Places

Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1856

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

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: E-455-f-053

Description: E-455-f-053-1 = Ground opened near Hutt Bridge, from remembrance, showing slips and rifts near the Hutt River; E-455-f-053-2 = Mr Biggs' House, Hutt, from remembrance, showing a house with two fissures in the ground, one extending into the house's structure; E-455-f-053-3 to 6 = [Hickson & Co]; [Colonial Hospital]; [Ordnance Store] and [Fitzherbert's Store], 4 lithographs cut from a single sheet, the illustration to: An account of the earthquakes in New Zealand (Sydney, Printed by D. Wall, 1848 - Pam 1848); These lithographs are thought to be after drawings by Robert Park. E-455-f-053-7 = Notes on the geology of New Zealand, especially in reference to the Province of Wellington, by Chas Forbes, late of H. M. S. Acheron, p. 84-89. Pearse has included on page 54 of his album a second copy of the lithographs showing the 1848 earthquake damage. (E-455-f-054). The copy on page 54 is intact and in one piece. The copies on page 53 have been cut into three separate sections Other Titles - Colonial building styles Quantity: 2 drawing(s). 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings, each 92 x 174 mm on sheet measuring 184 x 174 mm; Four hand-coloured lithographs cut from a single sheet measuring 210 x 130 mm; printed text.

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-023

Description: 1. 'Kai Warra Warra Hutt Road near Wellington'. View looking north along the waterfront towards Petone, with a low bridge in the foreground and the Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings viewed from across the stream. 2. 'Harbour Wellington New Zealand looking towards te Aro Flat. Barracks on the Hill side Mount Cook'. This has the court house and Thistle Inn in the foreground, lower Mulgrave Street, and looks south across the harbour towards Te Aro, with the highest buildings being the barracks on Mount Cook. 3. 'Wairarapa Race Course blackguard. Bobby Naikoi' shows a ferocious-looking Maori man in European clothes, wearing a cap Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & wash, watercolour or ink & watercolour, sizes vary

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-036

Description: E-455-f-036-1 = Government Reserve for Botanical Gardens Karori Road near Wellington. Rimutaka Range of mountains in distance; E-455-f-036-2 = Residence of Mrs Jackson, Lowry Bay, Port Nicholson, N. Z.; E-455-f-036-3 = Wellington Harbour from Cemetery back of Government Domain. Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes vary

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-038

Description: E-455-f-038-1 = Mrs Jackson's house, Lowry Bay, Port Nicholson; E-455-f-038-2 = Hutt River near the Mungaroa, N. Z.; E-455-f-038-3 = J. P. property, Wellington Terrace, Wellington, N. Z. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: 3 Ink and wash drawings, various sizes

Date: 1853

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

Reference: E-455-f-066

Description: E-455-f-066-1 = 'Commencement of the Hutt Valley, N. Z. Part of the Wood Bridge to the left'. Shows tree stumps in the foreground, the first Hutt Bridge on the left and a row of houses and fences, with a bush-clad hill beyond. The view is in central Lower Hutt. E-455-f-066-2 = 'Hutt Valley continued. River Hutt and Roman Catholic Church' showing a scene close to the upper view in central Lower Hutt, with the bush-clad Western Hills behind and a clear view of the Roman Catholic Chapel (later St Peter and St Paul's Church) with its bell-tower and a large tree to the left. The river is in the foreground 1853 date suggested from the dated drawings on the previous page of the sketchbook Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: 2 watercolours, 170 x 250 mm each