Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Date: 1860 - 1880

By: Velden, Petrus van der, 1837-1913; Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Reference: B-075-034

Description: Looking up a canal in an open landscape, with a windmill close to a bridge and a few buildings. Possibly a scene at Marken, Netherlands On verso: signature and three studies of a hand (B-075-033) Inscriptions: Verso - P van der Velden Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 310 x 520 mm

Date: 1700 - 1960

By: Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Simpson

Description: Includes bookplates belonging to: John Willison (Dundee); Alexander Allan (Glasgow); John William Scott; J S Anderson (Glasgow); James Colquhoun, Rossdhu, Luss.); Rev. Fergus Ferguson (Dalkeith); Thomas Davidson (Glasgow) (3); Alexander Harvey (Govanhaugh), Alexander S Finlay, Matilde Monsalvatje, Joseph Monsalvatje, Aug. F Amman (3); Mr L McPherson, Frederick Wainwright Bradlee, Major General W Paterson, Joan Wilson; Right Hon. Algernon Capell, George C Foster, John Gregory M'Kirdy (Birkwood), John Paton; E S Peacock (Northorpe); Thomas James Arnold; W M Miller; R S Tomlin; Edward Hailstone (Horton Hall); Rev J Jenkins (Kerry); S P Cruger; Fra. Cox; David H Morgan (Uddingston); Lieut. Col. E W Blunt-Mackenzie, Castle Leod Strathpeffer; Mountblairy (2); Samuel Bull; Frederick W Bancroft; Mr Hall; Misses Kibble; Francis Drake; William Wilson, surgeon; J Hadfield; S Hanbury; Wm H & Katharine P Burnham; Henry Bickersteth (Lincoln's Inn) (3); Mertoun; John Murison; Samuel Crompton (Gainsbrough); Mrs Jenkins (Crosswood); Geo F Laing; Miss Kelso (Frankville); James Napier; Mr Stodart; iss M Grant (1809); Revd Thomas Brown (Dalkeith): John Leadbetter (Erichtbank); D Peareth (Workington); George Arnold Esq (1806); Jac B Hamilton; Charles Clark; Charles B Wilson; John Gough (2); Geo L Shackles; Mr Hall; Miss Mary Blair (1784); A D Brands (Forres) (2); J A Dixon; A Lindsay Miller; Col Baillie; Thomas Davidson (Glasgow); R G Scotland; George Thompson (Glasgow); A Drunis Tomm; Mr J Blackwood (Greenshields); Edward Thomas Monro; Wm Burns; James Izzard; Geo F Laing; Alan Stevenson (Bachelor of Law); A Mackinlay MacArthur; William Euing; J O'Callighan; Sir James Colquhoun; Elizabeth Fletcher; G Gardiner; John Charleson, B D; George Graham; Jas Bogle jnr; George Smith LLD; R Clark; Moses Buchanan. Complements the Andersen Bookplate Collection in the Auckland Public Library. Auckland's collection has a greater New Zealand content, whilst the Alexander Turnbull Library's collection, has more emphasis on Australian bookplates. Quantity: 140 b&w art print(s) (approximately). Physical Description: Prints, black and white, approximately 140. Finding Aids: Inventory with the collection in Ephemera Room.. Provenance: Donated by Mr E C Simpson, Karori, in August 1968.

Date: 1943-1984

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-018

Description: Includes newspaper cuttings re appointment of Eric Westbrook as director of Auckland Art Gallery Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1949-1992

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-080

Description: Correspondence relating to exhibition and reproduction of Lee-Johnson's art and photographic works, contract with John Turner for a monograph on Lee-Johnson and application to the Literary Committee of Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council for a grant to assist the completing of his autobiography Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1475-1500

By: Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: MSR-25

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: For more information, see detailed record on the National Library Catalogue. Provenance: 19th-century armorial bookplate of Charles Robert des Ruffieres; sold from the estate of Ruffieres at Sotheby's, 4 March 1899, lot 1755, to Dobell. 20th-century pictorial bookplate of E.C. Simpson; remained in family following Simpson's death; sold at Dunbar Sloane Wellington

Date: 1948-1967

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-016

Description: Chiefly correspondence with, and biographical information prepared for Eric McCormick for his publication `Eric Lee-Johnson', 1956 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1925 - 1950

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962; Graham, David Henry, 1885-1965; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982; Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986; Callander, Ivy, active 1930s; Champ, Stephen Fergus, 1907-1984; Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Fisher, Archibald Joseph Charles, 1896-1959; Garlick, Eunice Harriett, 1883-1951; Garmonsway, (Mr?), active 1930s; Hall, Lancelot, active 1932; Herbert, Phil S, active 1948; Holloway, Ronald, 1909-2003; Maclennan, Stewart Bell, 1903-1973; McAuslan, Gordon S, 1913-1996; Parker, Nancy Martyr, 1913-2008; Peterson, Archibald Stuart, 1900-1976; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Tornquist, Herbert Richard, 1897-1969

