Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Date: 1906

By: New Zealand observer and free lance (Newspaper); Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: J-056-004

Description: The Govenor General Lord Plunket hands over the office of NZ Premiership to the Hon. W. Hall-Jones. Joseph Ward is shown running to catch a train for home. Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Other Titles - Premiership N.Z. Extended Title - Lord Plunket : 'Take them. They belong to you now.' Hon. W. Hall-Jones : 'Only till Joe comes. I'll hold them for him.' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy.

Date: 1906

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: B-040-014

Description: Shows R J Seddon telling John Stevens, M H R for Manawatu, that he will wait for "ripe plum" of proposed Manawatu railway to fall into his basket (labelled "Railways Construction and Land Act") Published in: N.Z freelance, 24 March 1906 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, b&w 280 x 430 mm

Date: 1905

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-121-006

Description: Shows a man in a broad-brimmed hat, resembling an Italian street actor, carrying a large puppy. The puppy has the face of New Zealand Premier, Richard Seddon 'King Dick' was the popular name for Premier R J Seddon. Seddon visited Johannesburg in 1902 and was strongly involved in sending New Zealand troops to the South African War before that Inscriptions: Inscribed in pencil: From a photo.; On mount: Presented by D G Bates Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 211 x 125 mm on sheet 283 x 227 mm

Date: 1912

From: Various artists :[Clippings of political cartoons featuring Sir Thomas McKenzie, from the Canterbury Times, Observer, NZ Times, Spectator, and NZ Free Lance. ca 1910-1912].

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: J-054-010

Description: New Zealand prime minister Thomas Mckenzie reviews a motley parade of his new cabinet. Other Titles - The Hon. Tammas parades his "Cabinet of all the Impossibilities" Extended Title - Hon. Tammas - Aye, mon, an the a fine lot as ye can see for yersel! :Young New Zealand (aghast) - A fine lot they are? Of mixed opinions; a regular Scotch mixture in fact. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size phtocopy of newspaper clipping. Image size 153 x 255 mm

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: A-121-001

Description: Cartoon. Title from back Inscriptions: J C B Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink 264 x 134 mm

Date: 1899 - 1977

By: Nolan, Melanie, active 1980-2011; Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-711-001/036

Description: 36 copies of cartoons by various cartoonists, reproduced in "Breadwinning. Nerw Zealand Women and the State", Melanie Nolan, Canterbury University Press, 2000. Quantity: 36 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies.

Date: 1904

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

By: New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: A-313-4-016

Description: Prime Minister Richard Seddon as a policeman is attacking a Chinese man running an opium and gambling den while in the background men flock to the totalisator to place their bets. Extended Title - "John Chinaman - 'Wha' for?' It might be desirable to do away with Chinese gambling dens, but this Bill would give the police a power which no other police possess. The more they tried by tinpot and tyrannous legislation to suppress gambling, the more gambling would increase. - Mr Lawry." Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from newspaper (engraving)

Date: 1912-1914

From: Massey, William Ferguson, 1856-1925 : Papers

By: Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; Osborn, Stanley, active 1912; Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: MSY-0880

Description: Includes cartoons by J H Gilmour, W Macbeth, Stanley Osborn, E F Hiscocks, William Blomfield (BLO) and J C Blomfield, and others Relationship complexity - Loose papers removed to fMS-Papers-7696 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1909 - 1915

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; Hope, Will, active 1910-1920s; Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963; Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920; Mann, H, active 1910; Osborn, Stanley, active 1912

Reference: J-054-001/147

Description: 105 photocopies made from a scrapbook album lent for photocopying. Source newspapers include: New Zealand Observer, Spectator, New Zealand Times, Canterbury Times, Dominion, New Zealand Free Lance, Auckland Weekly News, New Zealand Town and Country Life. Cartoonists include: David Low, H Mann, E F Hiscocks, Trevor Lloyd, J C Blomfield, William Blomfield ("Blo"), W Macbeth, Stanley ("Tani") Osborn, Will H [Hope], Gilmour. Quantity: 105 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopies on sheets 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1986

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising New Zealand two-dimensional art exhibitions or works by New Zealand artists in two dimensions, and graphic artists. 1986].

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: Eph-D-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1986-02

Description: Shows a reproduction of Trace Hodgson's cartoon of David Lange metamorphosing into Roger Douglas the werewolf. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 460 x 483 mm.

