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Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913 :Wades Town, near Woodwards, New Zealand [1870s?]
Date: 1860 - 1879
By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000
Reference: G-200
Description: Shows road cut into steep hillside, with a Maori man and woman walking towards the viewer. There is a rata in flower on the left and tree-ferns to the right of the road. The surrounding hills are heavily bush-clad and a prominent hill in the background may be Mt Kaukau Samuel Woodward was a dairy farmer, who lived in Wadestown from 1849. His farm extended from the Kaiwharawhara Stream to the Town Belt and across from Norwich Street to Lytton Street in central Wadestown. By 1874, he owned 69 acres. Rose Street, Wadestown, was named after his wife. Other Titles - Wadestown, Wellington Inscriptions: Verso - On contemporary label: Title and J C Hoyte Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board 120 x 170 mm (sight) Provenance: Webb's auction, Auckland, 1986, purchased by John Crowder, Christchurch.
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :The Hutt Road taken at the gorge looking towards Wel...
Date: 1842 - 1847
From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870
Reference: PUBL-0020-07-3
Description: Shows bushclearing along the path which became the Hutt Road. One man chops at a tree trunk with an axe, while two Maori stand in the path. The tranquil water of Wellington Harbour surrounded by bush-covered hills, show in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 191 x 160 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.
Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897 :[Horse and cart in the bush]. 1875
Date: 1875
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897
Reference: B-175-009
Description: Shows a horse and cart, with the driver seated in the cart. The cart heads away along a road that curves around a bend of a road through native bush. There is a tree fern in the right foreground, epiphytes on some trees in the packground, and a drainage gutter at the left side of the road. Marking the corner of the road is a white wooden fence. May show part of Karori Road Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pastel, 380 x 274 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library
The Harbour from Keiwara [Kaiwharawhara]
Date: [1850s?]
By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Reference: B-009-005
Description: Attributed to William Howard Homes on stylistic grounds. Shows Mathieson and Schultze's flourmill to the right with a red-cloaked man leading a horse along Old Porirua Road on the left. Wellington Harbour can be seen in the distance, the building on the near-side of the harbour is possibly the Rainbow Hotel. Matiu / Somes Island and Wellington City are also shown. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - The Harbour from Keiwara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on card Processing information: Description updates 5 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.
Artist unknown :[Wellington Harbour from Wadestown, ca 1880]
Date: 1875 - 1885
By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931
Reference: A-389-007
Description: View from a road in a cliff on the left, with a bush-filled gully below. Somes Island with a building or buildings near its summit and buildings visible at Petone on the far side of the Wellington Harbour. The Tararua Range in the background Sent to the Library for identification in September 1976. Identified as Wellington Harbour by an unknown artist and somewhat similar to the work of C D Barraud or E A Chapman, in a letter sent to John Monteith Antiques Ltd, Auckland, 22 September 1976. However the work resembles that of Jane Stowe more closely than that of C D Barraud or E A Chapman Other Titles - Jane Stowe Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 252 x 357 mm Provenance: In 1976 owned by John Monteith Antiques Ltd, Auckland.
[Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :Belmont Road, Hut Wellington N Z 1871
Date: 1871
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897
Reference: B-084-001
Description: Shows a piece of road winding around a hill between bushy sides. Related to pencil sketch at A-029-014. Other Titles - Belmont Road, Hutt Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 332 x 232 mm
Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Rimutaka and Wairarapa scenes]. Wairarapa (anglice Waidrop) Pl...
Date: 1854 - 1856
From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]
Reference: E-455-f-073-2
Description: A view from the top of the Rimutaka Hill, looking down over the road winding through dense bush towards the plains of the Wairarapa. A Maori family is leading a horse down the road. One tree to the left in the foreground is a rata in flower and there is a tree-fern on the right. The artist is incorrect in his statement about the Rimutaka Range being part of the Ruahine Range. It is part of the Tararua Range. The phrase 'anglice Waidrop' refers to the common nineteenth century English version of the Maori word Wairarapa. Other Titles - English Waidrop Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 155 x 240 mm