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Palmer, W L, fl 1890s :[Wellington harbour and old Thorndon Baths. 18]96
Date: 1890 - 1899
By: Palmer, W L, active 1890s-1930
Reference: C-059-008
Description: View along the waterfront with the seawater bathing building Title from back Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 286 x 470 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction 1966
View of Thorndon, Wellington, from inside a railway tunnel in Kaiwharawhara
Date: [1880s]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025761-G
Description: Looking out at Thorndon, Wellington, from inside the number 1 railway tunnel, in Kaiwharawhara, on the Manawatu line. Taken by William Williams in the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922- :Wellington railway yards & Mount Victoria from Wadesto...
Date: 1949
By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020
Reference: A-135-011
Description: Cubist compostition, but with recognisable railway lines and city buildings and the houses on Mount Victoria in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - D. K. MacDiarmid.'49.; Verso - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Gouache, 280 x 380 mm
Chapman, Alfred, 1829-1874 :The site of the late Mr C H Piper's grave at Wellington dra...
Date: 1856
By: Chapman, Alfred, 1828-1874
Reference: A-090-013
Description: Wellington seen from Bolton Street cemetery with fenced graves in the foreground, the flagpole at Government House visible lower down the hill and the houses of Thorndon to the left. The view looks north across Wellington Harbour with Somes Island and the Hutt Valley and Tararua Range in the distance Another very similar view in an album by Chapman - 'Wellington burying ground' - is held by the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust. A photographic copy is the Drawings & Prints files Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 250 mm
Cockerell, E. A. :Wellington, New Zealand. Panorama of city and harbour. Lithographed a...
Date: 1893
By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal
Reference: D-001-005
Description: View from the lower end of the Terrace, looking down into the Aro Valley and Te Aro Flat and across towards Mount Victoria, Oriental Bay and the Miramar Peninsula. Part of the Thorndon end of the city can be seen on the left. Courtenay Place runs away from the viewer in the centre of the scene, with Marjoribanks Street moving up Mount Victoria. The gasometers on both sides of Courtenay Place show clearly. On the far right in the distance is Wellington College. Same as D-001-005-a, -b & -c and as a framed version at G-385 Extended Title - Supplement to the Christmas number of the New Zealand Graphic, 1893 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 360 x 940 on sheet 455 x 1015 mm
Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Continuation of Wellington N. Z. A. Domett's house...
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-292-070
Description: View from Hill Street area looking down onto the garden of Government House (now the site of the Beehive) with flagpole and sentry-box. Domett's house, which Collinson shared during his stay in Wellington, is in the left foreground. Mount Victoria is in the background and five ships and four smaller vessels are in the harbour, four of the ships identified. A faintly sketched horse is grazing in the foreground. This drawing forms an inexact panorama with A-292-071. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with ink inscriptions Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].
[Wicksteed, John Tylston 1806-1860] :[Thorndon showing Wakefield's house. January 1841]
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..
Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Views of Wellington ca 1852]. Evening sketch from heights abov...
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
Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :Wellington Harb. from Featherston's Hill. [January, 1885]
Date: 1885
From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]
Reference: E-085-032/033
Description: Double-page spread looking south from Featherston Hill past the Thorndon railyards, towards the city. A panoramic view that includes Oriental Bay, Miramar Peninsula and Somes Island Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil. Also top left 'upstairs window' in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 178 x 508 mm (page size).
[Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :[View of Wellington] N.Z., 1861
Date: 1861
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926
Reference: G-670
Description: Shows ships in harbour, houses, and a man driving cows on a hillside path at right. From Brooklyn looking across Te Aro and the harbour to the Hutt Valley. At left is a Maori wood-gatherer. Tree in left foreground has the creeper kie kie growing on it. A tree has been felled in centre foreground, and there is a cabbage tree at right. Upper Willis Street runs down to Clay Point, at the junction of the present Willis Street and Lambton Quay. Thorndon Flat lies beyond ending at Pipitea Point. Colour photolithograph of this original was reproduced for "The Barraud prints" published by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board in 1967. The photolithograph was entitled: "Wellington from Brooklyn - across Te Aro and Thorndon, 1861". Other Titles - Wellington from Brooklyn - across Te Aro and Thorndon, 1861 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D. Barraud / NZ. 1861. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 443 x 1370 mm Processing information: Reframed in 1986. The original frame has been retained.
