ALDIS, Albert Edward;
Foreshore, Saint Marys Bay, Auckland
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1888
Oil on canvas
370 x 600mm
Inscriptions: A Aldis. 1888. [l.r.]
As the title indicates, this painting shows Saint Marys Bay, Tāmaki Makaurau. The area has radically changed since the work was created. The boats shown are premonitory. The eponymous bay has been subsumed by Westhaven Marina. There is no longer a foreshore.