Cranes (Birds)

Date: 1963 - 1967

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-139

Description: Two Zoo keepers, trying to prod a stork into encouraging the birth of a baby hippo. The stork is refusing to cooperate, and suggesting the neighbouring crane might help Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1830 - 1833

From: Roux, Polydore, 1792-1833 :[Birds. Plates probably from Roux's 'Ornithologie Provencale', Marseilles, ca 1820]

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Roux, Polydore, 1792-1833; Beisson, Francois Joseph Etienne, 1759-1820

Reference: E-223-q-009

Description: The crane, seen in profile Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Other Titles - The crane, correctly called Grus cinerea. Male or female adult, 1/5 natural size. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 240 x 173 mm

From: Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831 :[Milton's Paradise Lost. Between 1780 and 1830]

Reference: A-150-001

Description: Adam seated beneath a tree, while Eve approaches in the background. Rabbits, cranes, a parrot and deer share the view Other Titles - Heavenly Paradise Lost book line Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 190 x 140 mm

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 (Collector) :[Zoological plates. 1810s to 1830s]

By: Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Company

Reference: E-225-q-010

Description: A scientific drawing of the bones and some of the internal organs of two cranes From the same publication as E-225-q-009 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 295 x 238 mm

Date: [Between 1810 and 1830]

By: Brewster, David (Sir), 1781-1868; Hopkirk, Catherine A, 1832-1916; New Zealand. Parliamentary Service

Reference: Objects-0038

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Leather case in which Sir Walter Scott kept  manuscripts of the Waverley Novels. Embossed or blind stamped leather case, with title label stuck inside, maker not known. The ornate design incorporates a swan and a crane amongst scrolled leaves. A metal clasp and lock at one time operated to secure the case closed. The case opens out flat, but was probably at one time secured at the sides so that it opened only enough to allow papers to be slipped inside. The inside is lined with green, white and black checked paper. Inscription gives the name of a former owner as Sir David Brewester, but this is probably the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster who wrote a pamphlet addressed to Sir Walter Scott, entitled "Letters on natural magic". Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Gase in which Sir Walter Scott kept the M.S. of the Waverly novels, given to his friend Sir David Brewester [sic] who afterwards gave it to Mrs Robert Home Hopkirk.; Accompanying typescript card gives provenance. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Leather, blind stamped back and front and on flap, 280 x 510 mm (unfolded), folding to 280 x 215 mm. Provenance: Given by Sir Walter Scott to his friend Sir David Brewster, who afterwards gave it to Mrs Robert Home Hopkirk. Given to the General Assembly Library in 1915. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-002-026 Previous title: Maker unknown :Case in which Sir Walter Scott kept the M.S. of the Waverly novels. [1810-30?].

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Curios-029-047

Description: A matching pair of ornaments, not identical. Both show a Chinese longevity god riding a large crane with open beak, mounted on a flat pedestal base with four claw feet. Both have a chrysanthemum mark on the bases. The work is likely to be Japanese, using Chinese models. The size of the cranes suggests Japanese work as well as the quality of the work and the nature of the inlays. The figure may be Jofuku, the Chinese wizard and physician, in lengend sent by the Chinese T'sin Emperor She Wang Ti (Cheng) to seek the elixir of life on Mount Horai. Both Jofuku and cranes are associated with longevity. According to Elizabeth Wilkin Antiques Ltd, these sculptures are likely to have been made between 1860 and 1915. Quantity: 2 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze with gold and silver inlay, 245 x 120 x 17 mm and 250 x 125 x 165 mm

Date: 2013

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023906

Description: Shows Nick Smith portrayed as a sickly, one legged bird in a swamp. The word, 'policy' is spelled in the water in front of him. The words, 'Thought to be extinct, the lesser trusted Minister Bird returns to the swamp after putting his foot in an ACC trap' Refers to National Party MP Nick Smith, a former member of cabinet who held portfolios for the environment, climate change issues, and local government, before resigning from all cabinet positions after failing to avoid a conflict of interest when he was minister for the Accident Compensation Corporation. In January 2013, Prime Minister John Key appointed Smith back to cabinet, giving him the housing and conservation portfolios. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/132/15/19-F

Description: Shows the bird, probably a crane, in an enclosure at Wellington Zoo. Photograph taken in 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip. Physical Description: Film negative,35mm

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/132/16/20-F

Description: Shows the bird, probably a crane, in an enclosure at Wellington Zoo. Photograph taken in 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip. Physical Description: Film negative,35mm

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/132/15/18-F

Description: Shows the bird, probably a crane, in an enclosure at Wellington Zoo. Photograph taken in 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip. Physical Description: Film negative,35mm

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/132/16/21-F

Description: Shows the bird, probably a crane, in an enclosure at Wellington Zoo. Photograph taken in 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip. Physical Description: Film negative,35mm