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[Yacht sailing into bay]

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  • Description

    Yacht sailing into bay with two large square buildings on the end of the headland, and Chimney ? showing above trees in background.

  • Other Id

    566 (Presto content ID)

    PD-1963-8-41 (Reference Number)

    63/47 (accession number)

    PD272 (Legacy number)

  • Department

    Art

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  • Object Type

    artwork

  • Name/Title
    [Yacht sailing into bay]
  • Primary Maker

     John Johnson (Artist)

  • Physical Description

    24.5 x 34.5

  • Collection
    John Grant Johnson
  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Is Part Of

    Untitled

  • Media/Materials
    Pen and wash on paper
  • Subject Category

    Johnson, John Grant, 1823-1873

    Kawau Island (N.Z. : Island)

    Copper Mines And Mining--New Zealand--Auckland/Library of Congress subject headings

    Landscape painting

  • Public Access Text

    There is some doubt over whether all the works listed as by John Johnson (Colonial Surgeon) are by him or by his son, John Grant Johnson. [see PD 19] The original attribution appears to have been based on the work of Jeanne Goulding who dismounted the works from their original mounts and remounted them in 1963. Until certainty is established, Jeanne Goulding's attribution has been followed.

    In some cases, works have been dismounted from Jeanne Goulding's remounting, and the note "In same mount as ... " on the shelf list card no longer applies.

    Shelf list card had supplied this work with the title [Auckland waterfront with bond store, flour mill], which would have identified the locality as Official Bay. However the flour mill at Official Bay never had a large building standing next to it. A more likely location would be Kawau Island with the smelting house for the copper mines.

    [Keywords: Waiariki - Official Bay]

  • Copyright
    No known copyright restrictions
  • Credit Line
    Donated by Mrs Doris Goodwin and Miss Gladys Holman on 15 and 17 May 1963 respectively. (Mrs Goodwin and Miss Holman were the granddaughters of John Grant Johnson.)
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2022

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