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Date: 1847

By: Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860

Reference: A-447-004

Description: Shows a view of Auckland from the harbour. A sailing ship features prominently in the middle foreground, bearing a blue ensign flag. A jetty is seen on the right with a road leading up to Parnell. Other buildings featuring on the hillside are St Paul's church, and Fort Britomart barracks. Two other boats can be seen in the harbour: a steam boat and a small yacht. A buoy bobs in the water in the immediate foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Auckland from the Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, ca 160 x 253 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to purchase, framed and owned in Australia.

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-044

Description: View looking across Commercial Bay, lower Queen Street, the wharves and the city towards St Matthew's and St Patrick's churches, from the Britomart Barracks. After P. J. Hogan's lithograph: No 3 Auckland, Auckland New Zealand, from Britomart Barrack. Commercial Bay, part of lower Queen Street, with new wharf, Albert Hill, Wyndham Street, West Queen Street, with St Matthews Church and St Patrick (R. C.) church. 1852. See copies at C-010-004, C-010-004-a, C-010-018 & C-010-019. Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p. 195. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 155 mm

Date: 1853

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878

Reference: A-004-005

Description: Shows view from harbour towards Point Britomart; identifies Colonial Hospital, Scotch Church, St Paul's Church, Barracks, Wesleyan Chapel, St Matthew's School, R.C. Church; also shows Partington's Windmill Article about Hogan's four views of Auckland in "New Zealander", 6 July 1853. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted 164 x 286 mm on sheet 200 x 320 mm Transfers: Former frontispiece to: Swainson W. Auckland, the capital of New Zealand... London, 1853 (held at 919.31; this copy acc. 11,276). Frontispiece removed and transferred to Drawings and Prints Collection for conservation reasons..

Date: 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: E-216-f-043

Description: Auckland City from Mechanics Bay (now Stanley Street). The houses on the cliff in the middle distance mark the southern end of Official Bay. A flag flies on Point Britomart and on the higher ground to the left are St Paul's, the Barracks and the business enterprises at the top of Shortland Crescent. Government House lies in the sheltered hollow on the left. The complete spire on St Paul's suggests the painting was done after March 1844, the date of completion of the spire. The foreground is framed with tall flowering flax on the right and cabbage trees and other trees on the left. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 161 x 244 mm

Date: 1852

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Standidge & Company

Reference: C-010-015

Description: View from a high point of early Auckland, looking east past Commercial Bay, towards the Britomart Barracks, the spire of St Paul's Church in Parnell on the hilltop, the barracks outlined on the same hill but close to the water's edge. Shortland Street and Fort Street are also in the background, there is shipping in the harbour and men trundling barrels around in the foreground on the wharves. Article about Hogan's four views of Auckland in "New Zealander", 6 July 1853. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 315 x 457 mm on sheet with trimmed margins

Date: 1860s

From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-320-09

Description: Group of officers and NCOs with a mortar and a cannon outside a stone building. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time in the 1860s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1860s

From: Peter Moore Album 1

Reference: PA1-o-347-67

Description: Scene at Fort Britomart, Auckland, 1860s. Shows soldiers from the Imperial forces, and cannon balls. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 11.2 x 20.4 cm, mounted on album page 23.5 x 18.2 cm

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-097/098

Description: Shows St Paul's Church, Fort Britomart and the shoreline of Auckland seen from the harbour Other Titles - Fort Britomart Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 320 mm

Date: 1866

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: A-236-021

Description: View of Official Bay showing Britomart Barracks, Wynard Pier, Old Admiralty House (at left) built 1864 (see plate 99 in Platts, U. The lively capital, and photo, p. 40 of Barr, J. The Ports of Auckland); may show prison hulk Marion. Other Titles - January Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on tinted paper 130 x 374 mm

Date: 1865

Reference: 1/2-004132-F

Description: A uniformed soldier standing next to a cannon at Fort Britomart, Auckland, in 1865. Two men stand to his left. Auckland Harbour is in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).