Sharpe, Alfred 1836-1908 :[Devonport and the Waitemata Harbour from the Domain] 1877

The edge of Auckland Domain and its fences in the foreground, ringed with young trees. Houses in the middle distance and a train at the water's edge to the left. Three yachts and a small ship on the Waitemata Harbour and Devonport with houses along the waterfront, North Head and Rangitoto across the water.

Exhibited in Alfred Sharpe, touring to Auckland City Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand and Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1993.

Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, 1983

cf B-051-005, a lithograph based on a similar view from the New Zealand Observer and Free Lance of 20 February 1886, p. 20. See also TL3/1/1 4 November 1986. The lithograph is based on a pen and ink drawing.

Other Titles - The picnic ground, Auckland Domain, 1877

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - A. Sharpe. 1877.

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour 420 x 630 mm

Provenance: Shown at the Auckland Society of Artists' fourth biennial (and final) exhibition in November 1877 with the title The Picnic Ground, Auckland Domain. Given to Oliver Mays by the artist, passing by family descent to Mays' granddaughter, Jocelyn Young. A note on the verso, printed in black felt-tip pen explains: "This painting was given to my grandfather Oliver Mays by A. Sharpe who used to go to visit every Sunday for dinner. My grandfather was able to talk the deaf and dumb language by fingers. [Sharpe was profoundly deaf]. The old house on the Devonport waterfront was lived in by us when my late husband A. R. D. Fairburn was alive. Jocelyn (Mays-Fairburn) Young."