Sea horses

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: 2016 - 2017

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Macready, Sara, 1950-

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2017-01

Description: Calendar reproducing the artist's sketch of dolphins, terns, a seahorse skeleton, varieties of sea creatures, starfish, oystercatchers, seals, kayakers, shells, penguins, in Golden Bay and nearby locations including Ligar Bay, Wainui, Rototai Beach, Wharariki, Pohara. Dates on January page have an error. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on calendar of 12 openings, 210 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Sara Macready, Motupipi, in 2016.

Date: 1999

From: [Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to alcohol and alcoholic beverages and drink, in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-1999-01

Description: Pamphlet advertises the product Festive Mead first produced on Valentine's Day 1999, at the Haewai Meadery. The front cover "coat of arms" and the inside spread feature an illustration of a seahorse. The pamphlet also has a map of the meadery's location and a photograph of a part of the wind garden showing dahlias in bloom. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on pamphlet tri-folded to 212 x 100 mm.

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

Reference: B-131-13-032

Description: Front, side and upside-down view of seahorses in both adult and juvenile form. The original for an illustration in The School Magazine (Sdyney) August 1 1956, p. 181, for an article Seahorses by David H Graham Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on paper glued to card, 220 x 125 mm

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

Reference: B-131-13-033

Description: Two pages torn from a school magazine, with illustrations of seahorses by Eileen Mayo. The original drawings are held at B-131-13-031 and -032 Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on two sheets of paper, 242 x 152 mm

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

Reference: B-131-13-031

Description: An upright seahorse, its tail curled around seaweed. The original for an illustration in The School Magazine (Sdyney) August 1 1956, p. 181, for an article Seahorses by David H Graham Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on paper glued to card, 175 x 92 mm

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

Reference: B-131-13-050

Description: Front, side and upside-down view of seahorses in both adult and juvenile form. The original for an illustration in The School Magazine (Sdyney) August 1 1956, p. 181, for an article Seahorses by David H Graham See a version in ink of one drawing, located at B-131-13-032 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on tracing paper, 167 x 237 mm

Date: 1965 - 1966

From: Various artists :[Original illustrations for the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A H McLintock, 1966].

By: Powell, Arthur William Baden, 1901-1987; Moreland, John Munn, 1921-

Reference: A-332-125/151

Description: Includes illustrations of Red cod (Physiculus bacchus), Whitebait (adult) or inanga (Galaxias attenuatus), Southern kingfish or Hake (Jordanidia solandri), Grayling (Prototroctes oxyrhinchus), Warehou (Seriolella brama), Horse mackerel (Trachurus declivis), Spotty (Pseudolabrus celidotus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Quinnat salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Sprat (cluea antipodum), Moki (Latridopsis ciliaris), Brown trout (Salmo trutta), Anchovy (Engraulis australis), Pilchard (Sardinops neopilchardus), Rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri), Hapuku, tuna, rays, marlin, sharks, barracouta, piper, ling, eels, sunfish, sea horse, red gurnard, leatherjacket, porcupine, mullet, flounder, sole, kingfish, kohawai, snapper, urchins, corals, jellyfish, bonito, elephant fish, starfish, lamprey, hagfish, barnacles, crabs, mackerel, tarakihi, maomao, butterfish, albacore. Some images are not labelled. Folder is labelled: Powell's fish, including Morton's drawings. Some published drawings signed J M. J M is referred to in the introduction to the encyclopaedia as J M Moreland, not Morton; Powell was the and artist of some of the encyclopaedia articles on fish; so was Larry J Paul Some articles written by L J Paul Other Titles - Encyclopedia Other Titles - Powell's fish, including Morton's drawings Quantity: 27 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, sizes varying. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives in 1998..

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-056

Description: A 'rush caterpillar', stick insects, shags, a sea horse and a clipping from the Illustrated London news of the kiwi in the London Zoo, with accompanying text Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 4 drawing(s). 3 newsclippings. 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink & wash, clippings, glued to album page, sizes vary

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-056-5

Description: A sea horse with its Maori name (meaning big-bellied rat) beneath it Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 70 x 93 mm

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Large works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: C-127-020

Description: A sea-horse in swimming mode with a large shell below it Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, watercolour & gouache on paper, 566 x 115 mm

Date: 1966 - 1978

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Large works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: C-127-256

Description: Montage of 11 printed copies of line block illustrations of fish, shells, snails, snakes, Seahorses and Praying Mantis mounted on board. Illustrations by Mayo for School Magazine NSW Department of Education, labelled "Spotted Fin" by Majorie E. Philpot (presumably an illustrated story within the magazine) M.T.1 on page 17 of Margaret Taylor's listing of the collection Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Eileen Mayo, Illustrations for School Magazine New South Wales Department of Education, (line blocks) Quantity: 11 b&w art print(s) 11 prints of illustrations by Mayo. Physical Description: Printed copies of line block illustrations (sizes vary) mounted on board, latter measures 587 x 381 mm

Date: [1980-1982]

From: Dahm, Astrida, 1950-2002 :[Forty-two watercolours, made on an overland trip through Asia. 1980-1982]

Reference: E-608-f-018

Description: A stylised sub-marine tableau, possibly inside an aquarium. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on textured paper, 190 x 135 mm

Date: 1985

By: Denton, Mark, active 1980s; Redletter Press; Hager, Nicolas Alfred, 1958-

Reference: Eph-E-NUCLEAR-1985-01

Description: Shows a map of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding countries. The sea is covered with an all-over pattern of flying fish, seahorses, squid, scallop shells, fish, crayfish, crabs, octopus, shrimps, starfish, sharks, whales,, and the occasional fishing boat. The proposed nuclear-free zone is outlined and coloured in a lighter blue. There is a decorative border of dolphins. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Screenprint, 760 x 1020 mm. Provenance: Acquired from Mr Nicky Hager in 1998.

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/2280-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 2007

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004654

Description: Shows an old man wearing a judge's wig and glasses bathing himself in a drum of 'Seahorse powder'. His clothes are piled on a chair next to the drum and the door behind him is locked with a key. His thought bubble says "Even if it does nothing for me as an aphrodisiac it should be good for my arthritis". Refers to a Christchurch firm, RMF Neutraceuticals, being fined $10,000 for importing a 25kg drum of powder made from seahorses - a threatened group of species - without getting the necessary permit or certificate. Published in New Zealand Shipping Gazette Arrangement: This cartoon file was orginally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'NZ Shipping Gaz' which was inside a folder called 'AWS Cartoon Highlights, Nov'04-May'07' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).