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Date: 1883

By: Touch, J Edward, active 1883

Reference: B-058-004

Description: Illuminated address to the Minister for Native Affairs, John Bryce, from the citizens of Waitara. It is surrounded by a decorative border including three small sepia vignettes of Mount Taranaki, Ngauruhoe and the Pink and White Terraces. The text mentions a trip to the interior of the North Island, recently completed by Bryce. According to a note in the Reference Biographies Index under Bryce's name, this address was never presented to Bryce. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and body colour (col.) 19.3 x 14 inches

Date: 1881

By: Pharazyn, Edward, 1835-1890; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-095-038

Description: John Bryce in military uniform, sawing through the leg of a recumbent Maori man. The leg is marked 'flour' and the other leg, marked 'Sugar' has already been removed. A chopping block with axe and chisel are in the foreground, a palm tree to the right. In the background is an exaggerated version of Mount Taranaki, with four military tents in a field and three men ploughing the ground beyond a fence on the right. The cartoon is a reference to the Government's treatment of the Maori passive resisters at Parihaka. Bryce was Minister of Native Affairs and of Defence in 1881 The cartoonist's initials match those of two artists one being Edward Payton; however his monogram was different and the drawing of the figures is quite amateur, so Payton is unlikely to be the artist. The other possibility is Edward Pharazyn. The style of monogram appears to be his, and he commonly signed his work with his initials The stick figures across the fence to the right probably represent the 'ploughmen of Parihaka' who continued to plough their fields in defiance of a Government ban on the activity. The Government also attempted to starve the protesters into giving up their resistance Other Titles - Divers, diverse Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - artist's initials E. P. Jr. [or ft for fecit?] at the foot of the tree; also a pencilled note in the hand of Alexander Turnbull, 'Evidently war in Taranaki - Parihaka?' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 230 x 280 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Horsbugh Turnbull.

Date: 1880

From: New Zealand punch (Christchurch). Vol 1, no 1 (6 September 1879 - 32 (22 May 1880)

Reference: PUBL-0097-1880-405

Description: Shows "Betsy Bryce" (John Bryce), using bellows to accelerate the fire under the "Parihaka" cauldron, containing Maori figures. Mr Punch stands behind the pot and warns that it will boil over, but Bryce replies that it's none of his business. In 1871, Bryce was back in parliament as MP for Wanganui to 1881, and then MP for Waitotara until 1887. From 1876 to 1879, he chaired the Native Affairs Committee and between 1879 to 1883, was the Minister of Native Affairs. Rolleston was to be Native Minister only until October 1881, and in his last act, proclaimed that Parihaka inhabitants had fourteen days to comply with the law or faced confiscation of all their lands. Bryce became Native Minister, and on the 5th of November 1881 was at Parihaka at the head of 1,600 Armed Constabulary to arrest the leaders and disperse the village. Extended Title - From "New Zealand punch", 3 April 1880, page 405. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on page of periodical.. Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: 1882

By: Daily advertiser and Wellington register (Newspaper); Hutchison, William, 1820-1905

Reference: A-095-023

Description: John Bryce as a marionette, being manipulated by two large hands marked 'Wanganui' and 'Easter encampment. He holds a dunce's cap marked 'parsimony' which is half covering Wellington Easter Encampment and several soldiers. The cartoon appears to suggest that Bryce is favouring Wanganui over Wellington Extended Title - Supplement to: The Daily Advertiser, Wellington, 11 March 1882 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 267 x 215 mm