Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Date: 1964 - 1969

From: Roberts, Rex, fl 1970-1990s (collector) :[Collection of art exhibition and dealers' catalogues, 1914-1999].

By: Alexander Turnbull Library; Auckland City Art Gallery

Reference: E-929-F-004

Description: Includes: New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts catalogues: Annual 1964-1968; Autumn 1964-1965, 1967-1969; Sculpture Pottery and Graphic Arts 1965. Alexander Turnbull Library. A selection of early New Zealand paintings 1840-1900 from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. 1965. [Catalogue] George French Angas. South Australia. Facsimile editions of the works of George French Angas. A H & A W Reed. 1967. Arts & Crafts Wairoa. Selections from 19th Centurey New Zealand painting. May 2nd to 6th 1966. [Catalogue] Auckland City Art Gallery. Summary catalogue of the collection. October 1964. Auckland City Art Gallery. Australian painting XIX and XX century. [1964] Auckland City Art Gallery. James Nairn [and] Edward Fristrom. August 1964 [Catalogue] Auckland City Art Gallery. New Zealand painting. 1966 [Catalogue] Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1964. Catalogue. Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1965. Catalogue. Auckland Star Post Primary art exhibition 1966. Catalogue. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Centennial Street 1866; handbook of colonial collections. August 1966. Bishop Suter Art Gallery. Catalogue. 1964. Contemporary painting in New Zealand; an exhibition organised by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. [1966. Catalogue with biographical notes on Rita Angus, Don Binney, Bryan Dew, John Drawbridge, Robert Ellis, Suzanne Goldberg, Rudolf Gopas, Patrick Hanly, Colin McCahon, Milan Mrkusich, Don Peebles, Ross Ritchie, W A Sutton, Philip Trusttum, M T Woollaston] Dominion Museum. Historical New Zealand exhibition Wellington New Zealand. April 14 - May 24 1965. Catalogue of rare prints, lithographs, etc. Eight New Zealand artists: Binney, Ellis, Garrity, Hanly, McCahon, Mrkusich, Ritchie, Twiss. [Nov-December 1965. Catalogue]. Hocken Library, University of Otago. The origins of Frances Hodgkins; an exhibition of paintings in the centennial year of her birth. 1969. [Catalogue] Hocken Library, University of Otago. Three generations; paintings by J C Richmond, D K Richmond, E H Atkinson. November 1966. Hoyte, J C. New Zealand paintings by J C Hoyte. Series 1. Auckland, Hooker and Company Ltd, 1968. James Smith's Gallery. Exhibition of paintings by W S Wauchop and Carl T Laugeson in James Smith's Gallery (2nd floor) cornerof Cuba & Manners Streets, Wellington. September 29th to October 10th 1969. [Catalogue] McCormick, E H. Sir William Fox, public man and painter. Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1966. McLeavey, Peter. Fine arts newsletter from Wellington - YCs. 16.3.68 [Typescript text of a radio broadcast, 16 March 1968]. National Art Gallery (Wellington). Early New Zealand; watercolours and drawings from the Chevalier, J C Richmond and Swainson collections at the National Art Gallery, Wellington New Zealand. [1960s] National Art Gallery (Wellington). Nairn and his associates; selected from works in the collection of the National Art Gallery, Wellington New Zealand. [Catalogue and supplement. 1960s] National Art Gallery (Wellington). Van der Velden; paintings and drawings in the collection of the National Art Gallery. April 1968. New Zealand Publishing Society. Suzanne Goldberg. Studies of New Zealand painters, no. 1. Auckland. 1967. Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand. Frances Hodgkins 1869-1947; a centenary exhibition. [Catalogue. 1969] Three New Zealand artists: John Hutton, Douglas MacDiarmid, William Newland. An exhibition at New Zealand House, Haymarket London, SW1. 11 May - 5 June 1964. [Catalogue] Canterbury Society of Arts catalogues for 1855, 1962 and 1963 from Mr Roberts' donation have been shelved in the sequence in the Serials Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 27 monographs, 1 typescript and 11 NZAFA catalogues. Physical Description: Booklets and monographs sizes varying. Provenance: Donated by Mr Rex Roberts in 2003.

