Places

Date: 1856

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-139-017

Description: Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There are shops in the distance. A red-coated soldier leans against the door to Barrett's Hotel. A small rowboat is in the sea to the right of the road Title on engraved plate on frame. Artist attributed because of similarity of subject to Holmes' "Wellington Beach 1856" (A-032-040). The work is not as finished as that one however. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 343 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to that in the collection of Mr Charles Levin of Sanson, descendant of W. H. Levin.

Date: 1975

From: Radcliffe, Graham Tuaraki, b 1943 :Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-023512-F

Description: Wellington Harbour seen from the vicinity of Maupuia/Miramar, in 1975. Shows Point Jerningham and the suburb of Roseneath in the centre. Photograph taken by Graham Tuaraki Radcliffe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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: 1878

By: Forster, William James, 1851-1891; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: D-022-014

Description: Shows a profile portrait of a three-masted sailing ship flying two flags from its mast tops. There is a steamship in the right distance, and Pencarrow Head and lighthouse in the left background. This painting was probably commissioned by the ship's three Wellington owners, or the Master Captain James Lee. The "Poneke" was built in Evans Bay, Wellington, in 1878 by John Rees George. She was 79.98 gross registered tons. Her length was 84.5 feet and beam was 18.9 feet. Initially registered at the port of Wellington on 19 March 1878, with her Master recorded as Stephen Ellis. She was owned by John Rees George, Civil engineer, 1878; Archibald McLeod, timber merchant, 1878-1880, William Waddell, Timber merchant and William Weir, timber merchant. Presumed to have foundered at sea with all hands (6) as she was not seen since being sighted off Greymouth. She had sailed from Onehunga on 11 June 1880. (Information from the seller, John Crowder, 1998) Accompanied by a loose card bearing the title "Poneke". To be mounted on the backing board. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 349 x 547 mm.

Date: 1917 - [ca1900-1906]

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Taylor. ca 1905-1915].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-4-001-2

Description: Shows a view down the Gorge at Kaiwharawhara, looking towards Wellington Harbour. The area contains many industrial buildings. Verso of card contains a message to Master Tam Eggars from his friend Noel, and is dated 23 January 1917. The original photograph would have been taken before 1907, as the Rainbow Hotel seen in the distance, was demolished early 1907. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Photograph dated by a researcher, June 2022 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white with red lettering, 88 x 138 mm.

Date: [Between 1910 and 1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000525-G

Description: View across Wellington, taken from Kelburn, with the houses along The Terrace in the middle distance. The wharves and ships in the harbour are in the middle distance. Somes Island can be seen on the left in the far distance. Oriental Bay is on the right. Photograph taken between 1910 and 1930 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Wellington. NZ. 601 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1930s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-100700-G

Description: Overlooking Wellington Harbour, with Oriental Bay houses in the foreground. St Gerard's Monastery and Church are in the middle ground. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1942]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-058-01-2

Description: Aerial view of Pahautanui and surrounding countryside with the site of Camp Pahautanui on the shores of Porirua Harbour marked in ink. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time in 1942. Inscriptions: Verso - Pahautanui. Army HQ F&W Branch. Photo No 16/6/4 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 22 x 15.5 cm

Date: 1910 - 1930

By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: A-367-003

Description: Shows a view of the harbour, with several steamships anchored therein, and one with a long red funnel tied to a wharf in the middle foreground. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top left - For dear Averil / with much love / and best wishes for Xmas / & the New Year / From Grannie. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 175 x 133 mm Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1963

From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection

Reference: PA12-6863-04-F

Description: The Royal yacht Britannia in Wellington Harbour photographed by Roy Curry in 1963. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency, 35mm, in cardboard mount

Date: 1900 - 1910

By: Stoddart, Margaret Olrog, 1865-1934

Reference: B-038-019

Description: Shows curved beach with cottage to the left, and purple hills in the distance. Dated [191-?] in McKearney's Auction, but considered by Julie King, lecturer University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, as likely to be earlier, as style is not as mature and exuberant as her better known works. Possibly just a sketch, however. Inscriptions: Unsigned, untitled and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 240 x 325 mm.

