Hibiscus

Date: 1995

By: Blake, Joyce, 1915-; Save the Children (N.Z.)

Reference: E-278-q-116

Description: Reproduction of watercolour by J Blake showing an arrangement of yellow native hibiscus, stem of blueberry and branch of kauri. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph 138 x 102 mm on folded card

Date: 1949

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; W Haythorn-Thwaite Advertising Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-AVIATION-TEAL-1949-01

Description: One side of sheet shows a photograph of a TEAL flying boat ZK-AMM, and a map of Queensland. The other side show hibiscus flowers, a woman in a bathing suit sunbathing, a couple dining on the plane, an aerial photograph of Sydney, and scenes in Brisbane and Hayman Island. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on both sides of sheet 760 x 555 mm, originally folded in 9 panels, each 255 x 185 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2006.

Date: 1900 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Christie, Connie, active 1940s-1950s; Cobb, Victor Ernest, 1876-1945; Davies, Lewis Roy, 1897-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Godson, John Barclay, 1882-1957; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; Mahony, Francis William, 1905-1989; Mailey, Arthur Alfred, 1890-; Minns, Benjamin Edwin, 1864-1937; Ogilvie, Helen, active 1930s; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Palmer, Ethleen Mary, 1906-1958; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor, 1904-1982; Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus, 1881-1929; Walker, Francis Sidney, 1888-1972; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-O/S

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Margaret O'Grady Pat O'Harris (by Pixie O'Harris, 1928) Lyster Ormsby (3 bookplates, 1 by A B, 2 by artist unknown, 1 of which reads "Lyster Omsby, Antiquary, 26 Hunter Street") Basil R Orr (by Percy Neville Barnett, 1930) John Oxley W Stewart Page (by Will M, possibly Will Mahony, picturing 2 men on horses and a dog rounding up sheep) B H Palmer (possibly by Ethleen Palmer) R Parkinson (possibly by Norman Lindsay) Pauline (possibly by Ernest Warner or Edward Warner, 1931) N Pearson Noel Pearson (2 bookplates, 1 with name of the artist illegible, possibly Vic Cm Aron, 1927, 1 by A M, possibly Arthur Mailey, featuring a cricketing cartoon) Max Pemberton (possibly by Connie Christie) Ruth Penfold (2 bookplates, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1 by F Sidney Walker, 1933) A M Perrottet George Perrottet (1 by Hilda Wiseman, 2 by artists unknown, 1 featuring a caricature, possibly of the owner) Muriel Perrottet (by "H", possibly Helen Ogilvie, featuring a flower, possibly a hibiscus) E E Pescott (writing below image reads "Type design by S R Simmons") Philip (featuring the words "Philip's book" and the initials P O H or F O H, though it is not clear whether these are the initials of the artist or the owner) H E Phillipson (by W R J, possibly Robert Johnson) Eden Philpotts (by "B", possibly Frank Brangwyn) Stanley Raymond Phippard (possibly by Nan Davies, 1922) Phyllis (2 identical bookplates, by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Ralph R Pilkington (by artist unknown. R Pilkington's name is handwritten on the bookplate in pen) L L Politzer (possibly by Victor Cobb) Louis Politzer (note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", but it is not clear whether this indicates he is the artist or the donor of the bookplate in addition to being the subject) Mabel Dickinson Pond (by W F H, 1915) Dorothy Porter (by Pixie O'Harris, featuring an ornately dressed lady and a man, possibly a servant, bearing a book upon a cushion) Edith Potter (name of the artist illegible, possibly Moppen, 1934. Includes the words "Ich liebe die fleinen Bewohner dec Luft") John Preece (by L L, possibly Lionel Lindsay, 1928, picturing archers shooting at flying books) John L Preece (by Henri Benedictus Van Raalte) Winward Prescott (including the words "Short Story Collection", and picturing 2 nudes under a microscope) Thea Proctor (owner is also possibly the artist) Alan Queale (by N S, possibly N Suhr or N Suhn. Picturing a pirate or similar figure reading a book, having presumably taken the book from a chest full of them at his feet) B R R (2 bookplates, both possibly by Eric Thake) Jeanie Ranken (by A F. Wording of the bookplate reads "Jeanie Ranken; In Her Memory", and pictured is a hand holding a book entitled "Drama". Note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley" or "Hagly") C L Regan (by J G, possibly John Barclay Godson. Includes a heraldic emblem with the word "Riverview") Geoffrey R Rex (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1926) Alan P Rigby (by Will Mahony. Features caricature of a man, possibly Alan P Rigby) Vere Ritchie (by L Roy Davies) Christine Rivett (by Phillip M Litchfield) Ewing Rixson (by Adrian Feint. Including maps of Australia, United States, Scandinavia, France and New Zealand, and emblems reading "Northwestern University, 1851" and "Royal Geographical Society, 1830) Arthur Robinson (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Royal Colonial Institute (including the words "British Isles" and "United Empire" and a map highlighting Canada, India, Africa and Australia Lucy McCowan Russell (possibly by Eric Thake, picturing a crowd before a closed theatre curtain, upon which are spotlighted the initials "T T") W L Russell (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", though it is not made clear whether this is the artist or donor. Pictured is a mother Kangaroo reading a book to a joey in her pouch) A S (2 bookplates, possibly made for Sir Alfred Stephen) Y N Y S (by Roy Davies) Sacre Coeur + Burke Road (by Adrian Feint. The bookplate reads "Sacre Coeur + Burke Road; Malvern" and pictured is a driveway leading to a stately 3 storey building. Possibly refers to Sacre Coeur, Catholic Girl's School in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia) St Sophia's Library (note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley") Sally (possibly by George D Perrottet. Pictured is a man with spears and a shield in an outdoor setting at night, possibly representing an aboriginal hunter conducting a form of ceremony) H H Schlink (by R D, possibly Roy Davies, featuring an airborn downhill skier) Aimee Selby (by G D Perrottet, possibly George D Perrottet) E York Seymour (by Adrian Feint) Grace B Sibley The Ski Club of Australia (by L Roy Davies, picturing a downhill skier) Bruce Smith (by Philip M Litchfield, featuring a man fishing with a rod and a net) C Nigel Smith (by A F) Charles Kingsford Smith (by George Hartley Brown, 1932, picturing an aeroplane and a giant eagle flying over Australia, with the words "Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, M C, A F C; King of the Air") S A Smith (by B E Minns. Pictured is 3 Australian Aboriginals, a woman crouching holding a child and a man with a spear and shield defending them, framed by trees, 2 possibly eucalypts and 2 a variety of Xanthorrhoea or "Grasstree") R M F Smyth (by Geo. Hartley Brown, possibly George Hartley Brown, 1931. Pictured are 2 Australian Aboriginals with a boomerang standing on a book, with the words "Return to...R M F Smyth") Alexis Grant Souter (by D H S, possibly D H Souter) Brenda Maisie Souter (by D H Souter) D H Souter (owner is also possibly the artist) Jo Sprokkereef (name of the artist illegible, possibly Esmond. Pictured are Snow White and the 7 dwarfs) L Stenhouse-Huntley (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) Paul Stratmann (2 bookplates, both by artist unknown) George Sutton (by P M L) Vincenc Svoboda (name of the owner is illegible, also possibly Iincenc Svoboda) R A Swan (by "W") Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Also including the name "I Black" and the date "31 January 1898". Written at the bottom of the bookplate is the instruction that "This label is to be pasted in the book, kept in good order, and not written or scribbled upon in any way") Quantity: 78 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1955 - 1965

