Sir George Grey
James Tannock Mackelvie
Mackelvie Trust
The Partridge Collection
Friends of the Gallery
The Edmiston Trust
Lucy Carrington Wertheim
Patrons of the Gallery
Private Gifts
Dr Walter Auburn
The Ilene and Laurence Dakin Bequest
Colin McCahon and Frances Hodgkins
E. H. McCormick Bequest
The Chartwell Trust
Thanksgiving Foundation

Sir George Grey

Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand from 1845 to 1853 and from 1861 to 1867, was the founding donor for Auckland’s public library and its art gallery. As well as a considerable manuscript and rare book collection, he presented the City with 53 paintings that were the nucleus of the Gallery’s collection, including works by Caspar Netscher, Henry Fuseli, William Blake and David Wilkie.