Places

Date: 1856

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-139-017

Description: Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There are shops in the distance. A red-coated soldier leans against the door to Barrett's Hotel. A small rowboat is in the sea to the right of the road Title on engraved plate on frame. Artist attributed because of similarity of subject to Holmes' "Wellington Beach 1856" (A-032-040). The work is not as finished as that one however. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 343 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to that in the collection of Mr Charles Levin of Sanson, descendant of W. H. Levin.

Date: 1866

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2080-G

Description: Wellington Harbour and Te Aro, photographed from a pier near the site of Wellington Railway Station in 1866 by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Lambton Quay runs across the foreground, with The Terrace immediately behind. Other - Third image from left in panoramic sequence 10x8-2078 to 10x8-2087 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches

Date: 1865

From: Artist unknown :[Album of an officer en route to and from New Zealand and on service in New Zealand] 1863-1867

Reference: A-277-035

Description: A view from the harbour past small boats and ships towards the buildings of Lambton Quay along the shoreline, with The Terrace and its buildings rising diagonally above the Quay. "Plimmer's Ark" (John Plimmer's warehouse aboard the hulk of the ship "Inconstant" can be seen at the water's edge in the centre of the view Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink & watercolour, 87 x 201 mm

Date: 1862

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1862/Acc.14103

Description: Cadastral map showing part surveyed, numbered sections for sale on Customhouse Quay, Lambton Quay, and Harbour Street, Lambton Harbour, Wellington, highlighting sections already sold, as well as reserves for Customs and Post Office, Society of Oddfellows building, government reserve, Scotch Kirk, 'Noah's ark' in red. Note under title reads: For upset prices and further particulars, see Government Gazette of Nov 21st, 1862. See also accompanying photocopies (3 pages) of: sheet from New Zealand Government Gazette, Nov 21, 1862 (giving prices); report of claim by J Plimmer Committee, 1862; and copy of manuscript map of block comprising new street (Hunter Street), Lambton and Customhouse quays, showing 'Noah's Ark' (near Plimmer's Wharf). See also similar map held at MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1962/Acc.7792 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on ink and paper, 32 x 41 cm

Date: [1869]

From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Taylor, Robert H, active 1907-1910

Reference: PAColl-D-0009

Description: View looking down onto the Terrace School and beyond that to recently reclaimed land, Queen's Wharf and across the harbour to Roseneath and Oriental Bay. In the middle distance is the department store, Kirkcaldie & Stains, on Lambton Quay. Photograph taken by James Bragge in 1869, and print made from negative by R H Taylor ca 1907 Identical image at PA7-30-09 & PA7-57-07. Image is in the centre of a panorama at PA6-271 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Protected R Taylor; Backing board recto - beneath image - Part of old Lambton Quay and the Well[ingto]n Harbour taken fron the high ground behind the old Terrace School in or about the year 1865 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 29 x 39.4 cm

Date: 1852

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891; Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875

Reference: E-455-f-030-1

Description: Shows a view of Wellington Harbour with sailing ships in port, as seen from the east side of the harbour, looking towards Lambton Quay. Clay Point is marked with a cross. Beneath the work, there is a key, listing lettered features: 'P. Te Aro Pah; 1.Thormium [phormium] tenax vulgarly called flax; W. Wellington Terrace; N. Noah's Ark or Plimmer's Wharf; T. K. Tinakori Road and on to Karori; B. Town Belt; L. English Church, C. Catholic Chapel; a. Baron Alzdorf's new hotel; g. Government House; W. Wades Town [Wadestown]; T. F. Thorndon Flat; p. Pipitea Point & native pah, H. Commencement of Hutt Road. H. Mr Hart's offices (on sail of vessel); X. Clay Point Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Lambton Quay - Wellington N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 193 x 293 mm.

Date: 1868

By: Igglesden, Charles Moore, 1832-1920; Goodman Fielder Wattie (N.Z.)

