Horsemanship

Date: 1864 - 1965 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of reproductions of original watercolours in the Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ. [1970s]

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-278-q-071

Description: Reproduction of Williams' original watercolour showing the Manukau Harbour and settlement at Onehunga, 1864. Woman on horseback in foreground (lower left), and several sailing ships in the harbour. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 95 x 152 mm

Date: 1895 - 1897

From: [Posters and other ephemera advertising performances by circuses, mainly in New Zealand. 1890-1903].

By: New Zealand Times Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-CIRCUS-1895-01

Description: Programme broadsheet for a performance by Harmston's Circus. Performers include: Hakata and Kota (Risley act), Katie Montgomery (rider), Rudolf Strief (with elephant "Babe"), Mr P Montgomery (with arab stallions, and with trick ponies "Midget" and "Bantam"), Cuzco and Willie (throwing and spinning hats), F Harmston (horse riding), The Aldeans (gymnasts), Miss Ruby Scardsdale (trapeze), Gilbert Eldred (horse riding and baton leaping), G W Stewart (horse riding); Mdlle Annette, Blanche, Brandon, Laing, Scarsdale and Nellie Harmston-Love (Indian club swinging); Hashinoto (slide wire). The broadsheet also contains advertisements about: Nurse Woodward's health syrup, Pearce's Boot Warehouse, Arcade Auction Rooms, Dr Speer (for chronic and nervous diseases), Nelson Moate teas, Geo A Mawson (confectioner), Te Aro House; and a full page advertisement for Wardell Bros & Co (grocers of Willis Street Wellington) on the verso. The Wardell's advertisement on the verso indicates that the month was October. Date estimated at 1895 - the Aldeans are said to have performed with Harmston's Circus during 1895-1897. Charles Woodward who performed with the Circus in 1896 in Calcutta, is said by descendants to have "joined the circus" when it visited New Zealand. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on two sides of sheet 445 x 275 mm.

Date: 1964

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978; Cabot, Beatrice Eliza, 1894-1981

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-1964-01

Description: Shows a clown's head bursting out of a paper hoop, with scenes from the Big Top in the background, including, trapeze artists, a chimpanzee with a pill-box hat, elephants and horseback acrobats. Attached sheet at the top announces that Sole Bros and Wirths' Combined Circus & Zoo arrives from record breaking sessions in Australia. There is a managerial note: "Contrary to rumours circulating through New Zealand, Sole Bros & Wirths combined Circus & Zoo have no connection with any show carrying similar names - Sole Bros or Wirths have not toured New Zealand since 1962". Poster must predate July 1967, as prices are in shillings. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 830 x 375 mm, with attached sheet at top, 260 x 370 mm, making total dimensions of 1065 x 375 mm.

Date: 1888

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Ravensbourne, 1888

Reference: E-016-3-077

Description: A preliminary sketch of a man on horseback approaching the viewer on a path between high mountains Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 89 x 181 mm

Date: 1876 - 1866 - 1963 - 1965

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: D-001-021-a

Description: The artist and his wife Caroline with a companion crossing the Taramakau River during their travels in 1866 from Canterbury to the West Coast "Plates by Lithographic Laboratories Ltd." "Printed by C M Banks Ltd" From an original oil in the National Art Gallery (Te Papa) Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 372 x 564 mm on sheet 587 x 917 mm

Date: between 1934 and 1935

Reference: PAColl-6619

Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1902

By: Thackeray, Lance, -1916

Reference: A-134-053/055

Description: Shows 3 pictures of horses advertised for sale. Published copy of Bullock-Webster's book, "Memories of sport and travel fifty years ago..." (Auckland: Whitcomb & Tombs, 1938) at P 920 BUL 1938. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (On each image): L. Thackeray / ....... Copyright, 1902, by Hills & Co., Ltd.; (Under A-134-053): Lot 1. - KITTY. Chestnut mare / Property of a lady. Very fast.; (Under A-134-054): Lot 2. - FLYAWAY. Bay Gelding, Age 7. / Has been hunted by a Lady.; (Under A-134-055): Lot 3. - PIEBALD & SKEWBALD GELDINGS. / Have been driven much together. Quantity: 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 3 chromolithographs, each 60 x 92 mm, each pasted on grey paper 80 x 115 mm, and all stuck to folded card, 118 x 298 mm.

Date: 1894

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Notes. Cranmore Lodge, Littlebourne, Dunedin. [Sketchbook, ca 1894]

Reference: E-033-1-003

Description: A rough sketch showing two men in a landscape, one on horseback, one leading a laden horse Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, page size 180 x 110 mm

Date: [1880s-1900s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-167

Description: Family photographs, chiefly taken by William Hughes Field. Many of the views are unidentified, as are many of the portraits and group portraits. Some family members are identified, and a few taken in Botany Bay, Sydney, show Richard John Seddon and James Carroll speaking at a function. One image is a reproduction of a cartoon by William Hodgkins entitled `Mark Twain at the City hall Dunedin, on original sin (The watermelon story) ... A sketch from the stalls by W M Hodgkins' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green covers, 24 x 31 cm

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Harris, A, active 1864; Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888; Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-039-2

Description: Shows a man on horseback to the right, approaching flat land at the edge of Coromandel Harbour, houses, hills and the harbour in the distance Possibly based on a watercolour in the Library's collection by A. Harris, reference number B-035-009. However the associated text states that the set of Coromandel views is 'from sketches by Mr Allen Martin'. This may be an error for Albin Martin. A. Harris may have copied his view from the Illustrated London news, not supplied the original. Other Titles - Kapanga Flat Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 240 mm

