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Date: 1842

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945

Reference: A-215-004

Description: View from the west bank of the Hutt River, looking across to the east with a bridge on the left, several houses and a church amongst trees. Possibly the earliest view of the beginnings of Lower Hutt. Inscription on mount: 'The first lithograph executed in Wellington in the year 1842. By Robt. Park, Surveyor to the N.Z.L.Co. ex S. D. Parnell'. The assertion about this being the first lithograph executed in Wellington is not correct. Jones and Bluett lithographed a Chart of Port Nicholson by E M Chaffers in May 1841, followed by other maps in August 1841. They also lithographed W M Smith's view Lambton Harbour and Mount Victoria in June 1841. See The first New Zealand lithographs by R P Hargreaves in Art New Zealand, 24, Winter 1982, p. 50-51 Richmond is said to have been the particular part of the Hutt district where Mr Parnell first asserted the Eight Hours Principle. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 200 x 249 mm Provenance: Purchased by T.E. Donne at the sale of S.D. Parnell's effects, Wellington 1891.

Date: 1839 - 1845

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: NON-ATL-P-0004

Description: Palisades of the pa at Kaiwharawhara, at the water's edge, with raupo houses, with verandahs and tree-trunk columns in the foreground, with one Maori man reclining in the left foreground and a woman and child seated by one of the whare. Two canoes, with Maori chapel of raupo beyond them in the middle ground and a European yacht beyond that. On the background hill to the right, the whalers' lookout "Tutaewera", aand on the central hill, a zig-zag Maori path running up the Ngaio Gorge area. The background range shows British Peak on the left and Mount Kaukau on the right. The file print during 1970s and 80s attributed to John Pearse and titled "Wellington". However, it pre-dates Pearse's time in Wellington during the 1850s. Other Titles - Wellington. John Pearse. See article about this picture in Kapa-Mana News 20 August 1980, by William Secker. The painting is pre-1845, since the Hutt Road is not yet formed. The architecture of the raupo huts on the left shows the whalers' influence, with the tree-trunk verandah posts. If the attribution to Robert Park is correct, the work could be as early as 1840. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: [Photograph of] watercolour, size unknown

Date: 1840 - 1850

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: A-032-024

Description: Shows the Aglionby Arms in Lower Hutt leaning dangerously off its foundations. Park's only other known Hutt drawing is dated 1842, but the drawing could have been done as late as the 1850s. The hotel's proprietor, Robert Burcham died in 1854 and his address was given as Aglionby Arms. In 1858 a severe flood in the Hutt caused loss of life. Walter Mantell also records a flood at an earlier date. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 120 x 175 mm