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Date: 1881

From: [Various artists] :[Exhibition certificates 1865-1924]

By: Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: C-098-006

Description: Exhibition certificate awarded to artist John Gully including vignettes around the edges, surrounded with leaves. At the bottom are the figures of two women seated either side of a coat of arms with the motif `Advance New Zealand' beneath. At the top is a cartouche with a view of [Dunedin?] and an angel hovering above holding a wreath in one hand and a candle in the other. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 530 x 382 mm

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-259-009

Description: A plain in the foreground, with several Maori dwellings amongst scattered cabbage trees. Rotoaira Lake in the middle distance and part of Tongariro Mount rising behind. The artist has drawn a plume of steam rising from the flank of the mountain Engraved by an unknown artist after a drawing by James Coutts Crawford. See Ellis, E.M. Early prints of N.Z. p. 193, no. 799 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Tongariro Rotoaira. [in ink, in Crawford's hand] Original sketch by Crawford done on 1862 trip held at E-051-045/046. cf A-259-008 Junction of Moawhanga with Rangitikei ...which appears to have been removed from the same unknown publication. Untitled proof of engraving for unidentified publication; titled version held in Richard Taylor's sketchbook E-296-012-3 (neg. 1/2-050424) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 78 x 149 mm on sheet 114 x 188 mm

Date: 1887

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to gymnastics, gymnasts, displays of gymnastic ability]

By: Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-GYMNASTICS-1887-01

Description: Programme for a gymnastics display and competition, under the patronage of Sir Robert Stout. It contains an essay by Professor Oscar David about gymnastics, and a programme which included exercies with dumb bells, bridge ladder, vaulting horse, pommel horse, parallel bars, rod. Also included horizontal bar exercises, jumping, climbing, bayonet exercise. Advertisements include an illustrated one for Chas Matthews (hairdresser and tobacconist) Front cover shows a border illustration by R Brown, featuring figures engaged in various gymnastic activities. Quantity: 1 Programme(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, each 248 x 193 mm.

Date: 1850

By: Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Reference: Curios-013-004-a

Description: Bank or company's promissory note with ornate border incorporating John Jones' name and places where the company did business. At the top centre is a hanging sheep, flanked by two allegorical seated female figures, one with ears of grain and a cornucopia and one with a spindle and beehive. See the Dictionary of New Zealand vol 1 (1990), page 213, about John Jones' issuing of such promissory notes. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on promissory note. Physical Description: Engraving on paper note, 125 x 188 mm.

Date: 1898

By: Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-EXHIBITION-1898-01

Description: Printed programme with decoative printed border lists the items on the programme for this event, including "God save the Queen, an address by the Hon T Fergus (vice-president), musical items by the Choral Society, Orchestral Society and audience; introduction by His Excellency the Governor, to the Right Honourable the Premier; introduction by Mr T Brydone. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 280 x 232 mm.

Date: 1875 - 1888

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910; Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Otago Witness (Newspaper)

Reference: B-118-055

Description: Reproduces two sketches, one by Dr George John Roberts, and one by William Mathew Hodgkins. The sketch by Roberts shows two trampers resting at the top of a waterfall in mountainous country, and the sketch by Hodgkins shows a steamer on a Lake surrounded by mountains. The Hodgkins work is similar to that reproduced at C-086-006. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white lithographs, on sheet 450 x 290 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2001.

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: A-259-008

Description: Maori canoe on river between tall striated cliffs Engraved by an unknown artist after a drawing by James Coutts Crawford. See Ellis, E.M. Early prints of N.Z. p. 193, no. 800. cf Royal Society of N.Z. Transactions and Proceedings, V.2 Plate 13, p.354 which shows a simplified lithograph by John Buchanan of the same work; also Crawford, J.C. Recollections of travel in N.Z. London, Trubner, 1880, p.124 (919.31 CRA) fro engraving by Paterson of same work. cf A-259-009 Tongariro, Rotoaira, which appears to have been removed from the same unknown publication. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 130 x 90 mm on sheet 170 x 130 mm

Date: 1850

By: Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Reference: Curios-013-004

Description: Bank or company's promissory note with ornate border incorporating John Jones' name and places where the company did business. At the top centre is a hanging sheep, flanked by two allegorical seated female figures, one with ears of grain and a cornucopia and one with a spindle and beehive. See the Dictionary of New Zealand vol 1 (1990), page 213, about John Jones' issuing of such promissory notes. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on promissory note. Physical Description: Engraving on paper note, 125 x 188 mm.