Date: 1866

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2080-G

Description: Wellington Harbour and Te Aro, photographed from a pier near the site of Wellington Railway Station in 1866 by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Lambton Quay runs across the foreground, with The Terrace immediately behind. Other - Third image from left in panoramic sequence 10x8-2078 to 10x8-2087 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches

Date: 12 January 1952

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-014-286

Description: Solent flying boat approaching the pontoon dock of Tasman Empire Airways Ltd's terminal, Evans Bay, Wellington. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on the 12th of January 1952. Source of descriptive information - Caption under print in album Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Solent flying boat approaching pontoon dock, Evans Bay. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.7 x 6.2 cm

Date: Ca March 1887

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025711-G

Description: Butternut camp, Te Onepoto Bay, Porirua Harbour, Wellington region. Shows sailing canoes of the Tainui Canoe Club. Photograph taken ca 1887 by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print, originally from lantern slide. Dated from William's residence in Wellington ca 1881-1886/7. Location identified by visit to site by J Sullivan, 19 Nov 2011 Photographer's title from lantern slide: "Butternut camp, Porirua Harbour, W'ton" The Tainui Canoe Club, of which William Williams was a member, held a cruise on Porirua Harbour at Easter 1887. Source of information: Evening Post, 16 October 1886, Page 2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1911

By: Goodchild, Emily, active 1903-1911; Atkinson, Louisa Marion, 1862-1956; Pharazyn, Frances Mary, 1847-1927; Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005

Reference: G-270

Description: Shows a view of Wellington Harbour from Kelburn. There is flowering broom or gorse in the foreground, the houses of Kelburn in the middle distance, the harbour beyond, Somes Island, and the distant area of Lower Hutt. The smoke of a small fire rises from the Thorndon area. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top centre - [Title]; Backing board recto - top right - Left to L M Lysaght by F Pharazyn 1926. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 298 x 726 mm (sight) Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, through the Lysaght family in 2002. Bequeathed by Frances Pharazyn, the donor's grandmother, to Louisa M Lysaght in 1926.

Date: [ca 1 Dec 1903]

From: Burton Bros

Reference: MM-1295-1/1-G

Description: Wellington Harbour from the Hutt Road, circa 1 December 1903, photographed by Muir and Moodie. View includes ships, and Point Jerningham in the distance. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Point Jerningham recognised by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 1295 Wellington from the Hutt Road Protd 1.12.03 Muir & Moodie. Dunedin. NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1903

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Nairn, James McLachlan, 1859-1904

Reference: E-567-f-011

Description: Shows a view from water level, looking from the Oriental Bay side, across the harbour. Several ships are anchored in the harbour. Extended Title - From the Countess of Ranfurly's album of watercolours, 1903. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington; Recto - bottom right - Jas M Nairn Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 199 mm, mounted in page 243 x 315 mm.

Date: 1913

By: Maynard, Margaret A, active 1937-2014; Morison, David Gordon Bruce, 1894-1981

Reference: 1/2-072153-F

Description: Photograph looking over the city of Wellington showing ships in Wellington Harbour during the waterfront strike of 1913, probably taken from Aurora Terrace where the photographer, David Gordon Bruce Morison, lived. Source of title - Title supplied by library Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 16 April 1954

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-014-374

Description: Solent flying boat docked at Tasman Empire Airways Ltd's terminal, Evans Bay, Wellington. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on the 16th of April 1954. Source of descriptive information - Caption under print in album Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Evans Bay with Solent in pontoon at TEAL base Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.7 x 6.2 cm

Date: late 1928 or early 1929

From: Just, F R: Two albums of photographs and captions relating to the Just family and 119 negatives taken by his father in the 1920s and 1930s of around Wellington and the Bell Bus Company

Reference: 1/2-071500-F

Description: Overlooking the boat harbour at Oriental Bay, Wellington, late 1928 or early 1929. Clyde Quay wharf and Herd Street are also visible. Photograph taken by Mr Just. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative