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Date: 1933 - 1996 - 1939

By: Hocken Library; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1996-02

Description: Shows an arrangement of text, with a central cartoon by David Low: "The scum of the earth, I believe? The bloody assassin of the workers, I presume?" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 415 x 297 mm.

Date: 1995

By: Dower, Mark, 1949-

Reference: A-305-002/011

Description: Ten cartoons relating to French nuclear testing in the Pacific, United Nations troops in Bosnia, Mt Ruapehu explosion's link to French testing, drug testing of staff in dangerous jobs, arrest of Greenpeace activists near Mururoa, the heavy burden of being a cartoonist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Newspaper and date of publication]. Quantity: 10 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, 210 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1962

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

Reference: B-137-568

Description: A cartoonist reading eight newspaper headings and commenting on them. They include latest news, Common Market talks, Courtenay Place Pohutukawas planted, Auckland crowing roosters reprieved, gelignite blasts to widen Aramoana berth, shotgun blast halts taxi, U. K. Government pays to keep da Vinci cartoon in country, with the comment "Cor! That da Vinci gets 800,000 quid for one of his old cartoons" and the final sign is "On strike for higher pay" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink with letratone on paper 383 x 568 mm

Date: 1912 - 1914

From: Various artists :[Thirty original cartoons drawn for the "New Zealand truth" by Will Hope, Tom Glover, Mac, Pac (or Pas), G (Tom Glover?). ca 1910-1920].

By: Hope, Will, active 1910-1920s

Reference: B-128-028

Description: Shows a full-length profile portrait of the cartoonist and newspaper owner William Blomfield, a moustached man in a boater hat, with his hands in his pockets. W Blomfield was active through the 1890s, but (because of its provenance) this work was probably done in 1912 or the following two or three years, when Will Hope was a contributor to the "NZ truth". Other Titles - William Blomfield Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title]; Recto - beneath image - WILL H; Verso - centre - W Blomfield / artist / Auckland Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 262 x 203 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from MSS&A 74-052. (New Zealand Truth papers relating to S Jackson Binning, donated 1974)..

Date: 1966

From: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911?-1985:[Collection of cartoons by George Henderson (Hen). 1961-1984]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-445-054

Description: Self-portrait of cartoonist George Henderson as a dishevelled rooster, cigarette in its mouth, scratching through news items looking for a subject. A notice re the holiday season dates is crossed out, a drawing board, pen and ink and a full ashtray are on the table. Context: Holidays are over, Henderson is back at work. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 180 x 210 mm

Date: 1986

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1986-1

Description: Includes calendars: Alexander Turnbull Library Calendar, 1986. Seven colour prints from watercolours of New Zealand cities and towns painted by W S Hatton between 1859 and 1869. Published by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust. Printed by Inprint Ltd, Wellington. (2 copies). Auckland City 1986 Calendar. Fourteen black and white prints of Auckland streets and buildings from photographs by John Reynolds and Deborah Smith. Produced by Elizabeth Treep and Felicity Wallace. Supported by Auckland Architectural Association, Graeme Burgess, Development Action Group, DKD Cafe, Kirsty van der Jeijden, Peter Walker, Peter Were (2 copies) Banks Peninsula New Zealand, 1986 Calendar. Thirteen colour prints of scenic views of Banks Peninsula from photographs taken by Martin London. Published by Martin London, and printed at the Caxton Press, Christchurch. Camp and Cabin Association of New Zealand (Inc), 1986-1987. Single sheet calendar with a graphic colour print of drawings of New Zealand peopled with holiday makers. Fruitfed Export; Every tray a golden tray. Seven colour prints of fruit exported from New Zealand by Fruitfed Export (a division of the NZ Fruitgrowers Federation Ltd). Native Forests Calendar, 1986. Thirteen colour prints of scenic New Zealand views by various photographers. Published by the New Zealand Native Forests Action Council. New Zealand High Country '86; Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Calendar. Thirteen colour prints of high country views from photographs taken by Barney Brewster, and black and white illustrations of New Zealand birds by Pat Prendergast. New Zealand Labourers Union (Northern Branch); Weekend Warriors. Six colour cartoons by Robert Scriven (Auckland based advertising cartoonist and illustrator). Palmerston North; Houses from 1880 to the present day. Twelve black and white prints of Palmerston North houses from photographs taken by Maggie Grant. Produced by the Palmerston North City Council City Planning Department. PhotoForum 1986 Calendar. Single sheet calendar with a black and white print of a photograph of Clair Tomelty at the Rotowaro State Coal Mines taken by David Cook in 1984. Designed by Alan Loney and printed by Lowes Secretarial and Printing Bureau, Lower Hutt. Shell 1986; New Zealand National Parks. Seven colour prints from photographs of scenic views taken in national parks by Andris Apse. Designed by Ilott Advertising Limited and printed by Pictorial Publications Limited. Twelve New Zealand Artists. Twelve colour prints of art works. Produced by Optic Art P.O. Auckland, and printed by Quadrant Press Auckland. Art advisor, Mary Vavasour. University of Otago Pictorial Calendar, 1986; Images of people of the Pacific from the Hocken Library Collection. Thirteen colour prints, eleven of which are taken from coloured engravings of Pacific islanders in their native costumes by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1756-1810). Produced and designed by Manson Wright and Peter Scott. Colour separations by Xenon Graphics and printed by Allied Press. (2 copies). Quantity: 14 calendars. Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Some calendar donated by the Hocken Library and Christchurch City Libraries, 2011-2012. One calendar donated by Dylan Owen, Wellington in 2013.