Date: [19--]

From: Hunter family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0049-137

Description: Undated manuscripts articles etc. Includes notes on Willis Street, Tollemaches; notes on Lower Hutt; New Zealand birds; New Zealand Company ships - Oriental, Adelaide, Aurora; Bishop Selwyn; list of directors of the New Zealand Company; Port Nicholson; reminiscences of old Willis Street; opening of Barrett's Hotel; Government Commissioners' decision,; G F Angas on Wellington, 1845; arrival of Samuel C Brees, surveyor-general of NZ Company; account of a sale of cattle at Bethune & Hunter's auction mart, 25 Dec 1841; naming of Hunter Street after Sir George Hunter; naming of Island Bay (Sir George Hunter proprietor of the estate); account of first race in New Zealand held at Te Aro pa; statement discrediting Governor Hobson's low opinion of Port Nicholson; founding of Wellington Chamber of Commerce, 1856 with names of presidents, 1856-1868 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: ICI New Zealand; Alexander, John Hood, 1916-1975; Dominion Breweries Ltd; United States Information Service; New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society; En-Zed Card & Calendar Company Ltd; Baptist, Miranda, active 2006

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1960s

Description: Includes calendars: 1960: Alexander Turnbull Library (with reproductions of artworks by George French Angas). Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. Early Wellington; a selection of engravings from the 1847 portfolio of S C Brees, esq. 1960 calendar. 1961: Harry H Tombs Limited. Printers and publishers at the Wingfield press. Calendar Dec 1960-Nov 1961. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Some early New Zealand churches associated with Bishop Selwyn. Original pen and wash drawings by John H Alexander. 1961 calendar. (2 copies) Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway enthusiasts' calendar 1961 United States Information Service. "Americans at work". Calendar 1961. 1962: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Early watercolours of the South Island of New Zealand 1845-51, by Sir William Fox KCMG, from the Hocken Library, University of Otago. 1962 calendar. (2 copies) Shell Oil New Zealand Ltd. 1962 calendar presenting a series of pen and wash illustrations of historical New Zealand buildings by John H Alexander. Evening Post Wellington. 1962 almanac (with reproduction of Peter McIntyre painting of Willis Street showing the Evening Post building) 1963: Trevor Strange (Waikanae Beach). Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1963 calendar. Harry H Tombs Ltd. Calendar 1963 (with reproduction of "A Christmas picnic in New Zealand" by K Airini Vane). 1964: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. Calendar 1964. 1965: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd (Auckland). [Gotgried Lindauer Maori portraits at Auckland City Art Gallery - includes portraits of Haora Tipa Koinaki, Julia Martin, Tokena te Kerehi, Sophia the Guide, Ratene, Renata Kawepo]. 1965. (2 copies) Bruce Calendar Co Ltd (Ashburton). King Dick Motor Wrecking Co. Ltd (Invercargill). Calendar 1965 (2 different images) 1966: Dominion Breweries Ltd. Waitemata House, Auckland New Zealand. Gold media award, Olympia, Great Britain. By courtesy of the Kelliher Art Trust, twelve reproductions of original oil paintings of New Zealand landscapes by a representative selection of English Australian and New Zealand artists. Calendar for 1966. (Artists include: William Dargie, John Loxton, Claude Muncaster, Douglas Badcock, Rubery Bennett, Douglas Pratt and Ernest Buckmaster) 1967: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd. The Milford track New Zealand; the world's finest walk. Illustrated calendar 1967. Hodder & Tolley Ltd, seed, grain, produce and fertilizer merchants. Calendar 1967 Waikanae Supermarket Ltd. Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1967. 1968: Four Square calendar 1968. 1969: Shell calendar. Bicentenary of the voyage of discovery by Captain James Cook 1769. (2 copies) Spa Road Four Square Store. Calendar 1969. Evening Post Wellington. 1969 almanac (with reproduction of painting of the Wellington Club by Rodger Harrison (winner of the Kelliher Prize 1968)) Wellington Teachers' College Students' Association Arts Council. Calendar 1969 (Reproductions of drawings of Fiordland National Park by Alan Howie) Centregraphic Limited. 1969 calendar of original illustrations from the books first published 1790 of Captain Cook's voyages of discovery 1768-1780. (2 copies, one in pieces) Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1847

From: Friends of the Turnbull Library

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: E-040-q-003

Description: Greetings card with a copy of an 1847 engraving Crested Greeting card Other Titles - View looking down Hawkestone Street Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on card, 124 x 178 mm

Date: 1978 - 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: C-079-067-a

Description: Shows Maori on beach, flag flying from hotel Photolithograph of engraving by Henry Melville after drawing by Brees; published in Brees, S C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London 1847, Plate 30. (Art Rm f919.31 BRE 1847) Nos 659 and 650 of edition of 700 Offprint for Fruit Distributors' 1979 calendar Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 220 x 355 mm on sheet 375 x 470 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-259-044-a

Description: Top image shows the church on the site of St Mary's of the Angels, Boulcott Street; middle image shows the first court building in Lower Mulgrave Street; and the lower image shows Francis Molesworth's house, known as Newry, on the Hutt River Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engravings on sheet 367 x 275 mm.

