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Johnson, John, 1794-1848 :[The Hobson album]. The raupo cottage of the Revd Mr Maunsell...
Date: 1845
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Johnson, John (Dr), 1794-1848
Reference: E-216-f-085
Description: Shows the front of a small single-storey cottage with thatched roof and a verandah supported by five pillars. The cottage has two or three front windows and a front door, two chimneys and a lean-to, with a picket fence running from the house on both sides. A circular garden bed is in front and a cabbage tree, flax and another plant, possibly a fern, are to the right The Rev. Dr Robert Maunsell lived in this raupo cottage from 1838 to 1843. It was superseded by a 6-room wooden dwelling that burned down after three weeks' occupation. Maunsell and his wife were hosts to Governor Hobson in March 1842, with Chief Justice Martin, Abel Best and Edward Shortland also present. Dr Johnson was away from New Zealand between November 1844 and November 1846. He must have made this drawing from an earlier version or possibly initialled and dated it when he gave it to Mrs Hobson in England Other Titles - Maraetai Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - J. J. 1845 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on yellow embossed wove paper, 63 x 100 mm (image) on sheet 82 x 225 mm
[Johnson, John], 1794-1848 :[The Hobson album]. 'And the solitary places shall be made ...
Date: 1843
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Johnson, John (Dr), 1794-1848
Reference: E-216-f-073
Description: John Johnson's drawing of the house and garden of William Swainson, Attorney-General in Auckland, with Judge's Bay to the right. Flax in flower near the fence in the foreground can be seen, and small shrubs, and a path winding up through lawn from the waterfront Associated with the view on p. 51 of the album, where the Biblical quote is begun 'and the wilderness shall become the fruitful field' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and grey wash, 199 x 278 mm
[Johnson, John], 1794-1848 :[The Hobson album]. 'And the wildnerness shall become the f...
Date: 1843
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Johnson, John (Dr), 1794-1848
Reference: E-216-f-051
Description: John Johnson's drawing of his own house and garden, below Government House, looking towards Official Bay. Shows grape vines, other plants, possibly including a line of willow trees, and pumpkins in the foreground Associated with the view on p. 73 of the album, where the Biblical quote is continued 'and the solitary places made glad' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and wash, 162 x 242 mm