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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.

Reference: PUBL-0020-09-2

Description: Shows Wellington seen from the Hutt Road with a rocky outcrop in the centre foreground. Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 75 x 190 mm. on page.

Date: 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Scrymgeour, William John Tyndal, 1922?-; Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898

Reference: D-022-006

Description: View from cleared hills with several native trees, a road winding down to the right, with a gate and a man on a dray being pulled by two horses. The harbour with two ships centre and centre right, with Somes Island to the right. On the left in the middle distance, part of Thorndon, with St Paul's Church and a jetty. The Western hills, the Hutt Valley, Eastbourne and the Tararuas in the distance. Probably a view from above The Glen in Kelburn Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D.Barraud. 1870 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white 455 x 785 mm Provenance: Hung with a watercolour of Lake Coleridge Station, 1870 (D-022-007), in Government House, Wellington, during the governorship of Sir George Grey. Sold at auction in Wellington to the vendor's grandfather, also a Mr Scrymgeour (or Scrimgeour) in the 1880s or 1890s. Mr Scrymgeour migrated to Australia in the early 1900s to Goondawindi Station. The paintings passed to his son (died 1968) then to his grandson, William John Tyndal Scrymgeour, born ca 1922, of "Arran", Warwick, Queensland.

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: 1840 - 1849

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-008

Description: Kaiwharawhara stream and bridge in foreground; across the stream is a raupo hut and John Lodge's two-storeyed public house (also known as the Rainbow Hotel or Kaiwharawhara Hotel). The raupo whare is either one built for road-makers, or the immigration barracks built by Te Kaeaea (Taringa Kuri) to house Scottish colonists put ashore at Kaiwharawhara in December 1840. The area is shown before the 1855 earthquake, which raised the flat land in this part, and made the stream more shallow. The road up the hill on the near side of the stream is the Porirua Bridle Path, 6 feet wide. On the far side of the stream is the original Porirua coach road. (Information from Kapi-Mana news, Vol 23 no. 14, 10 March 1981, p. 22, by William Secker). Original deposited by on indefinite loan by Brigadier H N Crawford, August 1968. (See TL 2/56). Bequeathed to the Library in 1993 See also Onslow Historian, Vol 6 no 3, 1976, p. 9. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 261 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: 1865

By: Chesney, Francis Rawdon, 1824-; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-025

Description: A rocky foreshore and cliff in the foreground, possibly Kaiwharawhara, or further along the Hutt Road at Rocky Point looking towards Khandallah and Ngaio. Only two houses are shown amidst bushy hills. In the foreground a European man is on horseback, accompanied by a Maori man and woman. Another European is standing near a Maori man while the latter pushes a small canoe out from the rocks. A single yacht is in the water. Date of 1865 is suggested because an F. R. Chesney wrote to James Coutts Crawford from Tasmania on geological matters in December 1864 and may have come later to Wellington as a visitor. Wellington became the capital in 1865. The view appears to be quite early with only two houses showing and Maori shown in partial European dress. The signature on the letter from Tasmania matches that on the watercolour. Chesney's letter makes it clear that he is a resident in Tasmania and that English is probably his first language, suggesting that the French title may have been added by a later owner Other Titles - Nouvelle Zelande, Port de Nicholson. New Zealand Port Nicholson, Wellington, near the capital [translation and correction] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - monogram FC in ink; also F. R. Chesney in brushpoint.; Verso - title in pencil in French; also inscriptions in pencil transcribing the title and repeating it in English along with a signature and date (17 Jany 1934) in the hand of A. W. F. Fuller. Further very faint illegible inscriptions in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on light card, 195 x 284 mm. Provenance: Collection of A. W. F. Fuller.

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: 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.

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-159-021

Description: Shows Wellington city and harbour viewed from the area near the top of Vivian Street. A figure in horseback rides along a track curving around the hill slope at the left, and four head of cattle stand on a path amongst willows and other trees at the right. Further away is a road, possibly Abel Smith Street, with buildings including a house with a square turret. A church at left centre near the waterfront appears to be of Gothic design. There are several sail and steam ships in the harbour near Queens Wharf. The Hutt Valley and the snow-capped Tararuas can be seen in the distance. The original watercolour for a chromolithograph published in Barraud's "New Zealand graphic and descriptive" (London, 1879). Accompanied by backing board with name of Mrs Pownall, previous owner. Other Titles - New Zealand Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top centre - [Title]; Backing board recto - centre - Eigendom van Mevrouw Pownall [Property of Mrs Pownall] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sheet 250 x 355 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Mrs Pownall.

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: 1912

From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1040-45-4

Description: View of Karaka Bay, Wellington Harbour, and Somes Island in the distance. Photographed by Frank Barker in 1912. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Karaka Bay 1912 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10 x 7.3 cm

Date: 1879

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888

Reference: A-178-023

Description: Sepia ink and wash drawing shows a general view of Wellington from the home of William Barnard Rhodes in Wadestown. Shows Point Jerningham and the Miramar Peninsula, and the distant Orongorongo Range. In the foreground is a roadway leading downhill, with a wooden fence beside it. There are trees in a gully in a dip to the left, and a horse standing above them on the hillside. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and wash, 226 x 337 mm.

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.

Date: 1882

By: Greville, Reginald Palmer, 1862-1923; Brodie, J W, active 1990s

Reference: MapColl-832.47gmbd/1882/Acc.26556

Description: Topographic map of the area from Albion Reef to Ohau Bay to Makara Stream. Shows: Track to Golden Crown workings; Siedge track to bay; Present Bridle Track Main Ridge; Track from Snowden Saddle to Makara Road; South Makara former Road (from Mr Siever's house to Junction): Makara Road; Deans Old Track, Mr Snowden's Road to Ohau Bay; Ohau Bay and Te Kaminaru Bay. Also shows a note which reads: C. L. Mr A Mackay States J.W.A.M. 15.8.83. Includes roads, the gradients of which are referred to in a key. The site of a a church is marked Names include Lowry, Trotter and D. Ashdown. Map is a tracing of a photocopy of the original which was possibly roll plan 407 in Wellington Survey Office. Traced by draughtsman on behalf of Mr Brodie. Reduction from original means that scale on map is incorrect. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on parchment paper, coloured, 41 x 46.1 cm.

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-189-020

Description: View from the Hutt Road on the western shore of Wellington Harbour, looking north towards the Hutt Valley and the Tararua Range. Two European travellers have paused on the road at the foot of the cliffs and are looking toward the Hutt Valley. Seagulls are on a rock at the water's edge to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5 x 7.5 ins

Date: 1910

From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1040-29-2

Description: View of Karaka Bay, Wellington Harbour, and Somes Island in the distance. Photographed by Frank Barker in 1910. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Karaka Bay 1910 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9.5 cms in diametre