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Artist unknown :St George's Bay - Parnell, Auckland. 1860
Date: 1860
From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]
By: Hodgkinson & Company
Reference: A-457-008-2
Description: Shows a view of St George's Bay, with four sailing ships in the harbour, three of which are identified: the 'Evening Star', the 'HMS Tris'(?), and the 'HMS Elk'; with Major Murray's (65th Regiment) house also identified in the foreground on the right. A number of other houses are in view, with established trees and roadways. The coastline to North Head can be seen in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - St George's Bay - Parnell / Auckland / (Ship "Evening Star") / HMS Tris[?] 32 / HMS Elk 12 / Major Murray's house (65th Regt) [in pencil]; Verso - top right - 1860 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 198 x 325 mm
[Urquhart, G], fl 1860 :Karaka Ghur. 1860
Date: 1860
From: Artist unknown :[Seven drawings featuring various colonial subjects. ca 1860]
By: Urquhart, G, active 1860; Hodgkinson & Company
Reference: A-457-008-4
Description: Two sketches shown on the recto: on the left, a study of plants including a young Norfolk pine and a flax plant; on the right, a house with a path leading up to it, with landscaped gardens. Two figures that would appear to be a boy and a girl, walk up the path On the verso are three other pencil drawings of non-New Zealand scenes, probably in England or Europe 'Ghur' or Ghar is the Hindi word for a house Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Karaka Ghur / 1860 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on laid, watermarked paper, 198 x 325 mm