IMAGE
Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
- Date
- 1879 - 1882
- By
- Hobson, Henry, active 1879-1881
- Reference
- E-814
- Description
Album of military portraits, group portraits, cartes de visite, and watercolours showing incidents and persons relating to the Parihaka incident and events of the same period.
The watercolours have been made on the pages that mat the photographs, as well as on full pages of their own. The loose title page shows the monogram "A.C. Zealandia" topped with the initials HH (ie Henry Hobson, the artist). Watercolours show the camp at Pungarehu, the redoubt at Opunake, members of the Armed Constabulary Field Force, members of the Colonial Rifle Volunteers, Maoris "old & new style", the Armed Constabulary camp at Rahotu, Mount Egmont, Maori guard room and sentry box opposite Armed Constabulary lines at Pungarehu, members of the Taranaki Mounted Rifles on horseback, Hiroki with his guard, Tohu, Te Whiti, Maori going to Te Whiti's meeting at Parihaka, a view of Parihaka, Opunake Redoubt, Miss Dobie's tomb at Opunake (Mary Dobie, 1853?-1880).
Some photographs have been removed. Those still in the album include views of Parihaka; a group portrait of the Government House guard on 5 June 1881 (includes H Hobson and three others); Troopers Coffey, Collett and Kelso in 1881 (on page with Maori waka); photograph inscribed on verso by William Rowett [White?]; group portrait of Jack Myles, Harry Forshaw and G C (Paddy) Mossop in July 1880; Trooper P Coffey in August 1881 (on page showing Maori guard room); C.G.S.S. "Hinemoa" (ship); Sergeant-Major Hollinsworth of Canada; group photograph of no 6 and 7 Company of the Armed Constabulary at Pungarehu Camp 5 November 1881; Parliament House Thorndon; a group photograph of No 6 Company at Pungarehu in 1881 with individuals named including Hobson; cartes de visite of F Campbell 1880 and R Sooker [?] 1879.
Some of the watercolours appear to be based on work by George Sherriff.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Watercolours and photographs in hardbound photograph album, 280 x 215 mm.
Transfers: Some photographs found loose in the album have been transferred to Photographic Archive PAColl-9065. One portrait found loose inside the front page was that of J Loder Sub-Lieutenant of the 82nd Regiment..
- Additional description
Album condition is fragile.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Photographs, Portraits, Watercolours and photographs in hardbound photograph album, 280 x 215 mm.
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Photographer unknown :ACFF Camp (for 4, 5 & 6 Companys), Pungarehu, New Zealand, 1881.
Date: 1881
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
Reference: E-814-007
Description: Photograph showing the tents and whare occupied by the Armed Constabulary Field Force, at Pungarehu in 1881. Title written in pencil on the surface of the photograph. Other Titles - Armed Constabulary Field Force Other Titles - Companies Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [7] Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 200 x 250 mm, stuck to page of album
[Collis, William Andrews], 1853-1920 :Parihaka, Te Whiti's headquarters, Taranaki, take...
Date: 1881
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920
Reference: E-814-001
Description: Photograph showing the houses at Parihaka in 1881. Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, inside front cover. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 170 x 247 mm, stuck to page of album
[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :Te Whiti; C.G.S.S. "Hinemoa"; Maoris going to Te Whiti's meet...
Date: 1881 - 1882
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
By: Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898; Sherriff, George, 1846-1930
Reference: E-814-014
Description: Watercolour sketches show three Maori head and shoulder portraits, a portrait of Te Whiti walking in profile in a blanket (based on the illustration after George Sherriff in the London graphic, 8 April 1882 page 340), and a watercolour scene of a group of Maori in horsedrawn cariage, bullock cart and on foot. The inserted photograph is a ship portrait of the C.G.S.S. "Hinemoa", 282 tones, 180 horsepower, by photographer William Brickell Gibbs of Wellington. Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [14] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, with inserted photograph 105 x 140 mm, on page of album.
[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :Opunake Redoubt, N.Z. [1882?, beneath photograph by William B...