Date: 1847 - 1849

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-070-021

Description: Small European settlement, viewed from the opposite bank of the river, with bush, including a cabbage tree in the foreground. Brees' text in "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand" suggests that the buildings shown are a survey station. First published in: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847) Plate 12, No 32. text p.21 See A-109-029 Other Titles - Karikari Extended Title - From: Brees, S C Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 72 x 127 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000

Reference: A-259-042

Description: Shows views in the Wellington area. Other Titles - Porirua Paripari Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: C-126-023/024

Description: Watercolour shows a view of Palliser Bay looking towards the Cape. Pencil sketch on verso is a prliminary drawing for Plate 4 (no. 11) in "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", London, Williams, 1847. Dated from other views of the same area. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, and pencil sketch, on either side of sheet, 222 x 324 mm. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at Gorringes Auction Gallery, Lewes, Sussex, 1986 by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm., Brian Groshinski of McArthurs' Auction, 14. 8. 98) Miss A. Brees, a descendant of S. C. Brees had lived in Sussex

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-343-002

Description: Shows a view of the cave entrance from the inside. Shows two Maori figures, the nearer one standing in the cave entrance holding a taiaha. The cave roof issupported by girders. Originally published in: Brees, S C. Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847), Plate 17, No 51 Te Paripari was between Paekakariki and Pukerua. Road-building has destroyed the archway and other features of the area Other Titles - Paripari Extended Title - From: Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 17, no. 51. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured engraving, 162 x 116 mm.

Date: 1852-1853

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: MS-Papers-0854/2

Description: Reports, memoranda and other archives concerning Brees and his activities as Acting Colonial Engineer from the Victorian State Government. Including material on the non-appointment of Brees to a permanent position, and his administration of the Victorian Engineers Office, and material on the decision to reduce the road-workers' wages. Typed transcripts: Letter from C J Latrobe to the Duke of Newcastle, 23 Nov 1853; despatches from the Lieut-Gov. of Victoria to the Secretary of State, 1855, and despatches from the Secretary of State, 2 Aug 1853-18 Nov 1853 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (119 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typed transcript (photocopies)

Date: 1843 - 2008

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Micrographic Services Ltd; Evans, Linda Catherine, 1951-

Reference: A-377-018

Description: A reproduction of Brees' watercolour showing the Catholic Chapel on the corner of Boulcott and Manners Streets, the site later occupied by the church of St Mary of the Angels. On the road or path in the centre foreground, a man in a suit and top hat stands with two women. The single-level wooden church has a cross on the ridgepole, and a bell hung from a frame in the grounds some metres away. At the left is a shed, a barrel and a sawhorse. At the right a couple look down from a slightly raised path on a slope, and there are hills in the background. This digital print was designed and printed by New Zealand Micrographic Services Ltd, in 2008. Accompanied by a sheet giving the quotation, and the location of the original. This image was reproduced in slightly modified form in Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", Plate 19, no 56. London, 1847. The commentary accompanying the image in that publication states: "The Catholic Chapel is situated at Te Aro near the beach. The Catholic Pastor is represented by the Rev Father O'Reily, who is highly respected among his flock, as well as by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. The road shown to the right in the picture leads from the beach along the sides of the hills to Wellington Terrace". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 236 x 340 mm, on sheet 328 x 410 mm. Provenance: Presented to Linda Evans for her part in the National Catholic Archivists' Conference, 9-12 March 2008.

