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[Mitford, John Guise] 1822-1854 :[The Hobson album]. Entrance to the Harbour, Auckland....
Date: 1843 - 1844
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854
Reference: E-216-f-041
Description: View from above Grafton Gully, covered in dense bush, with fenced hills and Governor Hobson's grave in the cemetery to the left. Government House is left of centre in the middle distance and three other houses overlooking Grafton Gully are somewhat closer on the right, one of them the home of William Connell, the first Postmaster-General and his wife Isabella. In the distance across the water, the flagstaff marks Mount Victoria, with Rangitoto beyond that. The flat island further off, left of centre is Tiritiri. Painted in early 1843, before the artist moved to an appointment at Russell. A fence has been raised around Governor Hobson's grave. The funeral had taken place in November 1842. Compare Mitford's very similar view at E-216-f-111 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink; also on verso, alternative title in pencil: Entrance to the Harbour, Auckland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 161 x 244 mm
Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :Rangitoto, Auckland, N.Z. Lake Mavora (Otago). Pink...
Date: 1884 - 1885
From: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :[Sample album of greeting cards, produced by A D Willis of Wanganui. ca 1885]
Reference: E-936-f-022
Description: Page of coloured chromolithographs showing New Zealand landscape scenes, prepared as greeting cards and presented in a sample album Other Titles - Waitakere Quantity: 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 album page containing four chromolithographs, 105 x 145 mm
Lamps outside the Auckland War Memorial Museum, including Rangitoto Island in the distance
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34895-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Eden, Auckland, from Summit showing Rangitoto Island
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34857-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Yachting, 2nd Class, Tamaki, Auckland
Date: Mar 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-35354-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Rangitoto Island, Auckland from Bastion Point, showing boats
Date: 30 Jan 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34553-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
One Tree Hill, Auckland, including Rangitoto Island in the distance
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34911-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Eden, Auckland, showing Rangitoto Island from slopes
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34903-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Eden, Auckland, looking towards Rangitoto Island
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34851-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Hobson, Auckland, looking towards Rangitoto Island
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34929-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Hobson, Remuera, Auckland, showing Rangitoto Island in the distance
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34865-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mission Bay, Auckland, showing people on beach and Rangitoto Island
Date: 31 Jan 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34465-G
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
One Tree Hill, Auckland, looking towards Rangitoto Island from Summit
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34907-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Summit and crater, Mount Eden, Auckland, including Rangitoto Island in the distance
Date: Feb 1954
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-34904-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Bastion Point, Auckland, including Rangitoto Island in the background
Date: 30 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-42071-F
Description: Panorama, spare part B. Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Other - 'Pan American World Airways Special' noted on negative register and envelope. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
View of a yacht race on Auckland Harbour with Northhead and Rangitoto Island beyond
Date: 1939
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-03453-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/2 plate Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Artist unknown :[Rangitoto Island, from Devonport(?). 1870s?]
Date: 1840 - 1850
From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890
Reference: E-943-q-003
Description: A view of Rangitoto Island from a rocky shoreline, probably around Devonport Other watercolour views from the Devonport area are included in this album Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 212 x 257 mm, on album page 220 x 265 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E. J. Templer, UK (formerly of Tasmania), September 2012
Artist unknown :[Rangitoto and North Head from Grafton Gully. 1880s?]
Date: 1880 - 1890
From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890
Reference: E-943-q-008-1
Description: Shows Rangitoto Island, North Head and Mt Victoria, the Waitemata Harbour with sailing ships and a steam ship in the distance, painted from the top of Grafton Gully, near where the Connell family lived in Khyber Pass Road. The bush is dense in the foreground, and houses in fenced sections can be seen on the inclines either side of the gully, with more houses in the middle distance.The painting is on a piece of "Goodall's Bristol Board", the stamp of which appears in the bottom left corner Unsigned and undated. Very similar in aspect and detail to John Guise Mitford's 'Entrance to the harbour, Auckland' (E-216-f-041), painted in or about 1843 and which appears in the Hobson Album. Information about that painting states that one of the houses on the right of the picture (and likely on the right of this album's picture) is the home of the Poatmaster General, William Connell, Cherie's father See also E-216-f-111, [View from above Grafton Gully showing graveyard and Government House, Auckland. 1843], also attributed to Mitford, which again shows an almost identical view to Auckland Harbour from Grafton Gully, with the house on the right possibly being that of the Connell family Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic on paper, 160x 194 mm pasted to page of album 265 x 220 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E. J. Templer, UK (formerly of Tasmania), September 2012
Auckland Harbour with Devonport in foreground
Date: [Between 1923 and 1928]
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-0182-F
Description: Section of Auckland Harbour showing Devonport in the foreground and Rangitoto Island in the distance. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Section of Auckland Harbour. N.Z. Devonport in Foreground. No. 6" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 23.9 x 110.7 cm
View of an Auckland Harbour yacht race from Tamaki Drive with spectators looking on, wi...
Date: 1938
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-03437-G
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: ¼ plate Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches