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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

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

Date: 1855 - 1865

From: Ruck, Charlotte Steward, 1840?-1916 :[Scrapbooks, ca 1860 to ca 1899]

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: E-309-q-4-053

Description: View from Parnell with St Paul's School Room in the foreground, behind a small picket fence below a road. The Waitemata Harbour is in the background, with a ship visible and a headland to the right. The photographer is probably John Kinder The school room was in Eden Crescent, close to the first St Paul's Church and was opened by 1853. Kinder arrived in New Zealand in 1855 and the photograph may date from shortly after his arrival. Quantity: 1 photograph(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Sepia albumen print, 68 x 71 mm

Date: 1862 - 1864

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-064-045

Description: Shows Government House from the front with a driveway and some garden. 1862 seems more likely date, since the H.M.S. "Harrier" was recalled home in 1864. Closest dates to December 1862, on other works, are: 2 April 1862, and 19 March 1863. Both of these are on New Zealand works. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - HAS; Recto - bottom right - Decr./64.; Recto - beneath image - (In ink on backing sheet): Government House / Auckland . New Zealand. 5 December 1862; Verso - centre - Built of Woods - / H.A.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 60 x 126 mm, on sheet 87 x 156 mm.

Date: 1860

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: A-183-003

Description: View looking west towards Official Bay and Parnell Rise, with Wynyard Pier extending into the harbour and St Paul's Church prominent against the skyline. An industrial building with a large chimney can be seen at the water's edge near the pier Compare a very similar view by Hoyte 'Official Bay' (A-182-002) Other Titles - Wynyard Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink & wash, 173 x 241 mm

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

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000147-G

Description: View of Campbell's Point looking across Judges Bay. The Auckland wharves can be seen in the distance, and boats moored in the vicinity of Mecahnics Bay. The home of Sir John Logan Campbell, `Kilbryde', (a large Italianate style two-storied house with a tower) is situated on the Point overlooking Judges Bay. This house was demolished in 1924. Photograph taken by William Price ca 1910. Other images of Sir John Logan Campbell's house can be located under the e print heading 11. Auckland. Parnell. Houses. Campbell. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Campbell's Pt. Parnell. Auckland. No 3086. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [between 1910-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000143-G

Description: View of Gladstone Road looking south. Houses and power poles can be seen on the righthandside. Parked in the middle distance (possibly at the intersection with Judges Bay Road) is a tourer. Photograph taken by William A Price between 1910 and 1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Gladstone Rd. Parnell. Auckland. No 3334. PP Co. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 Jan 1914

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000257-G

Description: View taken from the Auckland Domain, site of the Auckland Exhibition (1913-1914). Houses in Parnell can be seen in the middle foreground. Mount Victoria and North Head, Devonport can be seen across the Waitemata Harbour with Rangitoto Island in the far distance. Photograph taken by William Archer Price (Price Photographic Company), 1914 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Auckland Harbour from Exhibition No 3061. Photo PPCo 1.1.14. Relationship complexity - A similar view, taken from the same vantage point on the same day, is at 1/2-000777-G Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1850 - 1860

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: B-061-006

Description: Shows a view of Parnell from the Parnell entrance to the Auckland Domain. Brookside, the home of Major Matson, stands on the corner of Birdwood Crescent and Parnell Road. Rangitoto Island is in the far left distance. Unsigned; attributed to Henry James Warre on stylistic grounds, particularly in the treatment of the foreground. The background perspective may be treated in a more primitive way. Another artist who was a neighbour of Matson was Colonel Robert Henry Wynyard, but the resemblance to his style is not marked. Notes on the backing board indicate that Major Matson died in 1898, but this conflicts with the date of Major Henry Matson's death in 1867. The undeveloped nature of the surroundings in the painting argues against this house being one belonging to a younger generation. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 287 x 450 mm.

Date: 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-030/031

Description: Government House Auckland, residence of Eliza Hobson and children Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and sepia wash 83 x 380 mm

Date: 1846

By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864

Reference: B-174-006

Description: Shows a view of a row of houses along the top of a rise, including those (from left) of Captain Denny, Major Matson, Colonel Wynyard, and Captain Cockraft, with the Treasury buildings to the right, including a small sentry-box on the far right. Across the lower part, a road passes two small buildings on the left and one on the right (St Paul's School). Reproduced in 'The Lively Capital' by Una Platts (Auckland, Avon Fine Prints, 1971), p. 151. The houses along the hilltop are described as fronting on to Princess Street. St Paul's School, bottom right, is described as being on the corner of Eden Crescent and Short Street Other Titles - Capt Denny; Major Matson; Col Wynyard; Capt Cockraft; Treasury and school Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - RHW; Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - beneath image - Capt Denny; Major Matson; Col Wynyard; Capt Cockraft; Treasury and school Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, image 102 x 153 mm, on sheet 157 x 200 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously on sale from John Leech Gallery, 2007-2008. In the collection of R Lewin Wynyard, of Auckland in 1971, when reproduced in The lively capital by Una Platts (Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints, 1971) p.151. It was described as being part of a sketchbook.

