Picture books

Date: 2007 - 2012

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to literature, literary events]

Reference: Eph-B-LITERATURE-2012-01

Description: Wall frieze shows twelve panel illustrations of dog and cat characters and a duckling, from Lynley Dodd's "Hairy Maclary" series of picture books. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on 3 loose sheets, 210 x 840 mm, folded into cover 210 x 210 mm. Provenance: Acquired under legal deposit in 2012.

Date: 1830 - 1995 - 1839

By: Linton, William James, 1812-1898; Museum of Sydney

Reference: A-307-005

Description: Shows changing sections of a dynamic scene of three sperm whales in foreground, with small rowboats negotiating waves caused by the leaping of the whales. Starts with ship in left background of original work, moves to whale tossing rowboat on nose, the rowboat breaking in two, and the pieces and occupants disappearing into the sea. D&P holds wood engraving from which the Museum of Sydney made this flip book, at: A-109-046. ATL holds Beale's "Natural history of the sperm whales". 2d ed. 1839, at NZ & P 639.2 1839. The Hector Library of the National Museum holds a facsimile of the first edition, entitled "A few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale..." by Thomas Beale (London, 1835). See relevant pages photocopied from it, at AT 13/14/1, 21 April 1995. In his first (1835) edition of \"A few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale...\", Thomas Beale acknowledges the use of W. J. Huggins' engraving as Plate 1, showing the form of the sperm whale, on its back sustaining attack by three rowboats. Two other plates are uncredited; however, plate no. 3, showing \"a large whale in the act of destroying a boat with his head\", is based upon Beale's own eye-witness account, either verbal or sketched, from which the engraver (unnamed) has worked. Joel Samuel Polack's \"The North Cape, New Zealand, and the sperm whales fishery\", (published in 1838 in Polack's \"New Zealand: being a narrative of travels...\") shows a similar, although not so dynamic, scene. From these \"forerunners\", one may conclude that Linton has amalgamated elements from at least three sources, to make his composition: Beale (simply verbal?), Huggins, Polack. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s) in published booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, 14 numbered images to an A4 page. Provenance: Donated by the publisher in 1995.

Date: 1830 - 1995 - 1839

By: Linton, William James, 1812-1898; Museum of Sydney

Reference: A-307-005-b

Description: Shows changing sections of a dynamic scene of three sperm whales in foreground, with small rowboats negotiating waves caused by the leaping of the whales. Starts with ship in left background of original work, moves to whale tossing rowboat on nose, the rowboat breaking in two, and the pieces and occupants disappearing into the sea. D&P holds wood engraving from which the Museum of Sydney made this flip book, at: A-109-046. ATL holds Beale's "Natural history of the sperm whales". 2d ed. 1839, at NZ & P 639.2 1839. The Hector Library of the National Museum holds a facsimile of the first edition, entitled "A few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale..." by Thomas Beale (London, 1835). See relevant pages photocopied from it, at AT 13/14/1, 21 April 1995. In his first (1835) edition of \"A few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale...\", Thomas Beale acknowledges the use of W. J. Huggins' engraving as Plate 1, showing the form of the sperm whale, on its back sustaining attack by three rowboats. Two other plates are uncredited; however, plate no. 3, showing \"a large whale in the act of destroying a boat with his head\", is based upon Beale's own eye-witness account, either verbal or sketched, from which the engraver (unnamed) has worked. Joel Samuel Polack's \"The North Cape, New Zealand, and the sperm whales fishery\", (published in 1838 in Polack's \"New Zealand: being a narrative of travels...\") shows a similar, although not so dynamic, scene. From these \"forerunners\", one may conclude that Linton has amalgamated elements from at least three sources, to make his composition: Beale (simply verbal?), Huggins, Polack. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s) in published booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, 14 numbered images to an A4 page, which has been cut into idividual images, and collated but not stapled. Provenance: Donated by the publisher in 1995.

Date: 1830 - 1995 - 1839

By: Linton, William James, 1812-1898; Museum of Sydney

Reference: A-307-005-a

Description: Shows changing sections of a dynamic scene of three sperm whales in foreground, with small rowboats negotiating waves caused by the leaping of the whales. Starts with ship in left background of original work, moves to whale tossing rowboat on nose, the rowboat breaking in two, and the pieces and occupants disappearing into the sea. D&P holds wood engraving from which the Museum of Sydney made this flip book, at: A-109-046. ATL holds Beale's "Natural history of the sperm whales". 2d ed. 1839, at NZ & P 639.2 1839. The Hector Library of the National Museum holds a facsimile of the first edition, entitled "A few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale..." by Thomas Beale (London, 1835). See relevant pages photocopied from it, at AT 13/14/1, 21 April 1995. In his first (1835) edition of \"A few observations on the natural history of the sperm whale...\", Thomas Beale acknowledges the use of W. J. Huggins' engraving as Plate 1, showing the form of the sperm whale, on its back sustaining attack by three rowboats. Two other plates are uncredited; however, plate no. 3, showing \"a large whale in the act of destroying a boat with his head\", is based upon Beale's own eye-witness account, either verbal or sketched, from which the engraver (unnamed) has worked. Joel Samuel Polack's \"The North Cape, New Zealand, and the sperm whales fishery\", (published in 1838 in Polack's \"New Zealand: being a narrative of travels...\") shows a similar, although not so dynamic, scene. From these \"forerunners\", one may conclude that Linton has amalgamated elements from at least three sources, to make his composition: Beale (simply verbal?), Huggins, Polack. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s) in published booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, 14 numbered images to an A4 page. Provenance: Donated by the publisher in 1995.

Date: 2012

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

By: Capital times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022584

Description: Jaimee sits along side characters from Margaret Mahy's children's books, and looks sadly at a rainbow wig that Mahy famously wore. Context: Margaret Mahy was one of New Zealand's most popular authors of children's and young adult literature, writing more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories, including A Lion in the Meadow, The Seven Chinese Brothers and The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate. Mahy passed away on 23 July 2012 at the age of 76. Title provided by cataloguer Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).