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[Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]
- Date
- 1940 - 1985
- By
- Selwyn, George Augustus (Bishop), 1809-1878
- Reference
- A-439-006/008
- Description
Three watercolours painted by Selwyn in the 1840s, showing scenes in the Auckland area.
Quantity: 3 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes varying about 150 x 220 mm.
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1897 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1897..
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- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 3 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolours, sizes varying about 150 x 220 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Unknown[Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :Putiki, Island of Waiheke [ca 1845]
Date: 1844 - 1846
From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]
Reference: A-439-008
Description: Shows a view from the water of a small stretch of beach on which three canoes are drawn up. A group of Maori inhabitants stand on the shore, and further inland is a group of houses and a higher building which may be a storehouse, with a separate house surrounded by a verandah on a slight rise at the far left. On the shore in the far right foreground is a tree with red blossoms, possibly a pohutukawa. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 147 x 213 mm.
[Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :Purewa [ca 1845]
Date: 1844 - 1846
From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]
Reference: A-439-007
Description: Shows a view of the group of wooden buildings making up the first Auckland buildings of St John's College. Shows a two-storeyed building in the right foreground, with several figures sitting and standing in front of it, a row of four houses nearby and further houses at the far left, with fences linking the buildings over the cleared land. At the river is a stream, probably Purewa Creek and to the west, hilltops including Mt Wellington and a higher flat plateau in the distance (possibly Mount Hobson). See also a sketch of the same subject, from the same vantage point, by Thomas Biddulph Hutton, at Auckland Art Gallery, accession number 1939/17/1. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 148 x 222 mm.
[Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Maria...
Date: 1844 - 1846
From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]
Reference: A-439-006
Description: Shows a view from inside a fence with a cart or plough on the near side of it, looking west northwest from the position of the Purewa Cemetery towards the Orakei Peninsula, the Orakei Basin and in the distance the hill of Parnell with a church (St Pauls' with the spire completed) on top of it. There are two small sailing ships (Selwyn's 'Flying Fish' and 'Marian' and a yacht off the Orakei point, and a group of huts ("Okahu N. Village") at the far right above the stream that flows into the Basin. St Paul's Church was built in 1843 but did not acquire the spire seen in this picture until a year or two later. Selwyn arrived in Auckland in 1843. Other Titles - Church; North Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 146 x 214 mm.