[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 14. 41. Moorings Creek Petoni & the Honble Henry Petre's residence shown in the distance. 42. Banks of the Hutt near Mr Molesworth's farm. 43. The Exchange, Wellington. Drawn by S C Brees. [Engraved by Henry Melville. London, 1847].

Shows views in the Hutt Valley and Wellington. At the top, a view in Petone with Moreings Creek, a bridge and two horsemen in the foreground, houses in the distance. In the centre, a large cabbage tree leaning out over the Hutt River, with two Maori men standing on the bank, waving to the occupants of two canoes in the water. Francis Molesworth's farm is in the background. At the bottom, a view looking east along the waterfront at Te Aro, with the Exchange Building (with a false classical front) and Ridgway and Guyton's jetty, a boat hauled up in front of the building and other buildings along the waterfront in the distance. Hoggard and Simmond's windmill can be seen in the distance at the foot of Mount Victoria

Other Titles - Petone

Other Titles - Moreings Creek

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.