Date: 1905 - 1910

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Burson, Ethel Mills, active 2001

Reference: A-121-007

Description: Shows a full-length profile caricature of a man standing casually with his hands in his pockets. This may be a caricature of the Wellington politician John Guthrie Wood Aitken, who never married. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J C Blomfield Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 164 x 120 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Ethel Burson in 2001. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-352.

Date: [ca 1903-1908]

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: PAColl-6583

Description: Two cartoons signed JCB, subjects unknown. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028833 to 028834 Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1912

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Pomare, Louise, active 1971-2016

Reference: B-055-018

Description: Shows Premier William Massey, newly appointed in 1912, driving a covered wagon labelled "The Dominion's affairs; the Chariot", pulled by his team of cabinet ministers including Pomare, Herries, Bell, Fisher, while the figure of "N.Z." sits on a rock watching in the left foreground. Other Titles - The Dominion's affairs Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Faded title]; Verso - centre - [Title] Probably dated 1912, when Massey assumed office as Premier. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 252 x 386 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mrs Louise Pomare in 1998.

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: A-091-041

Description: An unidentified man Suggested identifications written on work are: "Eric Ramsden? / Cartoonist Blomfield? Late 1920s early 1930s/before 1935" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 186 x 103 mm

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: A-121-003

Description: Caricature of Mr McEwan, Director, New Zealand Insurance Title from back Other Titles - McEwen Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - artist's initials, J C B. Title inscribed in ink on verso Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink 261 x 160 mm (cartoon)

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; New Zealand observer (Newspaper); Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: A-344-177/185

Description: Includes: J C Blomfield. Hon George Fowlds and the Mount Albert picnic party at Milford Sound. Observer 9.2.1907. (Fowlds and others aboard the "Hinemoa" at Milford Sound) David Low. "A Fowl joke" Spectator. 17.9.1908 (Fowlds as a rooster on top of a box labelled YMCA) Cover from "The Fowlds papers; a calendar of letters relating to politics, by Frank Rogers". With J C Blomfield cartoon - The Grey Lynn Election "Kiss Georgie". Observer 18.8.1906. David Low. "A ministry in kilts" (MPs in kilts). Spectator 14.1.1909. J C Blomfield. "The gathering of the clans - Sir Joseph Ward's new ministry - England nowhere. Observer 16.1.1909 (Shows MPs in kilts and Maori dress) J C Blomfield. "Professor" The Hon George Fowlds. Students celebrate but he caps the lot. Observer 25.5.1926. (Fowlds in academic dress) Cartoon showing the Auckland University and Auckland Society taking away pieces of land cut from the cake by the ministerial knife. (undated) "Moving to the front in file". Cartoon showing equerries in livery. Bob Brockie. "We propose to continue our relations on an equal footing". NAFTA, Robert Muldoon and Malcolm Fraser. (Fraser as a kangaroo with Muldoon inside his pouch) Quantity: 9 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, sizes varying up to 297 x 219 mm.

Date: 1906

By: New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: J-065-037

Description: A crowd of Pakeha New Zealanders stare rudely at an elderly Maori man and his wife and child outside a shop. The cartoonist is seen drawing on the left hand side. The suggestion made by the cartoon is that the Maori race is dying and that those few left are a novelty. This cartoon can be seen in context in Papers Past - New Zealand Free Lance, Volume VII, Issue 337, 15 December 1906, Page 34. (Supplement to the regular issue) Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A5 size bromide photograph

Date: 1907

From: New Zealand free lance, 1901-

By: New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: PUBL-0096-1907-03-30-013

Description: Shows a worker explaining to Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, the reasons he does not find the workers' homes satisfactory. These relate mainly to the distance from place of work and the resultant expense in getting to work. Other Titles - homes Extended Title - In "New Zealand free lance", 30 March 1907, page 13. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of newspaper.. Physical Description: Lithograph, 140 x 115 mm.

Date: 1906

By: New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: J-065-044

Description: New Zealand premier Richard Seddon offers a spade to an old Maori chief who is smoking a pipe and has a bible tucked under his arm. In the background other Maori are playing billiards in the grounds of their marae. Extended Title - King Dick - '"Pray without ceasing" is pretty good advice for a millionaire, but off with your coat and get to work with this spade is my advice to you.' [News item] - The Maoris have been taught how to die and go to Heaven. Better to teach them how to work and live on earth - Mr Seddon at Waimuarama. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 1900 - 1920

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: A-121-004

Description: Shows a full-length caricature portrait of a moustached man in jacket, waistcoat, and pinstriped trousers standing with hands on hips. Two thick volumes of Laws, are on the floor behind him. Inscriptions: J C Blomfield Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 279 x 127 mm