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Artist unknown :The Cowr[...?] & Shelly Beach from Jagger & Parker's Sawmill. 1/8/86
Date: 1886
By: Palmer, Charles, 1841?-1928
Reference: A-438-023
Description: Shows a view of Shelly Beach from a wharf with a capstan in the foreground. A yacht with furled sails is stationed in the centre of the bay, and there are two logs floating in the right foreground. In the left middle distance, and collection of logs enclosed by a boom is floating near a headland on which a large house is situated. The artist's logo or symbol (a vase, a money bag or an inverted scallop shell with a blue shadow to its right) is at lower right. In 2010 the Library bought four works out of an offered group of 14 by this artist who uses a distinctive logo. Apart from the purchased four, the rest showed scenes of Kawau, native forest, a swamp at Waitoa (Waikato), an iron sand beach on the West Coast (North Island). Attribution: the Auckland artist Charles Palmer used a scallop shell as his logo, but in a different form from this one, shown upright and with a staff behind it. It is possible that this group of watercolours is the work of Charles Palmer, but not certain Other Titles - 1 August 1886 Cowrie Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 137 x 222 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, July 2010.
People on Shelly Beach, Auckland
Date: [ca 1890s-1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000254-G
Description: View of adults and children walking and playing on Shelly Beach. More adults and children are standing along the rustic fence on a path leading down to the beach from Point Erin Park, watching the activity below. Freemans Bay and Auckland city can be seen in the distance on the left. Taken by William A Price in late 1890s or early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Point Erin Park. Auckland. 2495. Relationship complexity - Possibly taken on the same day as the view at 1/2-000870 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches