Violent deaths

Date: 1865

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Levy, Samuel Abraham, active 1840s-1870s

Reference: E-106-f-015-2

Description: Shows a group of Maori attacking Volkner in an area outside his church. Also shows other buildings. An article in the Daily Southern Cross of 4 April 1865, page 4, refers to the display in Auckland of 'three pencilled views of Opotiki - the scene of the recent brutal murder of the Rev Mr C S Volkner ... The sketches have been taken by Mr S A Levy ...' Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, Vol 47, 29 July 1865, page 80, lower half Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 175 x 240 mm

Date: 1779 - 1838

By: Rouargue, Emile, 1795?-1865; Lalaisse, Francois Hippolyte, 1812-1884

Reference: A-327-015

Description: Shows two rowboats of British sailors at the left, firing towards the shore, where Cook is about to be attacked from the rear by Hawaiians wielding clubs and spears. Other Titles - Death of Captain Cook Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage autour du monde. Volume 2, opp title page. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 120 x 180 mm on sheet 162 x 258 mm

Date: 1865

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Levy, Samuel Abraham, active 1840s-1870s

Reference: E-372-f-008-1

Description: Shows a group of Maori attacking Volkner in an area outside his church An article in the Daily Southern Cross of 4 April 1865, page 4, refers to the display in Auckland of 'three pencilled views of Opotiki - the scene of the the recent brutal murder of the Rev Mr C S Volkner ... The sketches have been taken by Mr S A Levy ...' Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, Vol 47, 29 July 1865, page 80, lower half Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 185 x 250 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: 1840 - 1865 - 1908 - 1850

By: McCormick, Arthur David, 1860-1943; Fry, Patricia Susan, 1924-2019

Reference: A-004-037/047

Description: Titles: Heke fells the flagstaff at Kororareka; Farewell to Hawaiki; Victors in the fight; The fight in Massacre Bay; A dreadful recognition; Signing the Treaty of Waitangu; Phillpotts at Oheawai; A boy's heroism: "Awake! Awake!"; Major Witchell's charge at Nukemaru; The frenzy of the Hauhau. The incantation; Butters gives the alarm - Poverty Bay. Title supplied for each image. ATL has Reginald Horsley's "New Zealand. Romance of Empire" at NZ&P 993.1 HOR Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 11 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, coloured, each image 155 x 112 mm, on sheet 203 x 135 mm.

Date: ca 1960s

By: Seymour, John, active 1960s

Reference: PAColl-3753

Description: Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) and. 1 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 19 b&w copy photographic print(s) and. 3 photocopy/ies in one box.

Date: 1977

From: [New Zealand posters concerning abortion, including those produced by pro and anti-abortion groups. 1970s].

Reference: Eph-D-ABORTION-1977-02

Description: A poster urging the legalisation of abortion. Shows a photograph of a woman lying naked on the floor of a toilet. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 610 x 420 mm.

Date: 1847

From: McCormick, Arthur David 1860-1943 :[Illustrations from "New Zealand; romance of empire", by Reginald Horsley...with twelve reproductions in colour from drawings by A.D. McCormick, R.I. London, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1908].

By: McCormick, Arthur David, 1860-1943

Reference: A-004-044

Description: Bugler William Allen sounding his horn to give warning during a night attack at Boulcott's farm, Hutt Valley. Redcoat soldiers lie dead in the foreground and in the left background, and the boy is about to be killed with an axe blow by a Maori man on the left. Extended Title - From Horsely, Reginald. New Zealand. Romance of Empire. London, 1908. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 155 x 112 mm, on sheet 203 x 135 mm.

Date: 1865

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Levy, Samuel Abraham, active 1840s-1870s

Reference: PUBL-0033-1865-47-080-2

Description: Shows a group of Maori attacking Volkner in an area outside his church and other buildings. An article in the Daily Southern Cross of 4 April 1865, page 4 refers to the display in Auckland of 'three pencilled views of Opotiki - the scene of the recent brutal murder of the Rev Mr C S Volkner ... The sketches have been taken by Mr S A Levy ...' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 185 x 250 mm

Date: 1832

From: [Collection of ephemera, handbills, fliers, collected by Kenneth Athol Webster. 1800-1920]

By: Goddard & Brown (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-WEBSTER-Theatre-1832-01

Description: Arrangements of text, with different sizes of lettering. Cast of "Death of Captain Cook" included Mr Crook (as Cook), Mr Barrett, Messrs Johnson, Muir, Wilton, etc, Mr Cullen, Mr Young, Mr Turnbull, Mr Reilly, Mr Andrews, Mr Taylor, Miss Hilliard, Miss Andrews. Performance included an Indian dance by Misses Hilliard and Andrews. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Webster Collection 2960 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 328 x 189 mm.

Date: 1865 - 1866

Reference: A-438-013

Description: Shows a group of Maori attacking Volkner in an area outside his church and other buildings. The Pai Marire flag is flying from a flagpole in the centre. Other Titles - Wild fanatics of New Zealand - sketch sent by Captain W.S. - see page 19 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white engraving on cropped page, 210 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023684

Description: Commentary on automatic weapons, and gun deaths in the United States. Notes from the artist: 'Profiling offenders will not prevent mass killings. Such horrific events only ocur when military-style firearms are available. The death toll from guns of all kinds is tragic'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(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

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022921

Description: Shows a giant film projector screening 'Glorification & Normalisation of Senseless Violence' film while people ask 'why' as they queue for tickets, popcon and guns. On left of frame is a memorial cross and flowers for the Aurora shootings. Context: On July 20 2012, there was a mass shooting at a Century movie theater, Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the film 'The Dark Knight Rises'. A gunman set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. 'The Dark Knight' film is part of the Batman film series. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).