Date: 1843 - 1844

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

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: E-216-f-111

Description: View from above Grafton Gully, covered in dense bush, with low fenced hills and Governor Hobson's grave in the cemetery in the centre. A road runs past the cemetery towards Government House in the middle distance. Several other houses can also be seen. 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-041. The view is attributed to Edward Ashworth by Janet Paul in Mrs Hobson's album (Auckland, 1990) p. 149. However there are strong stylistic similarities to the work of Mitford, and it seems more likely that he painted two views from similar spots for Mrs Hobson Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 301 mm

Date: 1842

From: Terry, Charles, fl. 1840s :New Zealand, its advantages and prospects as a British colony. London, T & W Boone, 1842

By: Gauci, P, active 1842; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0076-TP

Description: View along the waterfront at Auckland, with the buildings of Parnell on the hilltop to the left and ships moored outside the harbour on the right. Despite the title, the individual buildings are not clearly distinguishable Extended Title - From: Terry, Charles. New Zealand, its advantages and prospects as a British colony. London, T & W Boone, 1842. Opposite title page Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 130 mm

Date: 1 Jan 1914

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000777-G

Description: View taken from the Auckland Domain, site of the Auckland Exhibition (1913-1914). Houses in Parnell can be seen in the middle foreground. Mount Victoria, Devonport and Northcote can be seen across the Waitemata Harbour. On the lefthand side are the Auckland wharves and outer city area. Photograph taken by William Archer Price (Price Photographic Company), 1914 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Auckland Harbour from Exhibition. No 3056. Photo P.P.Co. 1.1.14. Relationship complexity - Another view, taken from the same vantage point, on the same day, is at 1/2-000257-G Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1860

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: A-183-002

Description: View looking west along the Auckland waterfront, towards Official Bay, with Parnell Rise and St Paul's Church prominent against the skyline. Other buildings also shown, with a flagstaff (possibly flying at Government House) and an industrial building at the water's edge next to a long jetty (Wynyard Pier). Several ships in the harbour to the right Compare a very similar view in this sequence titled 'Wyniard Pier, Auckland with St Paul's Church' (A-183-002) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Signed; Verso - "Church in which Sir Edward Stafford (3 times Prime Minister of New Zealand) & Mary Bartley were married on Dec 5, 1859" (Encyclopaedia of New Zealand p. 305 and Scholefield's Dictionary of New Zealand Biography p.321 gives accounts of the marriage taking place in England. Marriage certificate shows they were actually married at St Barnabas, Auckland, Dec 5th 1859) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink & wash 157 x 236 mm

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-029-067

Description: Shows view from the road to Mount Eden looking across Parnell to Rangitoto Island. Of the two spires, St Mary's Church, Parnell, is the one at left on the headland, and Bishopscourt, St Stephen's Avenue, is at the right. In the left foreground a man with wheelbarrow and dog, leans on his shovel and talks to skirted Maori carrying bundle of wood on his back. There is a lighthouse in the harbour at the right of the headland, and there is a steamship on the harbour. Several houses dot the land closer than the headland. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C.D.B. / 1875 Original for chromolithograph "Auckland harbour" in his "New Zealand: graphic and descriptive (London, 1877). Held at ATL Art Rm f919.31 BAR. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 254 x 355 mm.

Date: 1885 - 1886

By: Stevens, George Treacy, active 1880s; Auckland evening star (Newspaper)

Reference: D-001-006

Description: Bird's-eye view of central Auckland - "This view is compiled and drawn as from a point one thousand feet above and one hundred feet to the rear of the Hospital during the year 1885 and part of 1886 by George Treacy Stevens, Auckland, N. Z.". All the streets are named and every building is shown, as well as the wharves and part of the harbour. Grafton Road, the hospital and part of Auckland Domain dominate the foreground, and the view extends beyond St Mary's Bay (West Haven boat harbour) in the north-west, a block beyond Union Street in the west, to the beginning of Karangahape Road in the south-west and to Judges Bay and part of Hobson Bay in the east. The only known detailed bird's-eye view of a nineteenth-century New Zealand city. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 674 x 910 mm (image) on sheet 766 x 1019 mm

Date: 1850

By: Jennings, T S, active 1850

Reference: B-035-010

Description: Shows a paddle steamer in Official Bay, steaming towards the wharf area. On the hills behind are the early houses of Auckland, with St Paul's Church on the right, and Government House on the left. Mount Eden can be seen on the far left. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title.; Recto - bottom right - signature and date Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 368 mm

Date: 1917

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: B-061-011

Description: A large house with a square turret, surrounded by gardens and viewed across lawn Trees in the garden appear to include a large pohutukawa on the left, a palm tree and a tall Norfolk Pine on the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date in brushpoint [barely visible]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 400 mm