Places

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-095/096

Description: Shows prisoners' hulk (the Marion), Mt Eden & Fort Britomart. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Auckland from the Falcon & Prisoners hulk. Mt Eden Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 160 mm

Date: 1864 - 1867

By: Outhwaite, Anne Jane Louisa, 1842-1925; Sewell, John Augustus George Frederick, 1826-

Reference: A-389-004

Description: Shows a view looking towards St Barnabas Church and Parnell Rise at the right, and across to North head and Rangitoto Island in the distance. In the left foreground, a soldier on horseback is stopped beside two women standing on the verandah of a house. Some buildings in the vicinity at left may be part of the Albert Barracks. M T after the original artist's name stands for Military Train, an Army Regiment managing baggage transport Other Titles - January; Esquire; Military Train; John George Augustus Sewell Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Isa del. Jan 22nd 1867 [underlined]. After a sketch by J Sewell Esqur. M. T. 1864' [in ink, in the hand of Louisa Outhwaite] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 167 x 244 mm.

Date: 1852

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Standidge & Company

Reference: C-010-020

Description: View from the end of the wharf at the foot of Queen Street, looking towards the waterfront buildings and up Queen Street, with Partington's windmill on the skyline. A line of barrels along the wharf and two containers of goods, a man wheeling a wheelbarrow, another wheeling a barrow, two soldiers, other groups of citizens, Maori canoes and a rowboat drawn up at the water's edge on the left and groups of Maori sitting. The Wesleyan (Methodist) Chapel is on the left, above the first row of buildings. A version in oils of this view is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. An uncoloured lithograph is also held (by the Turnbull Library) at C-010-005. The Library also holds watercolour copies of this view by W. S. Hatton, copied from an Illustrated London News wood engraving from this print, at B-078-012 and B-078-017 and the Mitchell, too, has a watercolour copy by Hatton, an English artist who confined his work to copies of views in the Illustrated London News. Article about Hogan's four views of Auckland in "New Zealander", 6 July 1853. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 274 x 324 mm on sheet 370 x 540 mm

Date: 1866

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: A-236-021

Description: View of Official Bay showing Britomart Barracks, Wynard Pier, Old Admiralty House (at left) built 1864 (see plate 99 in Platts, U. The lively capital, and photo, p. 40 of Barr, J. The Ports of Auckland); may show prison hulk Marion. Other Titles - January Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on tinted paper 130 x 374 mm

Date: 1858

From: Ruck, Charlotte Steward, 1840?-1916 :[Scrapbooks, ca 1860 to ca 1899]

Reference: E-309-q-1-016

Description: Barrack buildings to the right, with the troops lined up outside. A separate group of officers, including one on horseback in the centre and towards the left Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Sepia photograph, 114 x 219 mm on album page 256 x 205 mm

Date: 1871 - 1936

By: Fletcher, R S, active 1936

Reference: MapColl-832.1291/1871/Acc.6954

Description: Survey plan of the Auckland Albert Barracks, showing the boundaries of the barracks extending out to what later became Wellesley St, Kitchener St, Symonds St, Princes St and Alfred St. The barracks are enclosed by a stone wall (annotated note indicates part of the wall still in existence). Within the barracks is the armoury, a school, sergeant's quarters, military prison, Major Tisdall's house, the 'Dead House', large garden, the magazine, store and drill shed. Shows the Military Road, next to Government grounds, on what became Princes St. The 'Northern Club' is indicated on the corner of Waterloo Rd. Indicates building materials. Compiled by R.S. Fletcher, M.Sc. for the Lands Department, Auckland, 1936. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [ca. 1:2 000], 90 x 70 cm.

Date: 1860

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Bent, Thomas, 1833?-1887; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-035

Description: A view from the water, Judges Bay, Auckland, looking past a schooner and up the cliffs at the water's edge to the church (St Stephen's Chapel), the house of Judge William Martin and other houses. Fort Britomart is on the cliff-top to the right Identity of the artist with initials T. B. shown to be Thomas Bent from comparison with an identical view in a private collection and with the Pacific watercolours held by the Library. A fellow-officer of Gold's, in whose sketchbook this drawing was adhered. The two men fought together in Taranaki. There is a pencil drawing on the verso that may be the work of Gold or of Bent. It shows a train crossing a railway bridge by a bay ringed with hills, with churches and houses sketched in on the left. It is not an identifiable New Zealand scene. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - T. B. Nov 28 1860 [in brushpoint]; Recto - bottom right - Taurarua. Judges Bay. Auckland [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 176 x 251 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1852

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878

Reference: A-050-022

Description: A view looking from Hobson Street down over the town of Auckland and out to the harbour towards Rangitoto. Two men in a horse and cart are in the foreground. Original of: No. 1. Auckland, New Zealand / P J Hogan - London : Standidge, 1852. (C-010/002/14) and Mitchell Library oil: Auckland from Hobson St South Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - P. J. Hogan; Recto - beneath image - title in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, b&w 110 x 170 mm on sheet 150 x 210 mm

Date: 1864

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: B-035-021

Description: Shows Mechanics Bay with St Paul's Church and Britomart Barracks, ships around Wynyard Pier and a Maori canoe on the mudflats in the foreground. Original mount (now discarded) included inscription on lower right: Colonel Williams, R.A., possibly inscribed by H.J.Warre Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 122 x 247 mm Transfers: Purchased with B-035-016 and B-035-017.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-097/098