Date: 1965

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-133-323

Description: A self-portrait of the cartoonist at work, in six parts. From the current headlines, he tries to find a subject for his daily cartoon. He interprets the birth of quintuplets as Auckland having to do things bigger than the rest of the country; Wellington centre is a rugby player moving to Auckland, not the capital; comments on pubs and sports clubs bars; Licensing Commission considered for approval of new prison (bars),(prison referred to is probably Paremoremo); proposed shifting jail in Wellington leads him to wonder where the inmates will go. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, pencil, 293 x 398 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1980 - 1982

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: H-743-020/047

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. 028 and 042 also published in 'Alternative Medicine', 1992. Quantity: 28 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1996 - 1998

By: Garland, Nicholas, 1935-; Foster, Susan E, 1946-

Reference: A-294-024/033

Description: Includes self-portrait caricatures on letters and faxes written relating to his visit to New Zealand in 1997. Dates of the letters/faxes are: 17 October 1996, 22 May 1997, 5 October 1997, 14 October 1997, 3 December 1997, 4 December 1997, 25 January 1998, 5 March 1998. Quantity: 9 drawing(s). 4 photocopy/ies (faxed copies). Physical Description: Ink drawings and text, or faxes/photocopies, on paper 302 x 210 mm.

Date: 1933 - 1996 - 1939

By: Hocken Library; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1996-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of text, with a central cartoon by David Low: "It's queer how you remind me of someone, Josef ...", showing an orthodox Communist watching Russian leader Josef Stalin trimming his moustache to look like German leader Adolf Hitler. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 417 x 295 mm.

Date: 1950

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Thames Star (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-02-021

Description: Comments on criticism by Mr F Hackett, Opposition M.P. for Grey Lynn, of a Minhinnick cartoon "Fair cow" (criticising Britain's treatment of New Zealand, as compared with America's generous treatment of Australia), (see Minhinnick's response at E-549-q-2-022) as "anti-British" and "pro-American". States that Mr Hackett is urging the suppression of honest opinion. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) newspaper clipping. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping 370 x 57 mm.

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-005

Description: Vignettes reflecting current affairs. 'Woes of a cartoonist' shows David Low, his head in his hands, desperately trying to avoid a Wellington problem, where an MP is prosecuting a cartoonist for depicting him from his back view. In a related sketch alongside, Christchurch Mayor, Tommy Taylor, threatens to prosecute the cartoonists, having recognised his own hair in a drawing. A Finnish village is shown chained to the mainland, after a whole village was reported to have floated away in Finland. A ghost threatens a Christchurch City Councillor with a long white beard. The councillor does not known his own mind. A farmer races away after being confronted in Canada with 80,000 prospective brides, a recent reported event. 'The Jap Polar expedition' shows a group of Japanese men greeting the Japanese consul in Christchurch, after their unexpected arrival. Neither group can understand the other, and Japanese script spelling out whisky, cow and banzai is shown. 'The great gas box, via canal' shows a box containing a gas tank too large to travel via the Lyttelton tunnel being hauled by a traction engine. There is also a reference to a proposed canal between Lyttelton and Christchurch as an alternative means of transport. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 530 x 405 mm

Date: 7 Feb 1959

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1959/0427-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 7 Feb 1959

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1959/0424-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1951

Reference: 1/2-181895-F

Description: Group in the Oak Bar of the Broadway Hotel, Maclaggan Street, Dunedin, farewelling Otago Daily Times cartoonist Keith Waite (9th from left) the day before his departure for Britain. Those present are from left - (1) Jack Shepherd, Otago Daily Times photographer. (2) Clark Isaccs, then cadet reporter and later Otago Daily Times chief of (reporting) staff. (3) Glenn Hunter, a young Dunedin businessman. (4) Bill Morrison, Senior reporter and City Council roundsman (Clark Isaccs uncle). (5) Keith Eunson, reporter and later Editor of the Otago Daily Times. (6) John Spedding, chief reporter and drama critic. (7) John Moffett, Editor of the Otago Daily Times. (8) Gordon Buchanan, associate editor of the Otago Daily Times. (9) Keith Waite. (10) Brian/or Bryan Meek general reporter on the Otago Daily Times. (11) Bill Campbell, junior reporter. (12) Noel Miller, journalist on the Otago Daily Times. (13) Eric Papps, journalist on the Otago Daily Times, and later sub-editor. (14) Clarrie Buchols, Otago Daily Times reading room. (Information from Clarke Isaacs). Keith Waite worked on Fleet street as a cartoonist for the Mirror, the Sun and the Times. Originals returned to depositor 1 November 2000. Identification of people in this photograph supplied by Library client, April 2010. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copy of original print returned to owner). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 100 x 125 mm

Date: 1991 - 1992

Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-1992-01

Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait illustration of the media cooking personality Alison Holst wearing a hat and clothing garnished with food, and with pineapples for earrings. Her dress pattern has sliced kiwifruit on a red background, and her necklaces are of strawberries, corn cobs, saveloys and green peppers. Her head is crowned with a sponge cake, lobster, fish and asparagus. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 700 x 527 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Ms Jo Torr, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: [ca 1921]

From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district

Reference: 1/1-001243-G

Description: William Blomfield (seated centre), and Auckland Star newspaper staff, circa 1921. Photograph taken by Herman John Schmidt. Dated assuming that William Blomfield was approx 55 years old when this photograph was taken. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative