Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

Date: 1900

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the South African War. 1899-1902]

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-SA-1900-01

Description: Programme shows a head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria on the front page, the programme on the second and fourth page, and a cartoon "We must help the girl that Tommy's left behind him" by H A Hogg. His Worship the Mayor, David Goldie, Esq., in the chair. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on programme.. Physical Description: Letterpress and photolithographs, on folded programme, 285 x 220 mm.

Date: 1838

From: Various artists :[Assorted almanacs and newspaper offprints, mainly British. 1790s-1854].

By: Hillitt & Martin (Firm); Paul, J H, active 1838; Pitts, John, 1765-1844

Reference: D-013-025

Description: Shows at top centre the interior of Westminster Abbey, above two profile head and shoulder portraits of the young queen. At the bottom is a view of teh Houses of Parliament with the Royal Barge in the foreground. The text reports the details of the coronation, reproduces a poem written for the occasion, and gives a brief summary of the queen's life. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving and letterpress on sheet 740 x 507 mm.

Date: 1895

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-056-003

Description: Shows Sir George Grey holding the knitting yarn for Queen Victoria while a determined New Zealand woman grabs him by the ear. Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy. Transfers: A-312.

Date: 1771-1950

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2290

Description: Selected records of Bisley, Dursley and Dymock Parishes, and selections of private records. relevant to Australia and New Zealand Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1990

Date: 1860 - 1870

From: Pope, James Henry 1837-1913 :Scrap book [1860s]

Reference: E-043-q-166

Description: Elaborate framed portrait of Queen Victoria. Framed in an oval frame set in a square frame with inscription below Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, stuck to page 275 x 215 mm

Date: 1990

Reference: Eph-D-DRAMA-VUDC-1990-01

Description: Shows a caricature of Queen Victoria in the fight foreground. Queen Elizabeth II clings to her collar, and at the left a struggle is going on between Princess Diana, Prince Charles, Sarah Ferguson, and the Duke of Edinburgh. A smiling actress is shown at lower centre. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 570 x 403 mm.

Date: 1927-1939

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-12

Description: Contains letters on volcanolgy, astrology, local histories, a new haka for Victoria University, letters from Lindsay Buick about visits and a `Mystery of the Moa' seminar; the Treaty of Waitangi, a Maori born and christened in England by Queen Victoria and a christening plate she gave; also includes an enquiry from the Department of Internal Affairs wishing to find the tribal boundaries of iwi between 1800-1840 for inclusion into a Centennial publication `Historical atlas of New Zealand' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts (some with holograph annotations) and printed matter Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1941-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-188

Description: Four photographs of the hospital ship, Maunganui in Wellington Harbour. Funeral of the Scottish soldier who died on NZMS Maunganui, Wellington, Oct 1945. Shows scene outside E Morris Jr Ltd, Kent Terrace. Statue of Queen Victoria in the background. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1887

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

Reference: A-248-112

Description: A scene depicting the fleet saluting the Victoria and Albert (on the left?). Paddle-steamers can be seen on the right. A small steam-driven craft is approaching the ship on the left. A yacht is sailing in the middle foreground. Additional title pasted on top of image Other Titles - The Queen's Jubilee naval review at Spithead Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 165 x 233 mm

Date: 1866-[1989]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-086

Description: Map of Niue from Bernice P Bishop Museum bulletin with annotations by McEwen; paper, `The Bird fauna of Niue compared with Tonga, Samoa, the Southern Cooks and Fiji' by J A Gibb, P C Bull, W M McEwen and I J Sewell (ca 1989); transcript of journal sent to England by Mrs A I Saville on board the `John Williams I' (begins Xmas day, 1866, ends 21 May 1867); copies of letters sent to Queen Victoria re annexation of Niue (1887-1895); information sheet, `Life in Niue' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1885 - 1889

By: Lockhart, William Ewart, 1846-1900; Hicks, Kitty Louise, 1890-1981

Reference: D-012-018

Description: The interior of Westminster Abbey. A view from near the altar, looking into the nave, with church dignitaries, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, and foreign royalty in the foreground, Queen Victoria seated centrally beyond the altar rails, with Prince Edward on the left, and packed pews beyond Accompanied by a key to the image: Key to the picture of Her Majesty's jubilee celebration in Westminster Abbey, after W. E. Lockhart, R S A, MDCCCLXXXVII. William Doig and Co ... London. The key is folded into a purple buckram binding with gold lettering on the front, a blind embossed royal insignia on the back. It reproduces the outlines of the image, identifying all the participants. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, sepia, 800 x 980 mm + key (lithograph ; 520 x 780 mm folded to 150 x 150 mm) Provenance: Donation: Mrs K L Hicks, Sprott House, Karori, 28 Sept 1979

Date: 1965

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

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-137-556

Description: Shows a man and a woman in their living room reading 'The Evening Post Centennial Supplement'. Their daughter is leaning over her mother's shoulder reading about events reported by the paper in the 19th century. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on card, 295 x 312 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1887

From: Pritchett, Robert Taylor, 1823-1907 :Sketches for Lady Brassey's `Last Voyage'. 1886-1887.