Reference: C-119-022

Description: Shows in foreground a circular island of garden with a grass border, in the centre of a circular driveway. A gardener kneels to tend plants at the left, and a dog sits keeping him company. At the right is an herbaceous border, in front of the partly obscured Wellington Terrace. Across the Terrace is a wooden house with finials, brick chimney, shingled roof, and a "To Let" sign in the window. Beyond this in the right background is Wellington Harbour and the flat area of Lower Hutt. In the centre background behind the circular garden, is the shingle roof, finial, brick chimney, and H-shaped metal chimney-pot of a neighbouring house, possibly that owned in 1878/79 (see Wise's Post Office Directory) by Joseph Nancarrow. Beyond is a pier projecting out from Lambton Quay, with Midland Point beyond. In the left background is the Boys' Grammar School (with spire) on Clifton Terrace and further north St Mary's Church, Hill Street; on the crest of the hill on the top left now the area occupied by the suburb of Wadestown, is Captain William Barnard Rhodes' house, "The Grange". Sometimes entitled: "A Wellington resident's house and garden, Flagstaff Hill, above Boulcott Street, looking North towards the Hutt Valley" or "Wellington from Flagstaff Hill". Previously thought to be a view from Mr Hays' residence. Sharp's residence was on the upper side of the Terrace, probably just north of the present join with Salamanca Road. According to notes compiled by B. M. Igglesden, grandson (TL 3/1/1, 1 August 1985), the gardens of the property extended from Mount Street to Everton Terrace, and when the estate was later cut up, 25 homes were built on the land, including Sir Robert Stout's home. See also notes at TL 3/1/1, 8 May 1985, or the Evening Post of 29 September 1928, for notes about the Sharp household (and other houses on the Terrace). Other Titles - Wellington from Flagstaff Hill Other Titles - A Wellington resident's house and garden, Flagstaff Hill, above Boulcott Street, looking North towards the Hutt Valley. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Igglesden - Decr. 1868 Igglesden was the nephew of Captain Sharp, and was living in Wellington at this time, being commissioned a Lieutenant in No. 1 Company Wellington Militia on 2 December 1868. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 384 x 519 mm Provenance: Sold at Philips, London, September 1984. Bought by a Melbourne dealer for £2,100. Auctioned at McArthur's, 10 May 1985, and bought by the Goodman Group.

Date: 1841

By: Wicksteed, John Tylston, 1806-1860

Reference: A-166-011

Description: Shows flat land in the foreground, Wakefield's house with flagstaff in the middle distance, and rising up the hill (modern Bowen Street area) a church spire amid trees, referred to in an accompanying letter as being the proposed site for St Paul's, although in fact this was not the site of the first St Paul's (Museum Street further down the hill), built 1844. The harbour can be seen to the left, along with the far end of Lambton Quay, a few houses and tents on Te Aro Flat and the track that became The Terrace winding up the hill Enclosed in letter from Wicksteed to Robert Few, Church Society of New Zealand, 30 Jan 1841. '...A reference to the map of Wellington and to the sketch sent herewith, will convey a tolerably correct idea of the place which I have resolved to propose to the Committee. It is the triangular piece of land (not numbered, being a public reserve) lying immediately under number 500 on the map, and above numbers 470, 371 and 472. A road or street bounds it on the north west and separates it from another public reserve, designed for a cemetery [later Bolton Street Cemetery]. In the sketch, the principal house with the flagstaff near it, is Colonel Wakefield's, and the spot on which a church spire is placed is that to which I have drawn your attention. It is almost first seen on turning the corner, as I may call it, on entering Lambton Harbour. I regret that the sketch is so slight, but it is faithful' (Ref. MS Papers 256) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 115 x 225 mm Transfers: transferred from MS Papers 256, April 1978..

