Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Entrance to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Primary Maker
Date
Circa 1820
Signature/marks
Physical Description
41 x 32 cm
48.5 x 38.5 cm (mount)
Level of Current Record
Child
Related Object Notes
PD 20 (1-10)
Media/Materials
Watercolour on paper
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Purchased from Parker Gallery. London
Purchase mentioned in Auckland Museum Annual Report 1957-1958, p21 “Acquired by purchase was a collection of ten (10) watercolours of New Zealand scenes painted by Charles Hamilton Smith in the 1820s”
Public Access Text
Charles Hamilton Smith was an English copyist of the works of Augustus Earle, George French Angas and Captain Cook's artists. For biographical information see Dictionary of National Biography. vol 18, p. 432-433.
After Augustus Earle. See Murray-Oliver, Anthony. Augustus Earle in NZ. 1968. Plate 22. p.74. (NZ Reserve DU 406.1)
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
Purchased, 1957
Last Update
06 Dec 2022
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