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Photographic copy of an original painting by Samuel E Stuart, showing Mechanics Bay, Auckland
- Date
- [between 1877-1906]
- By
- Stuart, Samuel E, 1855-1920
- Reference
- 1/1-002840-G
- Description
Photographic copy of an original painting by Samuel E Stuart, painted between 1877-1906, depicting a scene at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, in 1861. Shows a Maori group in the foreground, by a row boat. They sit by a road coming down from a slight rise on the left. Sailing boats, and a waka, are close to the shoreline, where a man stands with a horse and cart. In the distance is a three masted sailing vessel. Further around the shore, on the left, are two people by a whare. Houses are on the hills above the bay. Photograph taken for the Auckland Star newspaper by an unidentified photographer.
Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print
Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Auckland Star :Negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Glass negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Stuart, Samuel E, 1855-1920. Photographic copy of an original painting by Samuel E Stuart, showing Mechanics Bay, Auckland. Auckland Star :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-002840-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23254847More information can be found in our terms of use.