Date: 1852

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to banks and banking, credit cards, methods of banking, saving and payment]

By: Biss, G C D'Arcy, active 1975; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-BANK-1852-01

Description: Bank or company's promissory note with ornate border incorporating John Jones' name and places where the company did business. At the top centre is a hanging sheep, flanked by two allegorical seated female figures, one with ears of grain and a cornucopia and one with a spindle and beehive. Accompanying letter explains that the note was issued by the donor's great-grandfather. See the Dictionary of New Zealand biography vol 1 (1990), page 213, about John Jones' issuing of such promissory notes. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on promissory note. Physical Description: Engraving on paper note, 125 x 188 mm.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-016763-G

Description: The ship William Manson, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand. The multi-storied building beyond the ship is the warehouse of the firm of manufacturing stationers, Fergusson and Mitchell. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1900. Date set in relation to Fergusson & Mitchell warehouse. By 1917 they were no longer listed in Wises Post Office directory. Assessed as being somewhere between 1890 and 1910. Source of descriptive information - Location and identifcation of warehouse given by Rob Clifton-Steele, March 2008. The name Fergusson & Mitchell can be seen with a magnifying glass, on the warehouse in the file print. Fergusson & Mitchell operated in Dunedin during the period 1863 to 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1912

By: Hay, J D, active 1912; Otago Trades and Labour Council; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-C-EXHIBITION-1912-01

Description: Certificate shows a woman at the left in classical robes holding out a laurel wreath towards the scroll showing the name of the award winner. Beneath the scroll is an illustration of a handshake. Other Titles - November December Other Titles - Fergusson & Mitchell, Dunedin Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on certificate. Physical Description: Lithograph with gold highlights, 310 x 435 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2003.

Date: ca 1880s?

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18

Reference: PAColl-7581-54

Description: The iron barque "West Australian", (circa 1880s?), possibly in Dunedin. The premises of manufacturing stationers Fergusson & Mitchell is in the background. Photographer unidentified. An iron barque 'West Australian' berthed at Wellington in 1864. Another iron barque named the 'West Australian' registered at the Port of Lyttelton in 1903. The latter was wrecked at New Caledonia in 1904. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13 x 20 cm

Date: 1884

By: Ashton, Julian Rossi, 1851-1942; Illustrated New Zealand News (Newspaper); Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: C-068-008

Description: A family playing on a beach. Five children are making a sandcastle in the foreground, while their mother and a sixth child rest under a parasol to the right at the base of a hill. At the top of the hill, cannon are visible, along with a lighthouse, and a steamship and a yacht can be seen in the water in the background. The scene has been previously identified as the Waitemata Harbour; however Ashton was an Australian artist so the area depicted could be Australian, or it could be an imaginary scene, relating to either Australia or New Zealand. Extended Title - From The illustrated New Zealand news. Supplement. April 1884 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 310 x 455 mm

Date: 1888

From: [Theatre programmes for opera performances in New Zealand. 1880s].