Date: 1880 - 1882
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
By: Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898
Reference: E-814-017
Description: Watercolour shows a view of the Opunake Redoubt, based on a component of the illustrated page by George Sherriff, in the "Graphic" (London), 8th April 1882, page 340. The photograph shows Government House in Parliament Grounds, and St Mary's Cathedral Hill Street with its steeple (destroyed by fire in 1898). Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [17] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, on page of album, with inserted photograph, 166 x 110 mm.
[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :The murderer, Hiroki & Guard; Tohu. [1881-1882?]
Date: 1881 - 1882
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
By: Sherriff, George, 1846-1930
Reference: E-814-013
Description: Watercolour sketches showing Hiroki with a guard, and Tohu walking in profile. These images are based on a component of the illustrated page by George Sherriff, in the "Graphic" (London), 8th 1882, page 340. Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [13] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, on page of album.
[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :Parihaka [beneath photographs of G Hollinsworth and on the me...
Date: 1881 - 1882
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
By: Muir, Thomas S, active 1870s-1880s; Sherriff, George, 1846-1930
Reference: E-814-015/016
Description: Watercolour sketch shows a general view of the huts at Parihaka, based on the illustration by George Sherriff in the London "Graphic", 8 April 1882, page 340. The two inserted photographs are of: "Sergeant-Major" G Hollinsworth S Major [2th O.R.?] Canadians, by photographer W Charron of Pembroke Ontario; and, the Armed Constabulary Camp Pungarehu New Zealand, number 6 and 7 Company Cook Whares - "men waiting for dinner bugle", Nov 5th 1881 (photograph by T S Muir of New Plymouth). Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, double spread pages [15-16] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 494 mm, with inserted photographs 105 x 140 mm, on pages of album.
[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :Mount Egmont, New Zealand [1882?, beneath photograph by Wrigg...
Date: 1880 - 1882
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
By: Sherriff, George, 1846-1930; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: E-814-011
Description: Watercolour shows a view of Mount Egmont (Taranaki), based on a component of the illustrated page by George Sherriff, in the "Graphic" (London), 8th April 1882, page 340, showing Mount Egmont as a backdrop to "Remains of Maori fortifications at Turo Turo Mokai". The photograph shows a group of three men in civilian clothing in a studio setting. Other Titles - Armed Constabulary Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [11] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, on page of album, with inserted photograph, 166 x 110 mm.
[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :A.C. Camp at Rahotu [beneath photograph by W A Collis, New Pl...
Date: 1882
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; Sherriff, George, 1846-1930
Reference: E-814-010
Description: Shows a view of tents and a hilltop fort of Rahotu, based on a component of the illustrated page by George Sherriff, in the "Graphic" (London), 8th April 1882, page 340. The rather faded photograph by W A Collis shows a group of eleven uniformed men standing in front of a building. The men appear to be wearing kilts and a wide diagonal shoulder band stretching from left shoulder to right waist. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph says: "The subscriber wishes Henry Hobson God speed on his journey and hopes that in after time this indifferent photograph may bring pleasant recollections of early comradeships in arms. William Rowett White" Other Titles - Armed Constabulary Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [10] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, on page of album, with inserted photograph, 166 x 110 mm.
[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :Road from Opunake to Pungarehu; Miss Dobie's tomb at Opunake,...
Date: 1880 - 1882
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
Reference: E-814-018
Description: Watercolours show a view of a bullock cart on the Opunake-Pungarehu Road, and a white stone cross on the tomb of Miss Dobie. The photograph is by an unknown photographer and shows a man in a top hat on horseback outside steps to the entrance of a stone building. Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [18] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, on page of album, with inserted photograph, 166 x 110 mm.
Photographer unknown :[Armed Constabulary Field Force at Parihaka. November 1881]
Date: 1881
From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].
Reference: E-814-005
Description: Photograph showing the Armed Constabulary lined up in rows in the foreground, and the houses of Parihaka behind. Title taken from published photograph (on Electronic Text centre website, http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cow02NewZ-c43-2.html, on 24 January 2007). Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [5] See also another copy of the same image at Photographic Archive reference number 10x8-1081. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 180 x 244 mm, stuck to page of album