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Photographic copy of an original painting by Samuel E Stuart, showing Mechanics Bay, Au...
Date: [between 1877-1906]
From: Auckland Star :Negatives
By: Stuart, Samuel E, 1855-1920
Reference: 1/1-002840-G
Description: Photographic copy of an original painting by Samuel E Stuart, painted between 1877-1906, depicting a scene at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, in 1861. Shows a Maori group in the foreground, by a row boat. They sit by a road coming down from a slight rise on the left. Sailing boats, and a waka, are close to the shoreline, where a man stands with a horse and cart. In the distance is a three masted sailing vessel. Further around the shore, on the left, are two people by a whare. Houses are on the hills above the bay. Photograph taken for the Auckland Star newspaper by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative