Cicada muta rufescens Hudson, 1891; lectotype

Self portrait in infrared  1958 Eric Lee-Johnson, Hokianga Harbour Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Fabric design  circa 1920 Purchased, 2001.

Caricatures and deformities after Leonardo. Two distorted heads.  1645 Wenceslaus Hollar, Flanders Gift of Bishop Monrad, 1869

Church, Penrhyn  1886 Thomas Andrew Gift of Alison Beckett and Robert McPherson, 1996

Untitled. From the series: Night trials  1957 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

"Cleopatra" in Domain Cricket Ground  1914 Robert Walrond, Auckland Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata

Untitled (rugby player)  1931 ? Gordon Burt, New Zealand Printed from negative owned by William Main, 1979

Sydney Exhibition - interior  1879 Roberts, Richards & Co., Sydney Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

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