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Joseph Jenner Merrett [attributed] 'View Auckland Looking towards the North Shore...'
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold
$7,000
Live Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 1: Live Auction (Lot 1-94)
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Joseph Jenner Merrett [attributed]
View Auckland Looking towards the North Shore with Māori group herding pigs in the foreground
watercolour heightened with ink, circa 1855
unsigned
178 x 240 mm, framed & mounted.
A rare view showing the lay out of the early settlement of Auckland in detail, Old St Paul’s church in Emily Place, the Albert Barracks, other important buildings, and outer limits of the settlement.
Relates to several similar views of Auckland by Merrett painted during the same period.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
View Auckland Looking towards the North Shore with Māori group herding pigs in the foreground
watercolour heightened with ink, circa 1855
unsigned
178 x 240 mm, framed & mounted.
A rare view showing the lay out of the early settlement of Auckland in detail, Old St Paul’s church in Emily Place, the Albert Barracks, other important buildings, and outer limits of the settlement.
Relates to several similar views of Auckland by Merrett painted during the same period.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
