IMAGE
[Johnson, John] 1794-1848 :The first Government Settlement on the Waitemata River, 1st October 1840.
- Date
- 1840
- Reference
- E-216-f-115
- Description
Two sailing ships (the Anna Watson and the Platina) in Auckland Harbour and a small boat with five people in the foreground. Planks of building timber, another rowboat on the foreshore and groups of tents on the higher ground to the left and on the skyline above cliffs. A red flag (the Red Ensign?) flying on a point at the top of the cliffs. The tent closest to the shore belonged to Captain Rough.
Johnson did 2 drawings of this scene. The original of the other similar drawing has disappeared, but a copy made by Elizabeth Hocken is in the Hocken Library. It shows the flag being raised, cheered on by a group of onlookers. See 'Mrs Hobson's Album' (1990), p. 147-148 for further details.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 195 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845] / [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 195 mm
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