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[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. By S. C. Bre...
Date: 1845 - 1847
From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.
Reference: PUBL-0020-01
Description: Brees with his theodolite and sketchbook, his dog and several other surveyors in a camp in a clearing in Porirua Bush. Brees is sketching a Maori family. Below the main image is a vignette of the Hutt River, with Molesworth's farm and windmill. Molesworth and Ludlam's windmill was not built until 1845, Brees' last year in Wellington, giving a date to the lower view Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engravings on sheet 365 x 261
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Wairarapa [February, 1843. Drawn by S C Brees. Engra...
Date: 1847
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870
Reference: E-070-009
Description: Small pakeha encampment beside lake. In his text to Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, Brees notes:"This View is taken from the western side of the Valley, looking towards the sea, and represents the spot where the author bivouacked on the 8th of February, 1843, when on an exploring expedition with Mr Edward Chedham and Mr Barton; the native chief A Kuri and a party of white men and natives..." The people depicted are presumably intended to represent Brees, Strode, Barton "A Kuri" and others in the party. In: Brees, S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 6, No 15. Text p 13 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 53 x 88 mm