Bent, Thomas, 1832 or 1833-1887 :Taurarua, Judges Bay Auckland / T.B. Nov. 28 1860.

Bent, Thomas, 1832 or 1833-1887 :Taurarua, Judges Bay Auckland / T.B. Nov. 28 1860.
Date
1860
By
Bent, Thomas, 1833?-1887; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871
Reference
A-288-035
Description

A view from the water, Judges Bay, Auckland, looking past a schooner and up the cliffs at the water's edge to the church (St Stephen's Chapel), the house of Judge William Martin and other houses. Fort Britomart is on the cliff-top to the right

Identity of the artist with initials T. B. shown to be Thomas Bent from comparison with an identical view in a private collection and with the Pacific watercolours held by the Library. A fellow-officer of Gold's, in whose sketchbook this drawing was adhered. The two men fought together in Taranaki. There is a pencil drawing on the verso that may be the work of Gold or of Bent. It shows a train crossing a railway bridge by a bay ringed with hills, with churches and houses sketched in on the left. It is not an identifiable New Zealand scene.

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - T. B. Nov 28 1860 [in brushpoint]; Recto - bottom right - Taurarua. Judges Bay. Auckland [in brushpoint]

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour 176 x 251 mm

Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860 / Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 176 x 251 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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