Take a closer look at some of the images from Sir Peter Blake's life that are on display in this space.
Peter Blake aboard Seamaster in the Antarctic, 2001.
Photograph by and courtesy of Ivor Wilkins
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Lady Blake and family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alan Sefton
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photograph by and courtesy of the Dominion/Sunday Times
Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photograph by Peter Blake, reproduced courtesy of the Blake family
Photograph by and courtesy of Bjorn Larsson Ask, SvD Foto
Photograph by George Johns, reproduced courtesy of BLAKE (Sir Peter Blake Trust)
Photograph by and courtesy of Christian Février
Photograph by Ross Giblin, Dominion Post Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library (EP/1995/4820/30)
Photograph by and courtesy of Simon Devitt
Photograph by and courtesy of Don Robertson
Photograph by and courtesy of Don Robertson
Photograph by and courtesy of Don Robertson
Photograph by and courtesy of Don Robertson
Photograph by and courtesy of Franck Socha / www.francksocha.com
Photograph by and courtesy of Don Robertson
Photograph by and courtesy of Don Robertson
Photograph by and courtesy of Ivor Wilkins
A closer look
Young sailor
Peter Blake in his ‘box boat’, early 1950s.
Young sailor
Peter and his family christening his new P Class, Pee Bee, about 1956.
Sailing brothers
Peter and Tony Blake, Auckland, mid 1950s.
Building Bandit
Peter and Brian Blake heating up a bath to melt lead for Bandit’s keel, 1967. Building Bandit was noisy for the neighbours – and a disaster for the front lawn when molten lead split the bath and leaked out.
Building Bandit
Peter and Brian Blake working on Bandit, 1967.
Bandit
Peter and Tony Blake sailing on Bandit, late 1960s.
Ladybird
The Blake family’s ketch Ladybird, 1960s. Sailing on Ladybird gained Peter Blake hundreds of hours of experience in all conditions, racing and cruising.
Ocean Spirit
Peter Blake with his sextant on Ocean Spirit, 1971.
Ocean Spirit
Crew of Ocean Spirit, with Peter Blake second from left, back row, 1971
Burton Cutter
Peter Blake on Burton Cutter, 1973–74.
Condor of Bermuda
Condor of Bermuda, late 1970s.
‘She really was a beautiful, beautiful yacht,’ said Peter Blake. ‘One of the nicest mannered yachts that’s ever been my fortune to sail on.’
Ceramco New Zealand
Peter Blake working at his desk on Ceramco New Zealand, 1981–82.
Crossing the Line
Peter Blake as King Neptune and Pippa Blake as Queen Codfish with Sarah-Jane during the ‘crossing the line’ (the Equator) ceremony on Lion New Zealand’s delivery trip to the UK, 1985.
Lion New Zealand
Pippa Blake with Sarah-Jane on board Lion New Zealand, ‘Nassau towards Bermuda’, June 1985.
Steinlager 2
The Blake family on Steinlager 2, England, 1989–90.
Enza New Zealand
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Peter Blake on Enza New Zealand, 1993
Celebrations
Peter Blake being swamped by tickertape during the Auckland parade, 1995.
Red socks
Peter Blake hanging out red socks with Philip Jameson, 1995.
Celebrations
The family at the America’s Cup celebrations, Auckland, 2000.
Pippa Blake said:
‘To Sarah-Jane, James and me, Peter was a father and a husband. That’s how we saw him. But we also came to realise that he had become widely known and respected. Peter’s teams were very much part of our life as a bigger family. We had great fun and great experiences being a part of it.’
Seamaster in Antarctica
Seamaster sailing past a massive ice sculpture in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, 2001.
Seamaster in Antarctica
Seamaster in Antarctica, 2001
Seamaster in Antarctica
Peter Blake and Seamaster in the Antarctic, 2001.
The Amazon
Welcome sign on the Amazon, 2001.
The Amazon
Peter writing his daily log, 6 October 2001
The Amazon
Peter and Pippa Blake beside a giant kapok tree in the Amazon basin, 2001.
The Amazon
Rio Negro from the air, 2001.
Farewell
A tribute of flowers being cast into the sea by Team New Zealand, 2001.