Waters, E, active 1930

Date: 1930 - 1932

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to and around New Zealand. 1931-1933]

By: Waters, E, active 1930

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1931-01

Description: General information booklet for passengers, with illustrations of ship interiors, and maps of the routes taken. (London, ca 1931). Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 20 pages, 220 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Messengers of Derby (England) in 1997.

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: Gibbs & Gibbs Ltd; Waters, E, active 1930; New Zealand Ship and Marine Society

Reference: Eph-E-SHIP-1930-02

Description: Shows in the right foreground a traditionally dressed Maori warrior standing with taiaha in an ornately carved and decorated canoe (front end only visible). Two rowers are visible behind him. The setting is a river gorge, possibly the Wanganui River. The text is arranged above and below the picture, and there is a blank area at the bottom for advertising details to be filled in. The sides are bordered with a Maori decorative border. Miria Simpson notes that the carving on the canoe is similar to that on "Te Winika", the first of Te Puea's waka, from the flotilla at Ngaruawahia, now in the Waikato Museum of Art and History. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - E Waters; Recto - bottom right - Gibbs & Gibbs Ltd. Litho. London.; Verso - top left - (Rubber stamp): New Zealand Ship and Marine Society Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) (poster).. Physical Description: Lithograph, 1013 x 632 mm. Provenance: At one time owned by the New Zealand Ship and Marine Society.

Date: 1930 - 1932

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to and around New Zealand. 1931-1933]

By: Waters, E, active 1930

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1931-01-front

Description: Shows three-quarter length portrait of Captain Cook holding a spyglass under his right arm, with an inset of Mt Taranaki (Egmont) behind him, first sighted by him in 1770. Information about cover designer from auction records for a poster of the same design (Josef Lebovic Gallery poster list no 98, 2002, lot number 75). Extended Title - From, Shaw Savill & Albion Co., Limited. Direct line of Royal mail steamers between London and New Zealand, via Panama Canal, taking passengers for Australia. (London, ca 1931). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on cover, 222 x 142 mm.

Date: 1931

By: Waters, E, active 1930; Shaw, Savill & Albion Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-SHIP-1931-01

Description: Poster advertising voyages to New Zealand from England, shows an illustration by E Waters, of Captain James Cook holding a telescope at his right side. Behind him through a circular opening (perhaps a large porthole), is rolling countryside with Mt Egmont / Taranaki in the distance. A scroll at the lower edge advises prospective travellers to apply at the agency at which the poster is displayed. Other Titles - Mount Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 995 x 618 mm.