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-Northland-1950/1960s-01

Description: Illustrated tourism poster shows a marlin leaping at top left, women in bathing suits on a beach at top right, citrus fruit and hibiscus at lower left, and a kauri tree and nikau palm at lower right. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 765 x 508 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Henry Sotheran's, London, in 2009, lot 122.

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: O'Dea, Albert James 1916-1986 :[Scrapbook of posters and pamphlets. 1940-1960s].

Reference: Eph-F-ODEA-1940/60-38-2

Description: Shows a Sunderland seaplane or "flying boat", in the air above the sea, with a hibiscus flower at the right. The air fares are given at the lower right. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) onflyer.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on flyer 227 x 192 mm.

Date: 1955 - 1960

From: Tasman Empire Airways Limited: [Ephemera, pamphlets, menus, advertising, published in the 1950s]

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Clark, Nobby, 1921-

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-01

Description: A brochure illustrated by Nobby Clark while he worked for Haythorn-Thwaite in the 1950s. The cover shows a small Fijian boy riding on the back of a tortoise with his catch of fish. There is a hibiscus at lower left. The boy appears in an oval shape. Inside are photographs on a Fijian beach, the Grand Pacific Hotel Suva, Korolevu Beach resort, and Blue Lagoon cruising. There is also an illustration of a mountainous island with beach huts and yachts. Housed inside brochure cover designed by Nobby Clark. Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pages of brochure. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on brochure folded to 232 x 103 mm.

Date: 1986

Reference: Eph-D-OPERA-WCO-1986-01

Description: Poster for an opera production shows a hibiscus flower, a Kathakali mask and four outrigger canoes with triangular sails. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint 595 x 428 mm.

Date: 1998

Reference: Eph-E-LOCAL-Auckland-1998-02

Description: Election campaign poster for Auckland local body elections in 1998 shows a photograph of Topp Twins performer Lynda Topp at the right with a hibiscus over her right ear and the Sky Tower in the background. Banner stuck over centre announces a free concert and public meeting. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 695 x 1020 mm., with collaged piece over centre, 75 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Diva Productions in 2014. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2258 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2258.

