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Date: 1849

By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864

Reference: B-189-012

Description: View looking down Princes Street towards Emily Place, with St Paul's church at the foot of the street, the harbour beyond. The long low house to the right of the church would have been that of Brigade-Major Joseph Greenwood. To the extreme left, the original Wood's Royal Hotel can be seen, with its verandah partly enclosed with lattice. The two-storey building next door to it is the Royal Masonic Hotel, and beside that, the Union Bank of Australia. Various men, women and children are standing or sitting in the street, and a carriage drawn by two horses, carrying four people, rides up the street According to Una Platts' 'The lively capital: Auckland 1840-1865', the image is given the title 'Princes Street, Auckland, 1849, with Colonel Wynyard's carriage'; this title does not appear on the original and may come from family knowledge Wynyard made two versions of the scene; the other is privately owned. The Library holds a photographic reference to this version Other Titles - Street Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Princes St. 1849 [in ink] See also John Williams' pencil and crayon drawing of the same scene, about 1850, at A-079-021 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper, 183 x 222 mm, hinged to gate-fold matt 480 x 403 mm Provenance: Previously from a sketchbook of R H Wynyard's, owned by R Lewin Wynyard, Auckland (see U Platts, 'The lively capital ...', 1971, List of illustrations p.257)

Date: 1846 - 1849

By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864

Reference: A-452-016

Description: A view of the Auckland foreshore, mid-19th century, from the water. A number of similarly-built houses can be seen near the water's edge, and one of them is surrounded by a low wooden fence with two gates (possibly being the house of Captain Denny). A small wooden pier, probably an early form of Wynyard Pier, runs out to the water. Various people are seen at leisure on the shore, including a woman with an umbrella, two men reclining against rocks, and a couple of children in a small rowboat. Although the hills are visible in the background, there is no sign of developing roads or other buildings further up the hillside. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - R H W [artist's initials] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 114 x 183 mm on sheet 185 x 222 mm

Date: 1846

By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864

Reference: B-174-006

Description: Shows a view of a row of houses along the top of a rise, including those (from left) of Captain Denny, Major Matson, Colonel Wynyard, and Captain Cockraft, with the Treasury buildings to the right, including a small sentry-box on the far right. Across the lower part, a road passes two small buildings on the left and one on the right (St Paul's School). Reproduced in 'The Lively Capital' by Una Platts (Auckland, Avon Fine Prints, 1971), p. 151. The houses along the hilltop are described as fronting on to Princess Street. St Paul's School, bottom right, is described as being on the corner of Eden Crescent and Short Street Other Titles - Capt Denny; Major Matson; Col Wynyard; Capt Cockraft; Treasury and school Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - RHW; Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - beneath image - Capt Denny; Major Matson; Col Wynyard; Capt Cockraft; Treasury and school Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, image 102 x 153 mm, on sheet 157 x 200 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously on sale from John Leech Gallery, 2007-2008. In the collection of R Lewin Wynyard, of Auckland in 1971, when reproduced in The lively capital by Una Platts (Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints, 1971) p.151. It was described as being part of a sketchbook.

Date: 1839 - 1849

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864; Groshinski, Brian Peter, 1944-

Reference: A-145-011

Description: A view from the sea, showing a three-masted barque, possibly intended to represent the Tory, in the left foreground. The Sugar Loaf Islands and volcanic peak Paritutu in right foreground. Mount Egmont and foothills in the background. Mount Egmont or Taranaki is represented rather more accurately in this view, than in Heaphy's Mount Egmont from the Southward, where its cone is depicted with too great a perfection. Possibly an imaginative reconstruction by the artist of his voyage aboard the Tory past Mt Taranaki in 1839 or 1840. Other Titles - Taranaki Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C. HEAPHY 1849 [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white with scraping out 144 x 183 mm on embossed sheet of wove card, 236 x 284 mm Provenance: Collection of Major-General R. H Wynyard, commander of the 58th Regiment in Northland 1845-1846, and resident in Auckland 1847-1858; passed to his descendants and purchased from them in the early 1970s by Wellington art dealer Brian Groshinski; purchased by Mr B. L. Russell of Lower Hutt, 1979. Processing information: Name field updated May 2024 following information from a researcher. Previously included the name for the ship 'Tory".