Reference: E-022-q-042

Description: On the left, a view of the word Victoria lit up on a bank across the Ganges at Bombay for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Crowds watch from the near bank. On the right, a man in uniform, with a long spear, inside an Indian palace. Another man with a sword at his side stands to the right A version of the left-hand view was published as a chromolithograph chapter-heading in The last voyage. Annie Brassey, 1887, page 9. The right-hand view waspublished as a wood engraving on page 60 with title Malabar Point. The Governor's bodyguard and peon Extended Title - From his Sketches for Lady Brassey's "Last voyage". Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image (in red ink) title and date Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: One ink and wash, one pencil drawing, on sheet 305 x 207 mm.

Date: 1878-1905

By: Smith, Richard, active 1878-1905

Reference: qMS-1830

Description: List of employees' wages, invoices for imported goods. Chiefly newspaper clippings on Parihaka incident, war in Egypt 1881, South African War, and death of Queen Victoria, 1901. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; ½ black morocco, black linen)

Date: 1897

From: [Ephemera relating to the British royal family, royal visits, anniversaries, jubilees. 1800s]

By: Burridge, Charles, active 1897-1948

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1897-01

Description: Shows a montage of portraits and flower illustrations in the Victorian style. A portrait of Queen Victoria enthroned is in the centre. The image is faded. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (photographic postcard). Physical Description: Photograph, 138 x 98 mm, stuck to card 167 x 107 mm. Provenance: Donated by P Dobson of Auckland in 1999.

Date: 1897

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1897-02

Description: Booklet includes ten illustrations of scenes during Queen Victoria's sixtieth jubilee in London: a portrait of the Queen; the Foreign princes and Indian escort; Victorian Rifles and New South Wales Lancers passing Pall Mall; Her Majesty the Queen at St Paul's cathedral; Cape and Canadian Rifles passing Constitution Hill; Natal Artillery and New Zealand Militia Contingents passing Hyde Park Corner; Blue Jackets passing the National Gallery; the Royal Carriage and escort passing the Houses of Parliament; the Hongkong and Straits Settlements and British Guiana Police and Jamaica Artillery passing the Strand; Hon Maurice Gifford and Captain Ames (the tallest man in the British army, height 6ft 5 inches). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 10 leaves, 141 x 198 mm.

Date: 1836

From: Various artists :[Assorted almanacs and newspaper offprints, mainly British. 1790s-1854].

By: Cleave, John, active 1830s

Reference: D-013-044

Description: A humorous publication commenting on royalty, the Prince of Wales (William IV?), Victoria and Albert, politics, fashions, Robert Peel, John Bull, etc. A black stamp at top right features a figure thumbing his nose, and the motto "Don't they wish they may get it". Approximate date taken from the list of John Cleave's publications in the British Library catalogue. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engravings, on four page booklet, each page 512 x 378 mm.

Date: 1897-1898, 1934

From: Hay, Mary Stuart Carlton, 1874-1946 : Seddon family scrapbooks and letters

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSX-2583

Description: Mainly English, Australian and New Zealand newspaper cuttings. Includes cuttings relating to the Seddon's visit to England for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 1897; marriage of Louie Seddon to Dr Charles G F Morice, 1898 (includes long list of presents). Cartoons by Ashley Hunter entitled `Hands across the sea', and `Cartoonlets' (NZ Graphic, 3 Jul 1897) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1885 - 1889

By: Lockhart, William Ewart, 1846-1900; Buckley, W J (Mr), active 1950s

Reference: D-012-018-a

Description: The interior of Westminster Abbey. The view is taken from the chancel, looking down into the nave. Church dignitaries, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, are in the foreground, along with foreign royalty. Queen Victoria is seated centrally beyond the altar rails, with Prince Edward on the left. The nave is packed. From an original painting now in the royal collection Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, sepia, 800 x 980 mm

Date: 1900

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1900-01

Description: The words of two hymns of praise to Queen Victoria. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on pale green flyer, 211 x 133 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2008.