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Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizons
Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizons

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Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizons

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Saints and Scholars
Saints and Scholars

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Saints and Scholars

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John Reynolds: The Violet Hour
John Reynolds: The Violet Hour

John Reynolds: The Violet Hour

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Ronnie Van Hout: I've Abandoned Me
Ronnie Van Hout: I've Abandoned Me

Adult: $7, Concession: $5, Children Under 12: Free, Friends of the Gallery: $4, Free entry on Mondays

Ronnie Van Hout: I've Abandoned Me

Adult: $7, Concession: $5, Children Under 12: Free, Friends of the Gallery: $4, Free entry on Mondays

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Love Chief
Love Chief

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Love Chief

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Who Shot Rock & Roll
Who Shot Rock & Roll

$9 - $15, under 12s FREE

Who Shot Rock & Roll

$9 - $15, under 12s FREE

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Earth Matters
Earth Matters

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Earth Matters

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Nothing Is As It Seems: Harvey Benge Photobooks
Nothing Is As It Seems: Harvey Benge Photobooks

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Nothing Is As It Seems: Harvey Benge Photobooks

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Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery
Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery

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Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery

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Painting Nature
Painting Nature

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Painting Nature

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Snake Oil: Chartwell Acquisitions 2002-5
Snake Oil: Chartwell Acquisitions 2002-5

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Snake Oil: Chartwell Acquisitions 2002-5

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John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly
John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly

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John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly

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Intimate Portraits
Intimate Portraits

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Intimate Portraits

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Window Work: Graham Fletcher
Window Work: Graham Fletcher

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Window Work: Graham Fletcher

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Sorawit Songsataya: The Interior
Sorawit Songsataya: The Interior

Sorawit Songsataya: The Interior

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Michel Tuffery: Mata Mata
Michel Tuffery: Mata Mata

Michel Tuffery: Mata Mata

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Julian and Josie Robertson's Promised Gift
Julian and Josie Robertson's Promised Gift

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Julian and Josie Robertson's Promised Gift

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Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020
Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020

Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020

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Richard Lewer: Collective Memory
Richard Lewer: Collective Memory

Richard Lewer: Collective Memory

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Ralph Hotere: Godwit/Kuaka
Ralph Hotere: Godwit/Kuaka

Ralph Hotere: Godwit/Kuaka

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Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs
Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs

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Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs

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Takoto
Takoto

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Takoto

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Mystic Truths
Mystic Truths

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Mystic Truths

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The Walters Prize 2002
The Walters Prize 2002

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The Walters Prize 2002

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The Walters Prize 2010
The Walters Prize 2010

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The Walters Prize 2010

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The Walters Prize 2008
The Walters Prize 2008

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The Walters Prize 2008

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The Walters Prize 2004
The Walters Prize 2004

$7 - $5

The Walters Prize 2004

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Elam Guest Lecture Series: Ngahiraka Mason
Elam Guest Lecture Series: Ngahiraka Mason

10am

Free

Former Indigenous Curator, Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery and the recently appointed curator to the 2017 Honolulu Biennial titled Middle of Now | Here Ngahiraka Mason discusses recent projects. 

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Poetry reading
Poetry reading

12pm

Free

Join members of Auckland Latin American Community (ALAC) and Letras Latinas Biblioteca Comunitaria for a poetry reading and discussion.

Poetry reading

12pm

Free

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Swinging Sixties in Auckland - How Quant Sparked Our Boutique Culture
Swinging Sixties in Auckland - How Quant Sparked Our Boutique Culture

6—7pm

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Swinging Sixties in Auckland - how Quant sparked our boutique culture.

In this talk, fashion historian Angela Lassig will chart the rise of boutique culture in the back streets and side alleys of 60s Auckland, exploring the fashion, music and makeup that energised a generation.  

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Doc Edge Presents: Memory – Origins of Alien
Doc Edge Presents: Memory – Origins of Alien

12.30-2pm

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As part of the 14th International Documentary Film Festival, Doc Edge in association with RNZ presents a series of documentary screenings at the Gallery.

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The stories we tell...
The stories we tell...

12–1pm

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Join Principal Oral History Advisor Sue Berman to learn about the Auckland Stories archive and hear "The stories we tell...".

The stories we tell...

12–1pm

FREE

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Lieutenant Cooper's summer holidays
Lieutenant Cooper's summer holidays

12–1pm

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Join historian and former research librarian David Verran to find out what Lieutenant Cooper did in his summer holidays in 1850.

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Moderna and Ferrara: Art cities off the beaten track
Moderna and Ferrara: Art cities off the beaten track

12–1pm

FREE

Join Giuseppe Gallina for this illustrated talk to learn about Modena and Ferrara: Art cities off the beaten track.

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Elefante Blanco (White Elephant) 2012
Elefante Blanco (White Elephant) 2012

1pm

Free

Two priests, the old veteran Father Julián and his new younger Belgian colleague, Father Nicolás, and the social worker Luciana, work in a slum area of Buenos Aires known as Ciudad Oculta.

