Figures & data
Figure 1. Portrait of John Buchanan, painted by H.M. Gore, son of Hector’s assistant, Richard Gore. Date uncertain, but probably late 1870s or early 1880s. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: 1992–0035–1685.
Figure 2. Group photographed in the garden of Walter Mantell (near the present Parliament Buildings, Wellington) in 1865 or 1866. From left: Charles Knight (auditor-general and amateur botanist), John Buchanan, infant Wally Mantell, James Hector, and Walter Mantell (seated on grass). Although Buchanan had working class origins, the photograph illustrates that he mixed with leading figures in the small Wellington scientific community. Toitu Settlers Museum, Dunedin (Buchanan Album).
Figure 3. Examples of the illustrations that Buchanan drew for publication, mainly in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Top: Native kiore, identified by W. Buller. Transactions vol III plate 3. Middle left: Section at Amuri Bluff recorded by Buchanan. Report of Geological Explorations 4, between p. 37 and 38. Middle right: Whale skull. Transactions vol III plate XV. Bottom: Unpublished drawing of fossil leaves that Hector named Auricurites buchanani. GNS Science, Lower Hutt.
