Title / object name [Group with mounted skeleton, including James Hector]
| Maker | Role | Date |
| Travers, William Thomas Lock | photographer | 1874 |
Medium Summary black and white photograph, albumen silver print
Materials photographic paper, silver, albumen
| Dimensions |
| Image | 191 (Height) x 242 (Length) mm |
| Support | 196 (Height) x 255 (Length) mm |
Classification photographic prints, albumen prints, black-and-white prints
Technique black-and-white photography
Registration Number O.030607
Credit LinePurchased 2001 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
View of ten men (including Colonial Museum personnel) assembled around the skeleton of a pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata). The following Colonial Museum people are featured :- from left to right : W. D. B. Mantell (seated on left, wearing hat), W. Skey (sitting on grass, chemist), A. T. Bothamley (standing, temporary assistant to R. B. Gore), R. B. Gore (standing, Curator/Meteorologist), T. W. Kirk (standing, Zoologist), A. McKay (standing, assistant Geologist), S. H. Cox (standing, Geologist), Mr J. Buchanan (standing), James Hector (sitting on box) and Mr Burton (seated on grass, taxidermist).