First government settlement on the Waitemata River, 1st October 1840. No II.

First government settlement on the Waitemata River, 1st October 1840. No II. [Copied by E.M. Hocken after John Johnson. n.d.]

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 12,955

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Margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: First government settlement on the Waitemata River, 1st October 1840 T.M. Hocken; margin above image in ink: No II; note in ink: [Continued from No I] … the Customs (later at Port Chalmers) & Mr Edward Williams, son of Rev. Henry Williams. The lady in the fashionable bonnet is Mrs Mathew. From No II the settlement is seen slightly advanced. The boat & tents probably mark what was afterwards Official Bay. Governor Hobson came down from Russell to Auckland in January 1841. Mr Mason gave me this information. T.M.H.

132 x 197 mm

watercolour on paper

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.

Original is in Mrs Hobson’s album. Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.