Date: 1998

Reference: Eph-E-LOCAL-Auckland-1998-01

Description: Election campaign poster for Auckland local body elections in 1998 shows a photograph of Topp Twins performer Lynda Topp at the right with a hibiscus over her right ear and the Sky Tower in the background. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 695 x 1020 mm. Provenance: Donated by Diva Productions in 2014. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2258 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2258.

Date: 2014

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

Reference: Eph-D-COOK-ISLANDS-2014-01

Description: Poster shows and arrangement of text at the left, with four photographs at the right arranged in the shape of a hibiscus flower. The photographs are of food, craft work, and young Cook Islands children. The background is green. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2014.

Date: 2014

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

Reference: Eph-D-COOK-ISLANDS-2014-02

Description: Poster shows and arrangement of text at the left, with four photographs at the right arranged in the shape of a hibiscus flower. The photographs are of food, craft work, and young Cook Islands children. The background is pink. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2014.

Date: 1950s-1960s

From: Wassiliewa, Galina (estate) :Photographs relating to life and ballet career of Galina Wassiliewa in Lithuania and Wellington.

By: Wassiliew, Wassili, 1916-1983

Reference: PAColl-6125-27

Description: Photographs of animals in zoos, or a zoo, including a series of a chimpanzees tea party. Plants mainly from Wassiliew's garden. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2003

From: [Posters advertising dance performances of 2000-2003].

By: Wynter Graphic Design (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-DANCE-2003-02

Description: Shows a photographic portrait of a young Polynesian woman with a hibiscus tucked over her right ear. She has her eyes closed. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 705 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by Sticky Fingers in 2003

Date: 2010

By: Air New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-F-GAMES-2010-01

Description: Jigsaw puzzle in a tin showing many "framed" photographs of Air New Zealand staff, sporting activities, aircraft, interspersed with motifs of hibiscus, jandals, stars, koru logo, and Christmas ornaments. The contents of the tin include the jigsaw pieces and a folded sheet showing the complete image. Other Titles - Air Transport World Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on jigsaw pieces, guide sheet and surface of tin with removable lid. The tin's dimensions are: height 140 mm; diameter 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Di Dickson, Wellington, in 2015.

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: Tasman Empire Airways Limited: [Ephemera, pamphlets, menus, advertising, timetables published in the 1960s]

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-TEAL-1960s-01

Description: Plastic wallet in which one might keep travel documents, shows an embossed hibiscus flower on a straw-look cover. Inside has two clear plastic pockets. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Moulded plastic wallet, folded to 208 x 112 mm. Provenance: Purchase, 2013. The vendor acquired the collection from Howse's son ca 2008 Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at PA-Group-00876 and MS-Papers-11714.

Date: 1981

By: Hamon, Rei Paul Francis, 1921-2008

Reference: C-117-007-a

Description: Shows winged insect, probably a cicada, on the petal of a hibiscus flower From original signed ink drawing dated 1980 No. 242 of limited edition of 600 copies, signed and numbered by artist Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured on sheet 760 x 540 mm

Date: 1981

By: Hamon, Rei Paul Francis, 1921-2008

Reference: C-117-007

Description: Shows winged insect, probably a cicada, on the petal of a hibiscus flower From original signed ink drawing dated 1980 No. 241 of limited edition of 600 copies, signed and numbered by artist Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured on sheet 760 x 540 mm

Date: 1963 - 1967

From: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning atomic bombs, nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons testing, and protests against nuclear weapons and power. 1960-1969]

Reference: Eph-A-NUCLEAR-CND-1965-01-front

Description: Front of flier shows an illustrated head of a Pacific woman wearing a hibiscus flower in her hair, beside a stylised illustration of an explosion. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on flier, 225 x 140 mm.

Date: 1820

From: Abbot, John 1751-1840 :Original drawings of insects by J Abott. [1816?]

Reference: E-272-f-088

Description: Two moths in flight, shown with pupa and caterpillar on a hibiscus with a white flower. According to artist's notes `Taken on the Hibiscus Scaber mich, but feeds mostly on Myrtle. Spun up in the leaves 14th May, bred 28th. Frequents the sides of swamps, is not very common'. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper 347 x 247 mm

Date: 1951 - 1960

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Chaddock, Robert, active 1950s

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-17

Description: Shows two figures. At lower right the back of a man in Tahitian costume seated on the ground. He looks towards the other figure, a woman in traditional costume, dancing with a hibiscus flower in her left hand. The TEAL logo is at top right. This poster may have been printed at the studio of Matt Chote; it is seen hanging on the wall of his studio in a photo in "Te Ao Hou", June 1959, page 29. This image has been used on a brochure housed at Eph-A-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s; the brochure (assumed to date from around the same time as this poster) advertises Solent flights to Tahiti. The Solent service ceased in 1960. Displayed in Island style: Dancing the Pacific. Turnbull Gallery, 18 March - 11 May 2013 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 985 x 640 mm.