Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Date: [Between 1902 and 1913]

By: Ward, Vincent Aubrey, 1888-1946; Tibbutt, Walter Francis, 1872-1929; Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: PA1-o-513

Description: Photographs, and newspaper cuttings, including cartoons, illustrating important events in the history of New Zealand, all relating to Sir Joseph Ward. Cuttings include photographs of the 11th annual meeting of the Dominion Rifle Association at Trentham, with caption describing the images, including names, taken from the New Zealand Free Lance, Saturday March 30, 1912. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward attended. The conquest of the South Pole, showing Captain Amundsen and his party, article from March 27, 1912. The Tramway Strike in Wellington which was terminated on February 5th, 1912, Sir Joseph Ward as mediator. A group of women belonging to the Women's Social & Political League, gathered to welcome home Mrs and Miss Seddon (March 30, 1912); and a group portrait of the committee of the league: Miss McLean, Mrs Mason, Mrs Moore, Mrs Seddon, Lady Ward, Mrs Keay-Brown, Mrs O'Sullivan. Articles on the retirement of Sir Joseph Ward, including a deputation to Awarua House to urge Sir Joseph to retain the position of Leader of the Liberal Party. Guests at the Premier Picnic, Auckland, entitled "His Excellency and Joseph Ward attend the big Oddfellows gathering. Various inaugural occasions, including the opening of the Government Sanatorium Baths at Rotorua; the turning of the first sod of the Waihi-Tauranga Railway; and turning the first sod of the Waipa Collieries private railway line, at Ngaruawahia The opening ceremony of the Jubilee Wing of Mother Aubert's Home of Compassion at Jerusalem on the Whanganui River in February 1912; and the opening of the New Plymouth Railway Station in 1902. Album includes an article from the London journal "The Gentlewoman : an ilustrated weekly journal for Gentlewomen" entitled "Lady Ward at home, at 'Awarua', Wellington, New Zealand" (March 22, 1913). Photographs of Lady Ward "wife of the Prime Minister of New Zealand"; a view of Lady Ward's house "Awarua" (Premier House in Tinakori Road); three generations: Sir Joseph Ward with his son and heir, and grandson; Miss Eileen Ward in fancy dress; and Mr Awarua Pat Ward, Sir Joseph Ward's youngest son. (p 40-41) Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, darker brown corners and spine, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering on a diagonal; 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-b

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on card, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920; Wellington Savage Club Inc

Reference: C-093-005

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-c

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on card, 410 x 545 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1912 - 1934

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

By: New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920; Ballantyne, Kenneth Morrin, 1885-1961; Potere, Hank, active 1917-1918; Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Harding, William Guy, 1883-1978; Hart, Bryce Conrad, 1895-1957

Reference: A-313-6-001/034

Description: Cartoons collected by Ian F. Grant for his book "The Unauthorized Version" Published in 'The Unauthorized Version: A Cartoon History of New Zealand' by Ian F. Grant, revised and updated edition published in 1987. Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies 420mm x 240mm.

Date: 1912-1914

From: Massey, William Ferguson, 1856-1925 : Papers

By: Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; Osborn, Stanley, active 1912; Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: MSY-0880

Description: Includes cartoons by J H Gilmour, W Macbeth, Stanley Osborn, E F Hiscocks, William Blomfield (BLO) and J C Blomfield, and others Relationship complexity - Loose papers removed to fMS-Papers-7696 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1909 - 1915

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; Hope, Will, active 1910-1920s; Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963; Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920; Mann, H, active 1910; Osborn, Stanley, active 1912

Reference: J-054-001/147

Description: 105 photocopies made from a scrapbook album lent for photocopying. Source newspapers include: New Zealand Observer, Spectator, New Zealand Times, Canterbury Times, Dominion, New Zealand Free Lance, Auckland Weekly News, New Zealand Town and Country Life. Cartoonists include: David Low, H Mann, E F Hiscocks, Trevor Lloyd, J C Blomfield, William Blomfield ("Blo"), W Macbeth, Stanley ("Tani") Osborn, Will H [Hope], Gilmour. Quantity: 105 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopies on sheets 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: B-148-076

Description: Shows 'Savage Club' members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach. This top right portion shows mainly the members of the Wellington Savage Club Orchestra. Shows the conductor of the orchestra, the pianist, oboist, photographer, and easel artist. The participants are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. See the full image on the copies of the lithograph at C-034-014. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on board, 390 x 453 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-a

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-034-014

Description: Shows 'Savage Club' members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on a beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as the artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member, possibly William Pember Reeves, is reading a book titled "The king of the fortunate islands" (William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). An orchestra is playing on the far right, including a conductor, a pianist, a double-bassist, violinists, piccolo-players, a bassoonist and a trumpeter. At the top right, a pipe-smoking man is taking a photograph of the event. Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Many have painted on tattoo markings on their faces and bodies A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ; Recto - bottom right - Signed in pencil: W. Macbeth See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board 410 x 545 mm. Provenance: Robin Watts is a descendant of W. Reuben Watts, a member of the Savage Club in 1908.