Clayton, George Thomas fl 1845 :Kororareka in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Sketched Mar 10th 1845 on the morning before the assault and destruction by Honi Heke. [Drawn by Captain Clayton, and on stone by W. A. Nicholas. London, E. D. Barlow. 1845?]

View from the sea with three ships in the foreground (Hazard, Victoria and Matilda) looking towards Kororareka or Russell, with most buildings identified.

A related drawing of this view is held in the Public Record Office, London. It is a watercolour, drawn by Edward E Morgan, acting Lieutenant aboard H. M. S. Hazard. See file print, negative number 106858 1/2. Morgan's version was lithographed for Great Britain. Parliamentary Papers. Papers Relative to New Zealand. Correspondence on the attack at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, to illustrate a letter from Governor Fitzroy to Lord Stanley dated 26 March 1845. See Papers Relative to New Zealand, 1844-45, Vol II, no. 517.

For a better quality copy of this lithograph, see C-010-022

Other Titles - Hone Heke, Russell

Extended Title - Signal station and blockhouse. Watering Place for shipping. Police, Customs and Post Office. J. S. Polack's stockade and magazine. 3 gun battery in charge of Mr Hector. H. M. S. Hazard. P. Mag &c. G. T. Clayton's stores. Officers' Quarters. Govt Brig Victoria. Mr Spicers. Soldiers Barracks. Robertsons. Chron. Maker. Observatory. Matilda, London, whaler, Cap[tain] Bliss. Capt.n Clayton's residence. American Consul's Residence. R. C. chapel. Maori Pah, unsold. Protestant Church. One gun battery. Bishop Pompallier's residence. Simons & Weston's stores.

Inscriptions: Lacks part of the publication statement

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph 313 x 523 mm