IMAGE
[Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :Auckland harbour Commercial Bay (Beach Rd) Oct 1864. Hulk with Maori prisoners taken at Rangiriri. Mr Jones' house.
- Date
- 1864
- By
- Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Lawford, John E, active 1980-1991
- Reference
- C-126-005
- Description
Shows harbour scene form Commercial Bay looking towards the North Shore and Rangitoto Island. The prison hulk Marion is to the right of a sailing ship on the harbour and there are houses in the foreground, with the house on the left marked as belonging to Mr Jones, probably Mr Humphrey Jones
Attribution on stylistic grounds. Sails on ships were painted in by John Lawford, Auckland art dealer, before he sold the painting to Dr Hogg. He based his work on the sailing ship in Charles Heaphy's watercolour "Bream Head", owned by the Library..
Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Auckland harbour Commercial Bay (Beach Rd) 1864; Recto - bottom left - Auckland harbour Oct 64; Recto - bottom centre - Mr Jones' house; Recto - bottom centre - Hulk with Maori prisoners taken at Rangiriri
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 239 x 485 mm (sight)
Provenance: Purchased by Neville Hogg from John Lawford, Auckland art dealer, 1980s?
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil and watercolour 239 x 485 mm (sight), Orientation: Horizontal image
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