View of Auckland Harbour New Zealand taken during the regatta January 1862. The race of the Maori war canoes. Plate 1.

View of Auckland Harbour New Zealand taken during the regatta January 1862. The race of the Maori war canoes. Plate 1. Drawn from nature by F.R. Stack, Esq.re, late Major of Brigade. Auckland. Day & Son lith.rs to the Queen. London, Published by Day & Son. [1862].

[1862]

1862

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 12,883

a11736

Day & Son.

Margin in ink: T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The Miranda, Cap. R. Jenkins, & the Fawn Cap. R.P. Cator were ordered up from Taranaki by Commodore Seymore after the cessation of hostilities. To the left is the suburb of Parnell with an English & a Romish church. Going to the right are Mechanics & Official Bays with at the back the public domain, Gov.t House, Scotch Church, House of Representatives & other public buildings. Subjacent is the Wynyard Pier & to the right Britomart Point, Battery & S. Paul’s Church, then the commercial part of the city. In the background is Mount Eden. T.M.H.; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; label: David Scott, Dunedin.

202 x 403 mm

lithograph in 2 tints on paper

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.