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-037-3

Description: A moonlit view from Mount Cook, over Wellington and the harbour, looking north. Lambton Quay lies below along the foreshore with Pipitea Point in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 137 x 249 mm

Date: 1895

From: F W Niven & Co. :View of Wellington N Z [ca 1895] from Hill Street, Thorndon. F W Niven & Co. [lith] Ballarat, [Victoria, ca 1895]

Reference: D-002-008-003

Description: Top right panel shows vignettes of the premises of the following companies: E T Taylor and Company, Dunedin ale and stout bottlers. Wine and spirit merchants. Beehive bottling stores, Courtenay Place, Wellington. Shows the exterior of the two-storeyed Courtenay Place building, and the interior of the bottling department. S Luke and Sons. Sole makers of the celebrated Cornish Cooking Ranges; ship builders, iron and brass founders, engineers and boilermakers, Te Aro Foundry, Manners Street, Wellington. Shows the exterior of the two-storeyed Manners Street premises, and a bird's eye view of the ship-building yard and foundry. New Zealand Insurance Company. Wellington Branch, corner of Lambton Quay and Grey Street. William I Bolam, manager. Shows an illustration of the wedge-shped two-storey building. Extended Title - Top right panel from their "View of Wellington, N.Z., from Hill Street, Thorndon" [ca 1895] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 305 x 395 mm.

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-025-009

Description: View from Clay Point hill above the junction of modern Willis St and Lambton Quay. The beach in the foreground is lower Willis Street, while upper Willis Street passes up the rise on the far right. The beach in the background is modern Mercer and Wakefield Streets. Cows, goats, two Maori canoes, a couple on horseback and Bethune & Hunter's Stores are in the foreground, with a jetty and sailing ships in the harbour. Further jetties and public and private buildings are in the background on Te Aro Flat. The most prominent building along the waterfront, with a Grecian-style frontage, is the Exchange Building. Mounts Cook, Albert and Victoria are indicated in the skyline above their relevant peaks. For a key to the identity of individual buildings, see negative 15576 1/2. T. M. Hocken's 'Key plan of Heaphy's View of a part of the town of Wellington ... 1885'. The original for this key is in the Hocken Library Pictures Collection. This watercolour was the original for the lithograph of the same title, published in London in 1842. There were also later prints from the same stone produced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. See reference number C-026-002 for copies of the lithograph. Reproduced by the Library in 1963 as one of the Queen's Prints, along with its companion view 'Thorndon Flat and part of the city of Wellington, 1841' and Heaphy's 'View of Nelson Haven', also dating from 1841. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil. This is not in Heaphy's hand. It has been taken from the title of the matching lithograph Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 442 x 620 mm on sheet 518 x 698 mm Provenance: Purchased in London in 1915 by Alexander Turnbull Library along with 114 other New Zealand Company drawings

Date: 1851 - 1858

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871; Phillips, William Edward, active 1868

Reference: A-429-042

Description: Shows a view across the harbour towards the town buildings, with Plimmer's Ark noticeable on the foreshore, and the buildings of barracks on the more distant hill at the left. In the right foreground is a small jetty with a wooden hut or sentry box on the end of it, and wooden steps leading down to a moored rowing boat. In the left foreground a red canoe with a cargo possibly of fish or firewood is poled along by a seated tag-cloaked pipe-smoking figure, and a figure standing in a red cloak. The reflections of the canoe and the jetty and hut are clearly visible in the water in the foreground. Further away at the left are a yacht and a larger sailing ship seen end on. Attribution: Attributed to Gold on stylistic grounds, such as the reflections of the canoe and the awkwardness of the figures; see work by Gold at A-288-026. Another version of this watercolour, closely similar, is in Whanganui Museum, signed 'Dr Phillips pinxt'. The name Dr Phillips is not known as an artist resident in Wellington in the 1850s. One artist may have copied the other's work. William Edward Phillips registered as a medical practitioner in Nelson in 1867, but is not known to have been an artist Dating: Gold was based in Wellington between 1847 and 1858. 'Plimmer's Ark', the wrecked barque Inconstant, was moored at the junction of Lambton Quay and Willis Street from 1851 The sentry-box on the end of the wharf was located close to Government House, now the site of Parliament buildings, towards the north end of Lambton Quay Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 223 x 277 mm.

Date: 1867

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2084-G

Description: Intersection of Lambton Quay and Molesworth Street, Wellington, from Wellington Harbour looking towards Tinakori Hill, photographed 1867 by William Henry Whitmore Davis. At extreme left is the house of "Squatter" Jones, with Government House immediately to the right. At the right, in the foreground are the house of Dr G Samuel Evans, on the corner of Charlotte (Molesworth) Street, and Barrett's Hotel. Behind them are Parliament Buildings and St Mary's Cathedral. Other - Seventh image from left in panoramic sequence 10x8-2078 to 10x8-2087 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches Processing information: Record updated on 7 July 2023 to change date from 1866 to 1867 on advice of a researcher concerning the spire on St Mary's Cathedral opened in November 1867.

