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Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-021

Description: A track at the edge of a cliff, with water and hills beyond, probably where the Hutt Road meets Petone foreshore. Formerly identified wrongly as located at Eastbourne Other Titles - Petone Road For identification of location compare William Mein Smith's watercolour "South Eastern Bay, Petoni Road, March 1852" (A-034-005), showing the view looking in the opposite direction towards Wellington. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 135 x 210 mm

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Stack, James West (Rev), 1835-1919

Reference: A-210-003

Description: Shows tent on beach, groups of Maori with two canoes with sails, boats and ships in the harbour. Probably Wellington Harbour from the Hutt Road or Petone in the 1850s looking towards the twown of Wellington. Attributed to Fox on stylistic grounds, along with A-210-008 and A-210-009. The figures in the foreground and the manner of rendering choppy sea are very typical of Fox's work Displayed in "Paradise" (Gifts to the nation), National Library Gallery, January - April 2005. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Unidentified view of beach and harbour [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 255 mm. Provenance: Collection of James West Stack. Possibly given to Stack by Fox when Stack visited Westoe, Fox's home, late summer 1861. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives, from fMS Stack, J. W. Papers and pictures, 1970s.

Date: 1852

Reference: A-034-005

Description: View looking along the Hutt Road from Petone towards Wellington. A well-formed road runs along the foot of the Western Hills towards Wellington. The walking figure of a man is at the first bend in the road. Mount Victoria is in the distance on the left, across the harbour Other Titles - Petone Road looking towards town A very similar ink and wash drawing by Smith, titled 'Petoni Road looking towards Town', is the New Zealand diary of Mrs Henry Petre, 1842-1844, (MS-1772). The drawing seems likely to be later with its well-formed road in the foreground, and with the 1852 date inscribed on the matching watercolour. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 176 x 249 mm

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-190-018

Description: Looking towards Wellington from the corner at Petone where the road begins to run along the hills towards Wellington. Bush-clad Western Hills to the right, the track running around the base of the hills with two people rounding a distant corner, hills in the background, rocks and a flax bush in the left foreground Other Titles - Petone road Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W. S. 30 Sep 1848 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 106 x 161 mm

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Wellington Historical and Early Settlers Association

Reference: A-190-024

Description: Looking along the Hutt Road, toward Petone, with the road cut into the base of the cliff and a small pointed rock formation at the water's edge. Three travellers walking along the road Title from ink inscription on mount, now detached (230 x 190 mm) Other Titles - Road to the Hutt between Ngauranga and Petone Inscriptions: bottom left - Signed and dated Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 119 x 162 mm

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-187-030

Description: Shows curve of road from point on west of Wellington Harbour, close to Petone and looking towards it and the Hutt Valley. One standing and two seated Maori figures are on the track by the harbour. Two shags are on a rock in the water. Other Titles - Entrance to the Hutt Valley, Tararua Mountain Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - `W. Swainson' and dated. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 110 x 172 mm

Date: [ca 7 Sep 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/348/01-G

Description: Site for the new Petone overbridge photographed circa 7 Sep 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.1 cm x 10.7 cm

Date: [ca 7 Sep 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/348/02-G

Description: Site for the new Petone overbridge photographed circa 7 Sep 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.1 cm x 10.7 cm

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.

Date: ca 8 Oct 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/2220-F

Description: Evening Post caption of 8 October, 1956 reads: "Looking towards the road which, it is proposed to widen. The tomb of Wi Tako Ngatata M.L.C. is in the centre. the Celtic cross facing the road is above the grave of the late Dean Lane. In the background is Petone station." Photographed circa 11 October 1965 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8 x 10.5 cm

Date: [ca 7 Sep 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/348/03-G

Description: Site for the new Petone overbridge photographed circa 7 Sep 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.1 cm x 10.7 cm