By: Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1888-01

Description: Programme illustrated on cover and inside with illustrations of the characters in the play, taken from photographs of the actors by Morris. Cast included Mr H B Smith, Mr W Densem, Mr W F Young, Mr F F McCarthy, Mr Max Newbury, Mr Blenkinsopp, Mrs Murphy, Mrs Wm Angus, Miss K Murphy, Miss Wicks, Miss Crowe, Miss Hooper. Scenery was painted by Mr J S Willis and assistants. The pages are bordered with advertisements for Dunedin businesses: George R West (Professor of Music, Mr Morris (art photographer), Vienna Model Bakery, The Granite House (previously Ready-Money Richards), James Horburgh (boookseller and stationer), R Clifford & Son (art photographers, Miss Jennie Wesr (pianoforte teacher), George Street Drapery Warehouse, F Laurenson (men's clothing), McGregor B Wright (carver, gilder, picture framer), Jacobs' Gift Depot, Dresden Piano Company, Simon Brothers (roof manufacturers), Messrs Myers (dentists), J Kirby (tailor), Carter's Clothing Shop, Professor McQueen (ladies' hair cutting), Bonanza Tailoring, Scott & Wilson (Venetian blinds), Taylor's (gentlemen's clothing), J S Goodman (watchmaker and jeweller), Criterion Hotel, Coffee Lunch Palace, Universal Hotel, Smith & Smith (painters, paperhangers, glaziers), Mrs Silk's Railway Temperance Hotel, Jack Infield's Robert Burns Hotel, Shamrock Hotel (J Gebbie proprietor). Quantity: 1 Programme(s). Physical Description: Programme 290 x 217 mm.

Date: 1899 - 1900

By: Otago Sunday School Union; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-RELIGION-C-1900-01

Description: Certificate shows an arrangement of text, with a dove of peace at the top, and two seated angels flanking the Holy Bible at the bottom. At the sides are New Zealand scenes: Maori beside a lake with tree fern at the left, and at right a church and cabbage tree in front of a snowy mountain, possibly Mt Taranaki. Denomination may be Presbyterian or Methodist. Other certificates awarded to Mary McKenzie include some from the New Zealand Methodist Sunday School Union, but there is also published evidence that the Otago Sunday School Union may have been linked to the Presbyterian Church. It may have been interdenominational. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 310 x 250 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hobsons, Wellington, in 2007.

Date: 1863

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

By: Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: E-296-q-006-1

Description: Mitre Peak, the Sound, Metal Peak, Pembroke Peak and Harrison's Bay are all identified. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, 70 x 130 mm

Date: 1860 - 1890

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: E-296-q-012-3

Description: A plain in the foreground, with several Maori dwellings amongst scattered cabbage trees. Rotoaira Lake in the middle distance and part of Tongariro Mount rising behind. The artist has drawn a plume of steam rising from the flank of the mountain Engraved by an unknown artist after a drawing by James Coutts Crawford. See Ellis, E.M. Early prints of N.Z. p. 193, no. 799 Original sketch by Crawford done on 1862 trip held at E-051-045/046. cf A-259-008 Junction of Moawhanga with Rangitikei ...which appears to have been removed from the same unknown publication. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 78 x 149 mm on sheet 114 x 188 mm

Date: 1862 - 1875 - 1880

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: E-296-q-012-1

Description: Shows a group of European walkers and their Maori guides who are cooking a meal under a rough shelter. In the background are Ruapehu, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, Puke Onaki (ie Pukeonake), and Puia or hot spring on the side of Tongariro. A copyflo print of the original drawing for this illustration is at E-051-q-1-051/052. See also a watercolour version at A-229-046. Another version of this scene was reproduced as the frontispiece to Crawford's "Recollections of travel in New Zealand and Australia ...", London, Trubner, 1880. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, 70 x 135 mm

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: E-296-q-014

Description: Shows a canoe entering a tributary, between high cliffs. Engraved by an unknown artist after a drawing by James Coutts Crawford. cf A-259-008 Junction of Moawhanga with Rangitikei ... the same picture but on white paper. Original is in Sketchbook of a trip up the Wanganui River, by J C Crawford. E-041-021. The location in the Rangitkei knowns as Moawhango has been variously spelt "Moawhanga" and "Moahuanga". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 125 x 87 mm on sheet 145 x 100 mm

Date: 1863

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

By: Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: E-296-q-006-3

Description: Pembroke Peak, Fore Point, Greenstone Point, Mitre Peak and Lawrence Peaks are all identified. The view is looking in towards the land. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, 90 x 150 mm