Date: 1840 - 1842

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-216-f-069

Description: View from the ship moored near Pipitea Point, with other ships in the harbour and a Maori canoe also in the water. To the right, Thorndon can be seen, with the houses along Lambton and Thorndon Quays and up to the bushline in Tinakori Road. Colonel William Wakefield's house can be seen on top of a low rise close to the beach right of centre. The London arrived in Wellington for its first visit in December 1840. Among the passengers were William and Isabella Connell and their three children. The identity of 'B' Connell is not certain Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink; also signature in pencil, lower right on work Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, 140 x 223 mm

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877

Reference: A-329-009

Description: Shows a general view of Wellington Harbour, probably from the position of the Bolton Street Cemetery. There are several dwellings in the foreground, a flagpole on the foreshore at the left, near a wharf which juts out into the harbour. The flagpole probably marks the site of Government House. On the foreshore at centre right, is a building with a square turret, with a pointed roof, probably on Lambton Quay The house roof in the left near section adjacent to bushes and trees may be those of the house of Robert Park. His house was adjacent to and below the Bolton Street Cemetery Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - [Title]; (On edge of frame now discarded) - suggested date of around 1868. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 177 x 254 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Mr Handley Thomson, Silverstream.

Date: 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000526

Description: Photographs of Wellington buildings taken in 2009 Quantity: 33 digital photograph(s).

Date: [ca 1884]

From: Burton Bros

Reference: BB-2266-1/1-G

Description: Wellington city, looking south east from the vicinity of the Terrace over Plimmer Steps towards Te Aro, showing houses on Plimmer Steps in the left foreground) and Boulcott Street (centre), with the tower of the Marist Brothers School in Boulcott Street at the right. Businesses in Lambton Quay may be seen at the extreme left. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers circa 1884. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 2266 Wellingtonlooking to Te Aro Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1866-1867]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2083-G

Description: View taken from off-shore of buildings along Lambton Quay with Brandon's Corner on the far right. Houses on Wellington Terrace and beyond, and the Bolton Street Cemetery can be seen on the hill behind, with Tinakori Hill in the background. Identifiable premises on Lambton Quay are: T J Mountain; Edward Greaves Smith (Music Warehouse); Henry Owen; baker's shop; chemist & druggist; G Read; J Cook & Son. The Star Boating Club's shed can be seen on the waterfront. One of a panoramic sequence taken 1866 or 1867 by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Other - Sixth image from left in panoramic sequence 10x8-2078 to 10x8-2087 Relationship complexity - A print from this negative is at PA7-44-06 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches

Date: 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-071

Description: View from Hill Street area looking south past the garden of Government House (now the site of the Beehive) on the far left, (with what is probably Alfred Domett's garden in the foreground), and towards the original St Paul's Church (Museum Street), along Lambton Quay (the shoreline) and The Terrace (marked as Constitution Hill here), with Te Aro, including the Pa and Mount Cook, with the military barracks in the distance. Stables are also indicated written on the roof of a building beyond the fence of Government House and above Lambton Quay. "The Baron's" (the hotel of Baron von Alzdorf) is indicated too, along Lambton Quay. This drawing forms an inexact panorama with A-292-070. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with ink inscriptions on paper, 231 x 331 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1879

From: Richmond, Christopher William, 1821-1895 :Sketch book ; sketches numbered 1 to 74 [i.e. 95] / [by] C W Richmond.

Reference: E-284-040

Description: Part of the front garden (a lawn ringed with shrubs) of Sir James Prendergast, Bolton Street in the foreground. To the left is the wooden Parliament Building with its square tower, in Bowen Street. To the right are the wooden Government Buildings in Lambton Quay. Other buildings and the wharf area can also be seen and the view looks across the harbour, with a steam ship and Somes Island and the eastern hills in the background Other Titles - Government buildings. Parliament Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 123 x 201 mm