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Date: 1905

By: Dittmer, Wilhelm, 1866-1909; Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942; Christchurch Press Company Ltd; Weekly press (Newspaper)

Reference: C-067-001-a

Description: Portrait of Maori chief Te Heuheu V, holding a mere. He is seated in front of an elaborately carved doorway. The oil painting on which this print is based is in the collection of Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington Extended Title - Supplement to: New Zealand illustrated, the Christmas number of the Weekly Press, 1905. The following year, the 'Weekly press' Christmas supplement portrait was of Te Heuheu Tukino V's wife, Te Rerehau Kahotea (now at C-067-002). According to a descendant, Priscilla Rolleston, the marae shown is at Waihi. The carved doorway is now in Canterbury Museum. (Pers. comm. 8 September 1994) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 507 x 369 mm on sheet 622 x 435 mm

Date: 1906 - 1907

By: Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942

Reference: C-060-007

Description: Exhibition held in Hagley Park North showing the Exhibition buildings. Victoria Lake is at the left in the middle distance, the Avon River in the foreground with Park Terrace. Harper Avenue runs along the right-hand side in the distance. The foreground central entrance bridge was a temporary structure Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 260 x 660 mm

Date: 1896 - 1899

By: Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942; Worsley, Charles Nathaniel, 1862-1923; Weekly press (Newspaper); McIntosh, Doris Hutchinson (Lady), 1909-1989

Reference: C-079-054

Description: Shows a group of seven boys playing cricket on a country road. One boy stands watching in flax at right, while a girl walks away in the distance. The wickets are substituted by an old bent tin. The following information was supplied by Mr L.J. Burdett, AT 13/14/1, 1 February 1995): The boy holding the bat, standing next to bowler is Thomas William Harrison Hill (1885-1972); the bowler is Jack Barnett; the distant girl is Cecillia Liddle. The town shown could be Dobson or Brunnerton (conflicting information in letters AT 13/14/1, 8 October 1987, from Judy Siers, derived from information from the artist's daughter Myrtle Presants; and 1 February 1995, from Mr L.J. Burdett). However it is almost certainly Dobson. Judy Siers also writes that "the attached print ... originally appeared in the Christchurch Weekly Press 28 October 1899". It is likely that the print was issued as a supplement to the paper, as it does not appear within the pages of the Library's copy. Title from pencil inscription on verso. Picture was formerly attributed to Charles Nathaniel Worsley. However, another copy in private hands is inscribed "Young New Zealand cricket in a mining town (Brunner area)" by P. R. Presants, and has imprint. It also has on the reverse in pencil 'Dobson, 1896' and the location of the view at Dobson in the hand of the owner's grandfather, Clem Green, (the husband of Cecillia Liddle). The owner of the privately-owned copy also believes the little girl in the picture is her grandmother, Cecillia Liddle (pers. comm. December 2003). Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Young New Zealand at play: cricket in a mining town Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) 340 x 490 mm.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 340 x 490 mm.