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Japonism in Fashion lecture: 1860s to 1930s
Japonism in Fashion lecture: 1860s to 1930s

5.30pm–6.45pm

Members $15, non-Members $20 Book now

In 2003, textile and dress historian Angela Lassig brought the exhibition Japonism in Fashion, initiated and developed by the Kyoto Costume Institute in 1989, to Te Papa Tongarewa and Christchurch Art Gallery. Now she will give two lectures on this topic as part of our events programme for the exhibition Enchanted Worlds: Hokusai, Hiroshige and the Art of Edo Japan.

Japonism in Fashion lecture: 1860s to 1930s

5.30pm–6.45pm

Members $15, non-Members $20 Book now

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She Claims: Art Matters #6 – Dame Denise L’Estrange-Corbet and Angela Lassig
She Claims: Art Matters #6 – Dame Denise L’Estrange-Corbet and Angela Lassig

5.30–7.30pm

Members $25, non-Members $75 Book now

Join us at She Claims: Art Matters, a series of events where you’ll rub elbows with creatives and critics while celebrating the ideas, voices and power of creative women. In session five of this series visual artist Ruth Buchanan will talk with curator Natasha Conland about her creative practice, drive, culture and the key topics in her work she cares deeply about.

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Pacific Sisters present 'Fresh Flashbacks'
Pacific Sisters present 'Fresh Flashbacks'

Screening Times: 11am–12pm; 12.15pm–1.15pm

FREE

Pacific Sisters present 'Fresh Flashbacks'

Screening Times: 11am–12pm; 12.15pm–1.15pm

FREE

Artworks

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Titles
Titles

Christine Hellyar

Production date
Unknown
Medium
paper
Size (h x w)
420 x 470 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, transferred from the E H McCormick Research Library, 2003
Accession no
2003/20
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Blood Veil
Blood Veil

Peter Peryer

Production date
2015
Medium
inkjet on paper
Size (h x w)
939 x 919 x 2 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Elise Mourant Bequest, 2019
Accession no
2018/24/9
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An obscure portrait extracted <<daisy chopper accelerated>>
An obscure portrait extracted <<daisy chopper accelerated>>

Jacqueline Fraser

Production date
2003
Medium
wire, faux fur from Chelsea NY
Size (h x w)
850 x 350 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2003
Accession no
C2003/1/17
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Tool Trays
Tool Trays

Christine Hellyar

Production date
1982
Medium
mixed media
Size (h x w)
45 x 800 x 2800 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery, 1982
Accession no
1982/55
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Untitled
Untitled

Saffronn Te Ratana

Production date
2000
Medium
oil on board
Size (h x w)
800 x 200 x 65 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with the assistance of Jean Horsley, 2000
Accession no
2000/16/1-2
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Laurel Doody Library Supply 2020 Printed Fitted Bed Sheet
Laurel Doody Library Supply 2020 Printed Fitted Bed Sheet

Fiona Connor Struan Hamilton Laurel Doody Library Supply

Production date
2020
Medium
silkscreen on cotton bedsheet
Size (h x w)
2020 x 1560 x 400 mm
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Fiona Connor, 2020
Accession no
RC2013/4/21
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"George" won't go on the grass
"George" won't go on the grass

Beatrix Dobie

Production date
Unknown
Medium
pen and ink
Size (h x w)
177 x 228 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Patrick H Dobbie, Auckland, 1979
Accession no
1979/63/6
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Title Plate: Idée Pittoresche sopra la Fugga in Egitto
Title Plate: Idée Pittoresche sopra la Fugga in Egitto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Production date
1753
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
120 x 190 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1955
Accession no
1955/42/18
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Exercising singles with the General
Exercising singles with the General

Beatrix Dobie

Production date
Unknown
Medium
pen and ink
Size (h x w)
177 x 228 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Patrick H Dobbie, Auckland, 1979
Accession no
1979/63/15
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Les Images des Saints (Title Page)
Les Images des Saints (Title Page)

Abraham Bosse

Production date
1636
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
216 x 125 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/2/237
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Mrs Cairns makes for the gravel pit
Mrs Cairns makes for the gravel pit

Beatrix Dobie

Production date
Unknown
Medium
pen and ink
Size (h x w)
177 x 228 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Patrick H Dobbie, Auckland, 1979
Accession no
1979/63/17/1
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Title-page for 'Divers Views after the Life'
Title-page for 'Divers Views after the Life'

Wenceslaus Hollar Pierce Tempest

Production date
circa 1677
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
63 x 131 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/96
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Addendum to 'Subtraction' The Given as an Art-Political Statement
Addendum to 'Subtraction' The Given as an Art-Political Statement

Billy Apple®

Production date
1998
Medium
gelatin silver print and screenprint on card
Size (h x w)
295 x 480 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1998
Accession no
1998/38
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Title page
Title page

Stefano Della Bella

Production date
1664
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
54 x 82 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/1/4
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Lake Chalice, at the Head of Goulter River
Lake Chalice, at the Head of Goulter River

