Great Britain. Army - Uniforms

Date: 1924

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1924-01

Description: Programme booklet for an event, the proceeds of which were in aid of the Auckland Military Sports Association. The front cover illustrated by W R Lethbridge whose signature is at lower left, shows a New Zealand flag, the figure of Britannia wearing a winged helmet, and a beefeater standing behind her. Native berries and oak leaves are shown at left and the whole is within an ornate border of leaves. Events listed inside included a pageant of people dressed as: (Army) Crusaders, longbowmen, archers, cannoniers, pikemen, halberdiers, yeomen of the guard, marines, Roundheads, Cavaliers, guardsmen; (Navy) Alfred & men, Men of the Cinque Ports, King Harry and men 1415, Drake and men 1572, Frobiher and men 1567, Lord Collingwood and men, Nelson and men 1798, (Women) Britannia, Mary Queen of Scots, Queen Elizabeth, Joan of Arc. Their uniforms are described. The programme explains where all these performers were featured in pageants, dances, musical events. There are photographs of : Viscount Jellicoe of Scava (Governor General) Major-General Sir E W C Chaytor Colonel Commandant H R Potter Miss Anita Webster (Britannia) Miss Peggy Ryan (Mary Queen of Scots) Miss Joyce Stevenson (Queen Elizabeth) Miss Peggy redmond (Joan of Arc) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 50 pages, 240 x 187 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Archway Books, Wellington, in 2016.

Date: 1832

By: McCrae, Georgiana Huntly, 1804-1890

Reference: A-429-045

Description: A half-length portrait of Captain McCrae, painted by his sister-in-law Georgiana Huntly McCrae, who was married to Alexander's brother Andrew. He wears a scarlet coatee with full dress epaulettes. He is shown as a relatively young man, being about 32 when the portrait was taken Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Captain Alexander McCrae / 84th Regt / June 23, 1832 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on card, 215 x 169 mm (irregular) Provenance: Previously purchased at an auction of Militaria, Arms and Armour, UK, 2013; before that, with the McCrae family in the UK

Date: [ca 1850]

By: Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-; McCleverty, William Anson, 1806-1897

Reference: B-205-003

Description: A scene showing the Ruamahanga River, with three British soldiers resting in the foreground on a rise above the river. In the background, three Maori are tethering a canoe on a sandbank in the river. Attribution: The work was formerly attributed to William Fox by Hamish Keith in the 1970s, but was reattributed to McCleverty by Roger Blackley in the 1990s on stylistic grounds. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Reach in the River Ruamahanga Wairarapa [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) 262 x 345 mm. Provenance: The vendor inherited the work from his great aunt, whose husband was a secretary to William Fox.