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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.

Date: 1880

Reference: A-156-022

Description: A view possibly of Auckland City from a low grassy place across the water, with wooden sheds at the left. There are several sailing ships moored near the Auckland shore, and several buildings along the shore, possibly including St Pauls Church (white steeple). Title taken from auction catalogue. May not be Auckland location. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 178 x 253 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

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: 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: 1852

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878

Reference: A-050-022

Description: A view looking from Hobson Street down over the town of Auckland and out to the harbour towards Rangitoto. Two men in a horse and cart are in the foreground. Original of: No. 1. Auckland, New Zealand / P J Hogan - London : Standidge, 1852. (C-010/002/14) and Mitchell Library oil: Auckland from Hobson St South Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - P. J. Hogan; Recto - beneath image - title in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, b&w 110 x 170 mm on sheet 150 x 210 mm

Date: 1864

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: B-035-021

Description: Shows Mechanics Bay with St Paul's Church and Britomart Barracks, ships around Wynyard Pier and a Maori canoe on the mudflats in the foreground. Original mount (now discarded) included inscription on lower right: Colonel Williams, R.A., possibly inscribed by H.J.Warre Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 122 x 247 mm Transfers: Purchased with B-035-016 and B-035-017.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 1848

By: Page, George Hyde, 1823-1908; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-081-004

Description: View of Auckland with harbour and ships in the foreground. St Paul's Cathedral dominates the skyline. The view is from Hobson Bay looking towards Parnell. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G. Hyde Page; Recto - bottom left - Auckland N. Z. 1848 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 280 x 438 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull? Possibly part of the Bridge-Williams album?

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: 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-010-014

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