F Broadhurst

Production date
circa 1910
Medium
photographic album
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992
Accession no
1992/30/2
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Two Antique Busts
Two Antique Busts

John Miller

Production date
18th century
Medium
etching (cut in two)
Size (h x w)
228 x 178 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1955
Accession no
1955/36/38/2
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Natural & Other Histories
Natural & Other Histories

Pauline Thompson

Production date
1985
Medium
photocopies
Size (h x w)
210 x 298 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of an anonymous donor, 1989
Accession no
1989/31
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Title Page: Water-Colour Drawings from Original Sketches taken chiefly in the Lake District of the North Island of New-Zealand during vacation rambles by J Kinder
Title Page: Water-Colour Drawings from Original Sketches taken chiefly in the La...

John Kinder

Production date
Unknown
Medium
ink on paper
Size (h x w)
248 x 354 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from The Fletcher Trust
Accession no
L2003/8/31
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The Watering Place
The Watering Place

John Browne Peter Paul Rubens

Production date
1770
Medium
etching and engraving
Size (h x w)
485 x 612 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
U/52
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Beginner's Guide to Gilbertese (cover title)
Beginner's Guide to Gilbertese (cover title)

Robin White

Production date
1983
Medium
woodblock
Size (h x w)
290 x 382 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1983
Accession no
1983/18/1
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Hans Holbein
Hans Holbein

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
[1647]
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
145 x 112 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M2001/32/24
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Three sketches : the Inspection Ride
Three sketches : the Inspection Ride

Beatrix Dobie

Production date
Unknown
Medium
pen and ink
Size (h x w)
228 x 178 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Patrick H Dobbie, 1979
Accession no
1979/63/20
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Antichita Romane fuori di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambatta Piranesi, Architetto Veneziano.  Parte Seconda  (Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect Part Two)
Antichita Romane fuori di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambatta Piranesi, Archit...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
1756
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
125 x 260 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/4/25
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A Bird of Spring
A Bird of Spring

George Baxter

Production date
1837
Medium
Baxter print
Size (h x w)
167 x 105 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/2
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The Lake at the Head of the Tummill, Avondale, Marlborough
The Lake at the Head of the Tummill, Avondale, Marlborough

F Broadhurst

Production date
circa 1910
Medium
photographic album
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992
Accession no
1992/30/3
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Title-page
Title-page

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
1643-1644
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
91 x 171 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/70
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Sheet of four proofs from the master plate, printed in black
Sheet of four proofs from the master plate, printed in black

Le Blond & Co Abraham Le Blond

Production date
1849-1893
Medium
engraving, stipple, aquatint
Size (h x w)
90 x 60 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1974
Accession no
1974/17/10/1
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Vue de la Baie des Iles (Nouvelle Zélande)
Vue de la Baie des Iles (Nouvelle Zélande)

Isidore-Laurent Deroy Louis Auguste de Sainson

Production date
Unknown
Medium
hand-coloured lithograph
Size (h x w)
201 x 318 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1961
Accession no
1961/1/3/1
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The Upper Wairau and the Gorge, Tarndale
The Upper Wairau and the Gorge, Tarndale

F Broadhurst

Production date
circa 1910
Medium
photographic album
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992
Accession no
1992/30/1
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Temperate
Temperate

George Baxter

Production date
1837
Medium
Baxter print
Size (h x w)
169 x 105 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/3
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Title Page - Untitled
Title Page - Untitled

Tony Fomison

Production date
1985
Medium
lithograph, black and white photograph
Size (h x w)
278 x 240 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985
Accession no
1985/38/1
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Edward Calver
Edward Calver

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
1644
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
129 x 83 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M2001/32/6
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Title page to vol. IV, containing bridges, remains of theatres and arcades ... (Tomo quarto contenente i ponti antichi, gli avanzi de'teatri, de'portici ...)
Title page to vol. IV, containing bridges, remains of theatres and arcades ... (...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
1765
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
400 x 253 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/4/32
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William Seymour, Marquis of Hertford
William Seymour, Marquis of Hertford

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
1636-1644
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
83 x 68 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/172
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Fig. 1 Homme du Cap de Diemen Fig. 2 Enfant du Cap de Diemen
Fig. 1 Homme du Cap de Diemen Fig. 2 Enfant du Cap de Diemen

P Dien Jacques-Louis Copia Piron

Production date
1791
Medium
engraving on paper
Size (h x w)
246 x 184 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1964
Accession no
1965/1/6
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Raccolta di Alcuni disegni del Barbieri da Cento detto il Guercino incisi in rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademico: Gio. Battista Piranesi.   (Title Page: Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) engraved on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Raccolta di Alcuni disegni del Barbieri da Cento detto il Guercino incisi in ram...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
1764
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
495 x 366 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr G M Mitford, 1883
Accession no
1883/1/59
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Fiona Connor Archive
Fiona Connor Archive
Production date
2007-2020
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (see archive item details for credit lines specific to each deposit)
Accession no
RC2013/4

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