Description: Shows St Paul's Church, Fort Britomart and the shoreline of Auckland seen from the harbour Other Titles - Fort Britomart Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 320 mm

Date: 1842

From: Terry, Charles, fl. 1840s :New Zealand, its advantages and prospects as a British colony. London, T & W Boone, 1842

By: Gauci, P, active 1842; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0076-TP

Description: View along the waterfront at Auckland, with the buildings of Parnell on the hilltop to the left and ships moored outside the harbour on the right. Despite the title, the individual buildings are not clearly distinguishable Extended Title - From: Terry, Charles. New Zealand, its advantages and prospects as a British colony. London, T & W Boone, 1842. Opposite title page Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 130 mm

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-014/015

Description: Shows activity on the wharf: fixing of rigging, two soldiers talking to each other, a horse and cart, a woman with a parasol, and several other figures idling. Across the harbour are dwellings, and higher up St Paul's church, with the barracks on the top of the hill. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-044

Description: View looking across Commercial Bay, lower Queen Street, the wharves and the city towards St Matthew's and St Patrick's churches, from the Britomart Barracks. After P. J. Hogan's lithograph: No 3 Auckland, Auckland New Zealand, from Britomart Barrack. Commercial Bay, part of lower Queen Street, with new wharf, Albert Hill, Wyndham Street, West Queen Street, with St Matthews Church and St Patrick (R. C.) church. 1852. See copies at C-010-004, C-010-004-a, C-010-018 & C-010-019. Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p. 195. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 155 mm

Date: 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-6388-57

Description: Hotel Jolimont, Auckland, 1955. Photographer unidentified. Original caption attached to back of print reads: "The Hotel Jolimont, Auckland, has been purchased by the Government as part of its scheme to provide better barrack accommodation for single men of the New Zealand Police Force. The property is situated about 300 yards from the Auckland Central Police station and contains 27 bedrooms." Note on back of file print reads "Published/Unpublished (?) 12 Oct 1955, see page 3" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.3 x 20.2 cm

Date: 1852

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Standidge & Company

Reference: C-010-014

Description: View from a high point of early Auckland, looking down over the town, with the spire of St Paul's Church in the distance and the barracks outlined against the sea towards the right, past North Head towards Rangitoto. The Library holds an ink and wash original for this view. A watercolour version is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. An uncoloured lithograph is also held at C-010-002 Article about Hogan's four views of Auckland in "New Zealander", 6 July 1853. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 315 x 457 mm on sheet 320 x 475 mm

Date: 1860 - 1884

Reference: G-082

Description: A scene with with a waterfront road, a breakwater and jetty. Between Mechanics Bay in the foreground and Commercial Bay in the background where several ships are anchored, is a distinctive high mound, the end of the Britomart promontory. On top of the headland at the left is a church (St Pauls) with a red wooden spire. To its right is the Albert Barracks. Below this is Emily Place. Ships' masts in the background are those moored at Queen's Wharf St Paul's Church was demolished in 1884, so the picture shows a scene before that date. The breakwater in Mechanics Bay dates from the 1870s. The mound shown is the end of Britomart Point with a road cut through on its left. This cutting was made around 1875, part of the reclamation of land and cutting a road through Britomart Point. The remaining mound was demolished over the next few years. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 200 x 330 mm (sight) Provenance: On offer in 2002 at John Leech Gallery, Auckland, with a provenance of Private Collection, Auckland

Date: 1852

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Standidge & Company

Reference: C-010-015

Description: View from a high point of early Auckland, looking east past Commercial Bay, towards the Britomart Barracks, the spire of St Paul's Church in Parnell on the hilltop, the barracks outlined on the same hill but close to the water's edge. Shortland Street and Fort Street are also in the background, there is shipping in the harbour and men trundling barrels around in the foreground on the wharves. Article about Hogan's four views of Auckland in "New Zealander", 6 July 1853. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 315 x 457 mm on sheet with trimmed margins

Date: 1842

From: Terry, Charles, fl. 1840s :New Zealand, its advantages and prospects as a British colony. London, T & W Boone, 1842

By: Gauci, P, active 1842; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0076-055

Description: View from Parnell with Fort Britomart and the barracks, houses and Waitemata Harbour and the North Shore in the background Extended Title - From: Terry, Charles. New Zealand, its advantages and prospects as a British colony. London, T & W Boone, 1842. Opposite page 55 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 130 mm

Date: 1847

By: Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860

Reference: A-447-004

Description: Shows a view of Auckland from the harbour. A sailing ship features prominently in the middle foreground, bearing a blue ensign flag. A jetty is seen on the right with a road leading up to Parnell. Other buildings featuring on the hillside are St Paul's church, and Fort Britomart barracks. Two other boats can be seen in the harbour: a steam boat and a small yacht. A buoy bobs in the water in the immediate foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Auckland from the Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, ca 160 x 253 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to purchase, framed and owned in Australia.

Date: 1847 - 1852

By: Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860; Walton, W L, active 1834-1855; Hullmandel & Walton (Firm); Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871

Reference: A-447-005

Description: Shows a view of Auckland from the harbour, with a steam-ship in the foreground, and other boats in the distance. A number of buildings can be seen on land; the area shown is Parnell, with St Paul's church and the Britomart barracks visible. Appeared in volume 2, page 72 of Godfrey Charles Mundy's 'Our antipodes: or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian colonies' (London: Richard Bentley, 1852) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-painted, 125 x 195 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, mounted and owned in Australia (Antique Print Room, 455 George St., Sydney)