Reference: BOOKPLATES-NZ-Framed

Description: J A Allen (by Garmonsway, 1935) Eugene Aubin (by Leo Bensemann, 1937) Lawrence Baigent (two by Leo Bensemann, ca 1937) Sadie Balkind (by Leo Bensemann, 1935) Leo Bensemann (two by himself, 1937 and 1933) M Bensemann (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) S C Brown (by Russell Clark, 1947) Rey Byrne (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) Ivy Callander (two by herself, ca 1932) Raymond Carroll (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) Marguerite Crookes (by Hilda Wiseman, n.d.) A R D (by Gordon McAuslan, 1934) I Dallas (by Gordon McAuslan, 1935) Stella M Davis (by Mervyn Taylor) Dieu-Donnee (by Garmonsway, 1935) Basil Dowling (by Leo Bensemann, n.d.) Charles Fleming (by Hilda Wiseman, 1940s?)C E G? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1937) Una Garlick (by herself, 1931) Lancelot Hall (by himself. 1932) David H Graham (by Mervyn Taylor, 1952) Edelweiss [Henderson] (by Mervyn Taylor, n.d.) Phil S Herbert (by himself, 1948) Julius Hogben (by Mervyn Taylor, 1947) Pat Lawlor (by Gordon McAuslan, 1930s?) E P Liddell (by Gordon McAuslan, n.d.) A McA? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1938) A R McElwain (by Llewellyn Williams, n.d.) I McLelland (by Gordon McAuslan, 1938) Stewart B McLennan (by himself, n.d.) David McC? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1944) Jane Mander (by Ronald Holloway, 1930s) Jane Mander (by Stephen F Champ, 1934) New Zealand Ex Libris Society (by Stuart Peterson, 1930s?) Barbara Parker (by Mervyn Taylor, 1947) P Roach Pierson (by P Watts Rule, 1934) D G Reilly (by Mervyn Taylor, 1946) Douglas Robb (by A J C Fisher, ca 1931) Percy Watts Rule (by himself, 1935) Sally Simmons (by Leo Bensemann, ca 1935) E C Simpson (by Mervyn Taylor, n.d.) Edward C Simpson (by Nancy Parker, n.d.) Cynthia Smart (by Mervyn Taylor, 1951) Colin W Smith (unknown artist and date) Sydney Smith (by Mervyn Taylor, 1952) Charles Spear (by Leo Bensemann, 1937) E Mervyn Taylor (by himself, 1935) Jane Taylor (by Mervyn Taylor, ca 1949-1950) Margaret Taylor (by E Mervyn Taylor, 1935) Mrs N Thompson (by Gordon McAuslan, 1935) Richard Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) T C Ward (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Llewellyn E Williams (by Stuart Peterson, 1930s?) Jean Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, ca 1930) Hilda Wiseman (two by herself, 1925 and 1930) C F Wrigley (by Ronald Holloway, ca 1940) Exhibited in 'Ex Libris: New Zealand bookplates 1925-1950' Exhibition at the National Library Gallery in 1992. Quantity: 64 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1860 - 1880

By: Velden, Petrus van der, 1837-1913; Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Reference: B-075-033

Description: Three studies of a single hand. On the verso of [Dutch canal scene]. Includes signature P van der Velden Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 310 x 520 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr E C Simpson, Upper Hutt, 27 March 1972

Date: 1969-1975

From: Association of New Zealand Art Societies : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-2394-18

Description: Correspondence re honours for Mr E C Simpson and Mr R J Waghorn; papers re National Commission for UNESCO Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1961

From: Hilton, Arthur 1909-1982 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2602-163

Description: Consists of draft p. 1-40 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1968]

By: Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Reference: MS-Papers-1699

Description: Brief biography of the artist, with newspaper and periodical articles used in its compilation Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1978 - 1983

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-247

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts

Date: 1940-1993

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-081

Description: Correspondence relating to art matters and photography. Also includes copy of play, `Crazy night at O'Dea' (1940) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts Processing information: Name terms updated following information from a staff member, January 2024.

Date: 1944

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Parker, Nancy Martyr, 1913-2008

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-S-02

Description: Shows a semi-abstract design of a male figure, violin, music stand, books and female figure and head. Currently housed with other framed plates exhibited in Barbara Blake's bookplate exhibition "Ex Libris; New Zealand bookplates 1925-1950", National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 1992 (BOOKPLATES-NZ-Framed) Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Notes of artist and date] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 178 x 117 mm.

Date: 1379

By: Dunbar Sloane Ltd; Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Reference: MSR-27

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: For more information, see detailed record on the National Library Catalogue.

Date: 1059 [1649]

By: Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Reference: MSR-37

Description: Year follows Islamic lunar calendar. Gold sprinkled black and red text in nasta'liq script. Title and first leaf finely illuminated in gold and colour. Raman spectroscopy carried out in August 2011 revealed the following pigments on f.1: white lead, red lead, lazurite, vermilion, orpiment, carbon black, and an unidentified green pigment. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: For more information, see detailed record on the National Library Catalogue. Provenance: "Commissioned (sponsored) by the Honourable Sobhan -- May God blessings be forthcoming year 1059 Hijri Qamari (1649 CE). Written by the humble Pir Mohammed Ibn Sheikh Jalal Qanouji Quraishi Al-Seddiqi"--Translated colophon. Provenance: printed slip from bookseller's catalogue tipped onto pastedown; bookplate: "Ex Libris E.C. Simpson" ; marginal pencil notes in English and Farsi.

Date: [1799?]

By: Dunbar Sloane Ltd; Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979

Reference: MSR-36

Description: Other Titles - Diwan Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: For more information, see detailed record on the National Library Catalogue.