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-343-007

Description: Shows lake in distance; party hunting wild pig in foreground with dogs, worrying the pig. The party includes a Maori man dressed in traditional costume. In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 4, No 10, text p. 9. Brees stresses the value of the flat land in this area, its quality for farming and the building of part of a road across the Rimutaka Range. Brees spent some time in the Wairarapa surveying until the New Zealand Company suspended its operations in 1844, so the engraving is presumably based on a drawing completed between 1842 (Brees' year of arrival in New Zealand) and 1844. Extended Title - From: Brees, S.C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847) Plate 4, no 10. Also from: Brees' Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 90 x 188 mm

Date: 1852

From: Brees, Samuel Charles 1810-1865 :Wesleyan Mission premises, Wellington, New Zealand. [London] 1852.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Whimper, E, active 1852; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: B-051-018-a

Description: Shows chapel, school, etc which were destroyed in the 1848 earthquake. Also shows the house of Mr William Brewer on the right, the Bank Hotel beyond that and the theatre among the cluster of buildings in the background. Copied from the engraving by Henry Melville after S C Brees entitled Wesleyan Chapel & Mission house, Wellington, published London, 1847, from a watercolour done in 1845 After an engraving by Melville p. 13/40 i.e. Wesleyan Chapel & Mission House... (In: Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand by S C Brees London 1847) Includes descriptive text below image Varies from Melville's engraving in its staffage. Two horsemen have become one and a bullock team and cart have become two Maori. The heap of earth raised as a defence after the Wairau Affray has become a bush. The chapel was in Manners street. Built 1844 from a design by Robert Stokes. Boulcott street (the path up the hill) is visible in the background Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 203 x 228 mm with text attached to verso of sheet

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: B-051-004

Description: Shows and names Taupo Bay (i.e. Plimmerton) and the entrance from the sea. Thom's whaling station in the background, Maori pa at Plimmerton, man on horse and Maori burial ground, in foreground Detached from: Wakefield, E J ; Illustration to Adventure in N Z , 1845. Plate XII Other Titles - Paremata Extended Title - From: Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand" by Edward Jerningham Wakefield. (London, 1845). Plate 12. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph 237 x 370 mm

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-343-041/043

Description: Includes: 1. View looking up Hawkestone Street, Wellington 2. Pitone Pa, Wellington 3. The beach near Major Baker's residence, Wellington Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-9117. - Material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-9117..

Date: 1843 - 1984 - 1985

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Fruit Distributors Ltd

Reference: C-117-045-a

Description: Edition: 698/700. Original: Tinted lithograph by Day & Haghe in Wakefield, E J. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand (London : Smith Elder & Co, 1845) p. 12. Also issued as illustrations to calendar for 1985 Other Titles - Paremata Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured ; image 240 x 380 mm on sheet 380 x 480 mm

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: E-070-001

Description: Shows a view of the cave entrance from the inside. Shows two Maori figures, the closer one holding a taiaha. The cave roof is supported by girders. In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 17, No 51 Another copy at A-343-002 Paripari or Te Paripari was a raised rocky site with a Maori settlement, between Paekakariki and Pukerua, north of Wellington Other Titles - Paripari Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured engraving, 160 x 116 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870; Gimson, John, active 1997

Reference: A-259-032

Description: Shows woman and child in centre foreground, walking away along a road towards the parsonage on the brow of the hill. There are three houses grouped to the right of the Parsonage, and several more houses in the left distance. In: Brees, S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. No 24. Brees' text in "Pictorial Illustrations" reads: The situation of the Parsonage, where the Rev. Robert Cole resides, is rather exposed, but commands very fine views. Extended Title - From: Brees, S.C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London, 1847, Plate 8, no. 24. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - above image - [Part of the title of the book from which the print has been cut]: ... ONS OF NEW ZEALAND.; Recto - top right - Plate 8 24 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand coloured 86 x 133 mm

Date: 1863 - 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-259-004

Description: Shows three Maori men and a European hunting a boar with dogs; the Maori men are dressed in traditional clothes and have moko. Three of the party are carrying firearms, while one Maori man is spearing the boar from the back with a taiaha. The area shown as plains in Brees' original engraving is shown as a lake or broad river behind the group. An Italian adaptation of plate IX (after a drawing by Brees made in the early 1840s) in Wakefield, E J Illustrations to Adventures in New Zealand. London 1845 (f919.31) This version of Brees' lithograph was first published in Das Buch der Welt (Stuttgart, Hoffmann, 1842-) a long-running illustrated German encyclopaedia. This print was published as plate 15 in the issue for 1863. It appears to be from an Italian edition of Das Buch der Welt and bears the same imprint (the date and numbers below) as the original German impression. There is no visible text in Italian on the print, apart from the very faint remains of offprinting of text from the page opposite, from the volume in which this engraving was originally published Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 1863, lower left; 15 lower right Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured engraving 157 x 238 mm