990s

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-Popular-1989-01

Description: Shows the head of a lion at the top. The poster is also held in a version on green paper. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on coloured paper poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on yellow paper, 420 x 300 mm.

Date: 1977

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-135-186

Description: This cartoon features a Lion skulking away, chased by a magpie, after losing its jersey labelled The Big Reputation, when the Lions rugby team was almost beaten by the Hawkes Bay team Label on recto Sporting Lodge 23/5/77 Extended Title - Lions 13, Hawke's Bay 11 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 250 x 390 mm

Date: 1920 - 1940

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: E-755

Description: Includes pencil sketches of cemetery headstones, lions and lion cubs, birds (including quail and crane (?)), camels, longhorn cattle, monkeys, crested bird, pelican, egret or stork, budgerigars. Also includes loose watercolour of Wellington Harbour and loose watercolour of cockatoo and other caged birds. Notes inside front cover refer to expenses for food and travel in Waiotapu, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Rotorua. These appear to be related to the images in sketchbook at E-738. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hardbound sketchbook with marbled cover, with 35 leaves, each 203 x 163 mm.

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-090/112

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the changes within coalition government as a genetic mutation where the Labour Alliance strands are repalaced with the Labour Greens strands. Comment on the plight of the refugee boat people. All Blacks coach John Mitchell calls for more excitement from the All Blacks. Jim Bolger promotes Kiwi Bank to other former world leaders. New Zealand horse Ethereal wins the Melbourne Cup. Helen Clark protects Turiana Turia from opposition accussations of political interference. President Bush attempts to calm and reassure the American people in the face of extreme threats from Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. John Howard wins another term as Australian Prime Minister on the backs of refugee boat people. Jim Anderton and Bill English look for ways to provide gaurded support for New Zealand SAS involvement in Afghanistan. Shows lions in a zoo with a sign 'Big Cat poisoning Times...' The new rule in Kabul Afghanistan, don't dare NOT to show yourself. Shows a man having his beard removed and a women removing her veil. Both regimes the now deposed Taleban instituted. A bin Laden supporter talks about the perfect weapon they have against the American led attack into Afghanistan. However they have some problems with detonating the nuclear bomb. Factions within the Alliance Party turn on each other and vow to fight to the death. Comment on the increase in alcohol consumption due to the lowering of the drinking age, and expectation that the same thing will happen when cannibis is legalised. Shows the maze of buildings that United States Air Force missiles are trying to penetrate in Afghanistan. The chance of striking a target is pretty low. The Prime Minister is swollowed by a giant snake during a visit to the Amazon. A reporter asks her how the Amazon compares with NZ eco-tourism. Jim Anderton pretends to fire a gatling gun every time the Alliance Party President, Matt McCarten appears on television. Helen Clark arrives home to find the house demolished. Refers to Alliance Party infighting. Shows Jim Anderton and Matt McCarten facing off over the breakfast table. A Black Caps cricket player thanks an African rain-man for helping the team by creating rain which washed out the second test. Jim Anderton reassures everyone that the crisis within the Alliance Party is now over and he and Matt McCarten are now pulling in the same direction. The Alliance boat is now however sinking. New Zealanders make love twice a week on average. A woman comments that it is decidedly average. Afghanistan Alliance soldiers run over Taliban prisoners in an armoured tank. They blame the prisioners for being in the way. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: December 1921-ca 1924

From: Derbidge, M (Mrs), fl 1920-1935 :Photographs of the Derbidge and Harding families

Reference: PA1-o-1185

Description: Photographs of the Hall and Harding families in Hawkes Bay and at Ellerslie Race Course, portraits of Miss Macdiarmid, Mr Halliday and the Penneys, a group shot in front of a meeting house in Rotorua, man with barrel in front of cart from Timaru Brewery Co, the entrance to the British and Intercolonial Exhibition at Hokitika, the Public Trust Office building of Christchurch under construction, and the ship TSS Aeneas, taken ca 1924 by Mrs M Derbidge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916 - 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-288-q-014

Description: A sketch of stone carving detail, showing lions, on the palace at Heliopolis known as the Belgian Palace. It was built in 1907 by Baron Edouard Empain, a Belgian engineer and entrepreneur. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, on page, 230 x 140 mm.

