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Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Cottage, Petone] 1846.
Date: 1846
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s
Reference: A-190-014
Description: A small thatched cottage with a tall conical roof, propped up with branches on three visible sides. A man standing to the left and a barrel lying on the ground near the building, flax bushes in the foreground and the harbour and Western Hutt hills in the background. Probably the first Petone court house building. Compare the building illustrated on p. 12 of Louis Ward's 'Early Wellington'. A very similar building is shown with a caption indicating that this is possibly the court house of the The Settlement at Petone. A further almost identical view on sale at Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 April 2010 is titled First Court House, Petoni Beach ... 1846. Other Titles - [Courthouse at The Settlement, Petone?] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 195 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Huts of the first settlers in ruins. Petoni Beach, N.Zd. ...
Date: 1846
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-186-050
Description: Shows three huts with steep-pitched thatched roofs, rush walls and small windows. The central hut is enclosed by a small wooden fence. The one at right foreground has a high stone chimney. A man is repairing or reapplying flax or rushes to the walls. In extreme right foreground grows a flax bush. There are hills in the background. The furthest cottage may be the building used as the first courthouse; see note for image at A-190-014. Very similar to the work at A-190-013 Other Titles - Petone; New Zealand Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 60; [At extreme top right of mat] 7 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 133 x 212 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 304 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Thatched cottage and pa beside the sea, Petone Beach, ca...
Date: 1841 - 1848
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-023-013
Description: A settler's cottage with thatched roof and chimney close to the shore. The view looks east towards the Eastern hills. The palisade of Petone Pa is beyond the house. A flax is in the foreground. A man is seated in a small canoe just off the beach Inscriptions: Signed: W.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 3 x 5.25 ins