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Date: 1849

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

Reference: B-189-012

Description: View looking down Princes Street towards Emily Place, with St Paul's church at the foot of the street, the harbour beyond. The long low house to the right of the church would have been that of Brigade-Major Joseph Greenwood. To the extreme left, the original Wood's Royal Hotel can be seen, with its verandah partly enclosed with lattice. The two-storey building next door to it is the Royal Masonic Hotel, and beside that, the Union Bank of Australia. Various men, women and children are standing or sitting in the street, and a carriage drawn by two horses, carrying four people, rides up the street According to Una Platts' 'The lively capital: Auckland 1840-1865', the image is given the title 'Princes Street, Auckland, 1849, with Colonel Wynyard's carriage'; this title does not appear on the original and may come from family knowledge Wynyard made two versions of the scene; the other is privately owned. The Library holds a photographic reference to this version Other Titles - Street Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Princes St. 1849 [in ink] See also John Williams' pencil and crayon drawing of the same scene, about 1850, at A-079-021 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper, 183 x 222 mm, hinged to gate-fold matt 480 x 403 mm Provenance: Previously from a sketchbook of R H Wynyard's, owned by R Lewin Wynyard, Auckland (see U Platts, 'The lively capital ...', 1971, List of illustrations p.257)

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.

Date: 1847 - 1852

By: Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860; Walton, W L, active 1834-1855; Hullmandel & Walton (Firm); Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871

Reference: A-447-005

Description: Shows a view of Auckland from the harbour, with a steam-ship in the foreground, and other boats in the distance. A number of buildings can be seen on land; the area shown is Parnell, with St Paul's church and the Britomart barracks visible. Appeared in volume 2, page 72 of Godfrey Charles Mundy's 'Our antipodes: or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian colonies' (London: Richard Bentley, 1852) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-painted, 125 x 195 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, mounted and owned in Australia (Antique Print Room, 455 George St., Sydney)

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-006

Description: Shows a view from inside a fence with a cart or plough on the near side of it, looking west northwest from the position of the Purewa Cemetery towards the Orakei Peninsula, the Orakei Basin and in the distance the hill of Parnell with a church (St Pauls' with the spire completed) on top of it. There are two small sailing ships (Selwyn's 'Flying Fish' and 'Marian' and a yacht off the Orakei point, and a group of huts ("Okahu N. Village") at the far right above the stream that flows into the Basin. St Paul's Church was built in 1843 but did not acquire the spire seen in this picture until a year or two later. Selwyn arrived in Auckland in 1843. Other Titles - Church; North Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 146 x 214 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: 1852

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

Reference: C-010-014

Description: View from a high point of early Auckland, looking down over the town, with the spire of St Paul's Church in the distance and the barracks outlined against the sea towards the right, past North Head towards Rangitoto. The Library holds an ink and wash original for this view. A watercolour version is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. An uncoloured lithograph is also held at C-010-002 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 320 x 475 mm

Date: 1860 - 1884

Reference: G-082

Description: A scene with with a waterfront road, a breakwater and jetty. Between Mechanics Bay in the foreground and Commercial Bay in the background where several ships are anchored, is a distinctive high mound, the end of the Britomart promontory. On top of the headland at the left is a church (St Pauls) with a red wooden spire. To its right is the Albert Barracks. Below this is Emily Place. Ships' masts in the background are those moored at Queen's Wharf St Paul's Church was demolished in 1884, so the picture shows a scene before that date. The breakwater in Mechanics Bay dates from the 1870s. The mound shown is the end of Britomart Point with a road cut through on its left. This cutting was made around 1875, part of the reclamation of land and cutting a road through Britomart Point. The remaining mound was demolished over the next few years. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 200 x 330 mm (sight) Provenance: On offer in 2002 at John Leech Gallery, Auckland, with a provenance of Private Collection, Auckland

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-038

Description: Shows the first Government House, built 1841, with well-established gardens, including wistaria growing over pillars of verandah, a cannon mounted in the front lawn and other houses and the spire of St Paul's Church in the background to the right On the verso of this view is the left side of Collinson's [Auckland from the head of the town valley] A-292-039. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 142 x 242 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1862

By: Stack, Frederick Rice, -1873; Day & Son (Firm); Thomas, Beatrice Rosemary, 1911-1996

Reference: C-060-019

Description: Lake Pupuke in the right foreground, Waitemata Harbour on the left, divided by a tongue of land on which sheep and cattle are grazing. A horseman with his whip and a dog is mustering a bull and several cows on the right. There are swans on Lake Pupuke. In the distance, the church spires of Auckland City can be seen Extended Title - Plate from: Stack, F R. Views in the province of Auckland (London, 1862). Plate 3. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-col., image, 200 x 404 mm on sheet 358 x 564 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Beatrice Thomas, Roseneath, 1984

Date: 1862

By: Stack, Frederick Rice, -1873; Day & Son (Firm); Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-060-014

Description: View from the North Shore, looking back towards Auckland city, with four Maori canoes racing (one with a sail), several yachts and sailing ships H. M. S. Miranda and H. M. S. Fawn. The houses of Parnell and other parts of Auckland, and the spire of St Paul's can be seen in the background Extended Title - Plate from: Stack, F R. Views in the province of Auckland (London, 1862). Plate 1. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-col., image, 203 x 405 mm on sheet 358 x 564 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull. Ordered from F. Edwards, London, 11 November 1892 for 20/- for the set of six. (See A H Turnbull's letters)

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: 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: 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: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-014/015

Description: Shows activity on the wharf: fixing of rigging, two soldiers talking to each other, a horse and cart, a woman with a parasol, and several other figures idling. Across the harbour are dwellings, and higher up St Paul's church, with the barracks on the top of the hill. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1843

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

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-009

Description: Shows St Paul's Church on the skyline, its spire not yet built, a cluster of houses, Freeman's Bay in the centre with houses along the waterfront, two men and upturned rowboats beside a headland in the foreground. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, 140 x 213 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: 1860

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: A-183-007

Description: Shows Parnell and St Paul's in the background and St. Stephen's Chapel in Judge's Bay in the middle distance. The view is looking west along the Auckland waterfront Compare Hoyte's 'Official Bay' (Ref. no. A-183-002) for a closer view of the area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink & wash 127 x 210 mm

Date: 1864

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: A-236-018

Description: View from a high point looking down over the settlement of Auckland in the distance. There are sheep in the right foreground near a cabbage tree. The steeples of St Paul's (on the left) and St Barnabas (on the right) along with the roofs of houses can be seen. Devonport with Mount Victoria and North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the distance across Waitemata Harbour Attribution on stylistic grounds. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and chinese white 123 x 337mm Processing information: Originally mounted with A-236-017 and A-236-019. Titles, formerly inscribed on the verso of the mount in the hand of E. A. Williams, have been retained in a separate folder with the three works.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-004/005

Description: Double spread shows view from Parnell over Official Bay. Shows vegetation on hillside in foreground, with St Pauls Church on brow of hill in left middle distance, with other dwellings to the right of it. At right are houses of Parnell. Dated with reference to other adjacent pages of sketchbook. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - July 30. Auckland Harbour; Recto - top right - Auckland Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.