Aubrey, Christopher, fl 1868-1906 :[Wellington City with old Government Buildings]. 1888.
Date: 1888
By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906
Reference: C-014-013
Description: Shows a view looking towards Wellington Harbour from the lower northern slopes of Kelburn, with part of the Bolton Street Cemetery at the left, and three horses grazing in the right foreground. Beyond the cemetery is the Parliamentary Library, with the spire of St Mary's Hill Street at the far left. In the centre are the old Parliament Buildings, and the wooden Government Buildings are on the right. Old St Pauls is beyond the Parliamentary Library, the Terrace Congregational Church (corner Bowen Street and the Terrace) is in the centre, and St Andrews-on-the-Terrace is at the far right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 440 x 750 mm.
View of Wellington City
Date: ca 1886
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025535-G
Description: View from Wadestown, looking southeast across Thorndon and Wellington harbour, toward Oriental Bay (on the left) and Wellington City. Bolton Street Cemetery can be seen in the centre. An unidentified man stands in the foreground. Photograph taken by William Williams, circa 1886. Note on back of file print reads: From neg bag- Wellington showing shipping from Tinakori Hill, from file 6/1/41 - mid 80s. (After 1885 - Lmabton Station moved north to final site. St Patricks College completed. Not later than 1887 - Post office burned down that year) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative
Overlooking Wellington Harbour and Thorndon
Date: between 1962-1970
From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs
Reference: DW-0047-F
Description: Overlooking Wellington Harbour and Thorndon from Tinakori Hill, with the railway yards on the left. Photograph taken by Duncan Winder between 1962 and 1970. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
View of Wellington fron the Tinakori Hill
Date: 1914
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/1-022941-G
Description: View of Wellington fron Tinakori Hill. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in about 1914 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Whole plate glass negative
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. [The Panoram...
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-0020-22-1
Description: View taken from the terrace in the garden of Dr George Samuel Evans, whose residence is shown in the left foreground. The first house below this on the hill at left, is that of Mr Mocatta. Beyond that house, rather indistinctly, are the New Zealand Company's Survey Offices, Stores, and the Emigration Houses; Messrs Clifford and Vavasour's Establishment, &c., &c. The Hutt Valley is in the distance, with the Hutt Road shown at the left of the harbour. In the centre, the large group of buildings comprises the Supreme Courts, Major Richmond's and the Government Offices; the Thistle Inn, Major Hornbrook's Stores, &c., and a little further to the right, the back of Barrett's may be seen by the side of the harbour. Further along is Mr Fox's house (under a vessel sailing into Lambton Harbour; Colonel Wakefield's residence, with the flagstaff, is a little further to the right, on rising ground, and at a greater distance. Passing on, the eye ranges down the beach to the house at Kuma Toto; Windy Point a little beyond, and Te Aro Flat in the distance. The large roof seen just to the right of Colonel Wakefield's flag-staff, is the Church of England, and the foreground on this side is finished by the residence and grounds of Mr Chetham Strode, which joins Dr Evans' premises. Other Titles - [Plate 65] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 77 x 513 mm., on sheet 365 x 261 mm.
Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :[Te Aro and Thorndon] 1852
Date: 1852
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Chapman, Frederick Revans (Sir), 1849-1936
Reference: C-007-007
Description: The preliminary watercolour for Barraud's more finished version ("Wellington from Brooklyn" C-007-011) showing Te Aro flat with Waitangi Creek meandering through it on the right, a low hill in the foreground (the lower slopes between Mount Cook and Brooklyn) with Te Aro Pa visible on the shore to the right and houses, businesses and churches, more densely settled closer to Clay Point, the cliff face by the sea on the left, with Plimmer's Ark visible at its foot at the water's edge. The larger building near the waterfront may be the Maori Chapel. The road passing diagonally across Te Aro flat slightly right of centre is most likely to be Cuba Street. Thorndon is visible in the distance on the left. The large church on the left is St Peter's in Willis Street. Reproduced in Louis E. Ward's 'Early Wellington' (Wellington, 1928), opp. p. 302 ('in the possession of Sir F. R. Chapman'), labelled 'Te Aro 1850' (it is actually dated 1852), with the caption 'From Mount Cook. St Peter's Church, Boulcott St, and Clay Point are on the left of the Maori Chapel, Te Aro Pa, Swamp and Waitangi Creek are to the right' Other Titles - Wellington from Mount Cook Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil on grey paper, 355 x 601 mm Provenance: Formerly the property of Sir Frederick Revans Chapman.
Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :The beach near Major Baker's residence, Wellington. P...
Date: 1842 - 1847 - 1845
From: [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 18. 53. The beach near Major Baker's residence, Wellington. 54. Makaenuku Pa, district of the Hutt. 55. The barracks Thorndon Wellington. Drawn by S C Brees, late principal surveyor to the New Zealand Company. Engraved by Henry Melville. [1847].
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865
Reference: A-343-001-1
Description: A view along a beach (now Thorndon Quay) looking towards Kaiwharawhara and Wadestown, with the road to to Wadestown shown winding up the hill in the background. There are houses at the beachfront on the left, mostly at the top of the low hill above the beach. Major Baker's house appears as a roof only, with a tree in front of it. A couple on horseback is in the foreground and a Maori man, woman and child stand at the left. The Library holds a photographic copy of the privately-owned watercolour original for this engraving, painted between 1842 and 1845 (negative 138581 1/2). The watercolour has no Maori group on the left but is otherwise very similar to the engraving Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 75 x 130 mm on sheet 380 x 280 mm.
Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :Mount Victoria and Lambton Harbour from the Tinakore [18...
Date: 1840 - 1841
By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: C-011-006
Description: View from Tinakori Hill, looking down over Thorndon, showing the Immigration Barracks, the first St Paul's Church and a single house on the shore at Oriental Bay. The view looks across the harbour towards Mount Victoria and Evans Bay. There are several dead trees on Thorndon Flat. Point Jerningham is on the left across the water, and there are six ships and several smaller vessels in the harbour. Two flags are flying close to the shore The Hocken Library holds a lithograph (possibly a unique surviving copy) of this view, published by Jones & Bluett, Wellington, 1841. The view is taken at much the same time as Heaphy's 'Thorndon Flat, April 1841' (C-025-010) Features marked along the top, but trimmed, so that they are all incomplete: 'n Houses' is probably Immigration Houses'; 'a Esq.r' is probably Duppa Esquire [house in Oriental Bay]; 'Church' is probably St Paul's Church; 'ia' is the end of Mt Victoria; 'Bay' on the left, is Evans Bay. Dating: the associated lithograph was published in 1843. St Paul's Church, Museum Street, was consecrated in 1844, but possibly completed some time before 1844. Other Titles - Tinakori Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing 206 x 307 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased 1915, from Francis Edwards. Formerly New Zealand Company collection
Photographer unknown :[Ruck Albums. View of Thorndon, ca 1860]
Date: 1840 - 1857 - 1849 - 1867
From: Ruck, Charlotte Steward, 1840?-1916 :[Scrapbooks, ca 1860 to ca 1899]
Reference: E-309-q-1-002
Description: View from Tinakori Hill, looking down onto Thorndon, showing houses close to Pipitea Point, the harbour beyond and Mount Victoria in the background. There appears to be no housing on Mount Victoria Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 110 x 154 mm
Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :[Pipitea Pa, Thorndon, from the rear with Kaiwharawhar...
Date: 1847 - 1849
From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860
By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871
Reference: A-288-009
Description: Four huts surrounded by palisades on the sloping foreshore, two Maori standing near the water's edge, the two-storied building of the Kaiwharawhara hotel on its spit of land to the left and the Hutt Road and Hutt Valley beyond. Inscriptions: Verso - A picture of New Zealand by CEG [in pencil, probably in the artist's daughter's hand]. My dearres My dearrest Car [in ink, apparently written by the artist in his old age to his daughter Caroline] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 266 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)