By: Hetley, Georgina Burne, 1832-1898; Stack, Frederick Rice, -1873

Reference: A-175-011

Description: In the foreground, a curved road with a man on horseback. Tree trunks at several points on the sides of the road. In the background, the Firth of Thames and on the left, the houses of Auckland in the distance. Several islands of the Hauraki Gulf are visible, probably including Ponui and Pakihi Copied from: F R Stack's lithograph: Views of Auckland: View of the Frith [sic] of the Thames [1862]. Hetley has simplified Stack's original, reducing the number of riders and eliminating a bullock train hauling timber on the left Other Titles - Stack, Frederick Rice Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 228 x 431 mm

Date: 1876

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Gibr[altar] 1874 [to 1877]

Reference: E-350-q-027

Description: Studies of four mounted guards, each carrying a pennant See also drawings at E-350-q-023, -024 and -025 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page 170 x 240 mm

Date: [1914-1918]

From: Warburton, Edward Darien :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1602

Description: Photographic postcard album compiled by E D Warburton. Includes photographs of family, soldiers, rugby, fencing and prisoners of war during the Great War. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 25.5 x 22 cm

Date: 1856

By: Florance, Augustus (Dr), 1812-1879

Reference: C-031-005

Description: A horse and male rider standing at Petone where the Hutt road begins along the cliff-face, with sea and bush clad hills beyond Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour 305 x 381 mm

Date: 1905 to 1907

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-197

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1905 and 1907, covering a variety of topics. They include family photographs, both individual and group portraits, and Wellington houses (eg `Railway Whare', the house Godber and his family lived in, in Bay Street, Petone). One scene shows Godber's parents, Mary Ann and Charles Godber, with a large group of family members, including Albert Percy Godber, his wife Laura, and two children, Phyllis and William (p.21). On p. 13, Godber's wife Laura and two children are seen with an elderly couple, probably Laura's parents Charles Albert and Magdelina Clara Zinckgraf. Numbers of images show scenes associated with New Zealand Railways, including the Mataroa Railway Tunnel under construction, specific locomotives, signal stations, the railway station at Petone, and scenes at the Petone Railway Workshops. At the beginning of the album, several images show Godber and a team from the Petone Fire Brigade with medals they have won at fire-fighting practice competitions. A pocket at the front of the album holds two photographs, on of a new cutting on the road near Lowry Bay, and one of the `model of `D' class locomotive used in the Petone Peace Demonstration Procession' following the Boer War in 1902, signed `With A.P. Godber's compliments'. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 105 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 19.5 x 26.0 cm

Date: 1967

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family, and preparatory montages and sketches. 1951-1986].

Reference: A-304-004

Description: 11 drawings of activities of the Fleming family for the year 1967. This card includes 'January-February, cicada field work, South Island', a mountain scene with a tape recorder, a cicada on a rock and an insect trap; 'Oct-Nov. Whitebaiting (as usual)' written inside a circlet of whitebait; 'November (Jean), School certificate' showing books, a laboratory flask, the formula E = MC 2 [squared] and a long-playing vinyl record of Joan Baez; with a note below that 'And usual family flap about Christmas cards in November!'; 'Aug 19' an image of Charles Fleming being capped; 'Centennial headquarters appeal', an image of a modern building; 'I F U W, triennial conference, Auckland (Peg) August', showing the logo of the Federation of University Women; a horseshoe and riding crop marked 'Winter hunting (Jean)'; a wading bird; 'April (C. A. F.) Aberdeen, Oxford, London, nullis in verba, et nil sine verbis!' showing buildings of Aberdeen University and its Latin motto with Charles Fleming's addition; a UNESCO symbol; and 'Royal Society of N . Z. centenary - Oct 10' showing the Society's medal. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 123 x 148 mm (folded)

Date: 1931 to 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116

Description: Album of tramps, camps, and other boy scouting activities, chiefly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, who was an active scout member and later scout master during the 1930s at Otorohanga. Maori legends and hand-drawn maps accompany the photographs, bringing New Zealand geography and history alive to the young scouts. Outings include following Te Kooti's trail, searching for caves where moa bones have been found, and climbing to various trig stations in the Waikato area. Other images show competitions for scouting badges and first aid instruction. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leatherette cover, loose-bound album, 18 x 30 cm

Date: 1877 - 1879

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], d 1934 :[Scrapbook of watercolours, prints and photographs, 1878 and later].

Reference: E-881-f-033-5

Description: Shows a European woman on horseback trying to make her horse comply with her wishes. She holds a furled umbrella raised in her right hand. "Mr Marriner" stands whittling a stick in the background, while another horsewoman waits in the distance. The pencil note below says: "Miss Outhwaite returns to Auckland. The beast she is riding is a type of a Maori horse - the only way to make them go is this" [pencil sketch of fast-galloping horse] Extended Title - From Gertrude Flora Yarborough's scrapbook of watercolours ... 1878 and after, page 33, lower right Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 90 x 113 mm, with handwritten pencil text on page 412 x 305 mm.

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] [ca 1865?]-1896

Reference: E-147-089

Description: Several mounted men accompanying a carriage on a broad track There is another version of this sketch in the same album, E-147-203; also a more finished version in pencil at A-182-119 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) pasted in. Physical Description: Pencil 114 x 185 mm

Date: 1876 - 1963 - 1866 - 1965

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: D-001-021

Description: The artist, his wife Caroline and a travelling companion crossing the Taramakau River in a bush setting on their travels from Canterbury to the West Coast in 1866 "Plates by Lithographic Laboratories Ltd." "Printed by C M Banks Ltd" Copy of an original oil painting held by the National Art Gallery (Te Papa) Wellington Other Titles - Taramakau Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 372 x 564 mm on sheet 587 x 917 mm Provenance: Copy received under Legal Depositl, 1970s