Date: 1988

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-733-073/096

Description: Newsclippings of published cartoons on New Zealand and international politics. Quantity: 24 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings, various sizes.

Date: 1976 to 1977

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-q-282

Description: Album of photographs relating to Rhoda McWhannell's family and friends. The bulk of the album consists of her travel to South Africa to stay with her brother Bill McCurdie and his wife Inga at their home in Kloof; visiting Mauritius on the way; and areas they visited in South Africa. The latter part of the album is in two sequences. The first shows Rhoda McWhannell's niece Sally Pat McCurdie and her fiance Keith Orange photographed at `Rozel' in November 1976; then their wedding at Auckland Cathedral on 18th December 1976. The second section is scenes at Rozel in January 1977 with trees and farmland; and a group of women playing croquet on the lawn. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with orange vinyl cover; 33.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1931 - 1936 - 1937

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: E-914-q-003

Description: Includes: two lionesses lying in silhouette; a Tahitian landscape with clouds and rocky outcrop; and two women kneeling beside a pool with baskets. Photographed in E-918-q, 278/210a, 279/172c and 280/118a. Details supplied in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Extended Title - From her [Album of prints. 1929-1938] page [3 Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings, on page, 290 x 360 mm.

Date: 1910 - 1929

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-380-050/053

Description: Includes sketches of lions, camels, penguins, birds; and of hills and rough harbour water. Quantity: 12 drawing(s) on four sheets. Physical Description: Pencil drawings on sheets, sizes varying from 205 x 260 mm, to 260 x 410 mm.

Date: 1877

By: Toxward, Christian Julius, 1831-1891; Swan, Francis Herbert, 1885-1958

Reference: Plans-80-0763

Description: Elevation of the side and front views of the A. M. P. Society building in Wellington, showing elaborate plaster-work, including a balustrade along the roof, a pediment and metopes below that, fluted Corinthian columns between and alongside each window, lions' heads below the central window and above the main door entrance (Hunter Street), a frieze of leaves and flowers along the top of the ground floor, and heavy wooden studded doors. The building is no longer standing. Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, 730 x 1086 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs F H Swan, Wellington, 1958

Date: 1929 - 1937

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: E-914-q-005

Description: Includes: patrons sitting at tables in a cafe; a street scene in Papeete, and the profile of a lioness head. Photographed in E-918-q, 282/197, 283/196b, and 284/113. Details supplied in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Extended Title - From her [Album of prints. 1929-1938] page [5 Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving and linocuts, on page, 290 x 360 mm.

Reference: PAColl-D-0441

Description: Close-up photograph of the stone monument depicting a lioness and her cub It is set on a plinth by a stone wall or building. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title; Recto - centre left - 15 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 635 x 455 mm on card

Date: [Between 1918 and 1971]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

By: Bartlett & Andrew Ltd

Reference: PA1-o-565

Description: Collection of photographs, many of which were taken by Rhoda McWhannell. A number of photographs taken in 1976 were published in the Auckland Herald, one published in the Dominion (Wellington), probably taken by Rhoda McWhannell who had a strong interest in photography for many years. Scenes published in the newspapers include one of a team of six Clydesdale horses pulling a plough; one of black swans with their cygnets at the lake in Hamilton; one of a group of four children on a swing, and a young boy on a single swing; and one photograph entited "Happy days", with a Maori workman lying in in the sun in his wheelbarrow during `smoko' or tea-break, with a thermette, a billy and a mug beside him, reading a paper. Photographs of animals at the zoo, lions with cubs, koala bears and two hippopotamuses. Several images of royalty, with the Queen Mother at Hamilton, on her visit to New Zealand in 1958, and Princess Alexandra, visiting in 1971. Several photographs show brides and wedding parties, ranging from Dorothy Shires and Marjorie Nicolls, both married in 1920, to Joan and John McWhannell, married in 1953. A number of farming images, including those published in the Herald, include one of drovers' dogs "after completing four weeks trek with a large mob of cattle" in the Auckland area, mustering in the Craigieburn Range (Southern Alps), and new-born lambs (one a group of four black lambs, and one a white lamb). Scenes of Napier, particularly the sculpture of Pania of the Reef. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey mock lizard cover, entitled `Photographs'; 22 x 27 cm