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Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Town of Wellington, Port Nicholson, from Kai-warra-wa...
Date: 1842 - 1847 - 1845
From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.
Reference: PUBL-0020-02-2
Description: View from the north side of the Ngaio Gorge looking towards Wellington City, with Kaiwharawhara in the middle distance showing the Kaiwharawhara Hotel, a ship at a wharf and several small buildings. The entrance to Evans Bay and Miramar Peninsula are in the background. Two men are chopping trees in the foreground Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 91 x 189 mm
Angas, George French, 1822-1886 :Weapons and implements of war ; warriors preparing for...
Date: 1844 - 1847
From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.
By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: PUBL-0014-58
Description: A group of pictures with accompanying text as follows: 1.[Top centre] A richly carved adze with a greenstone head, ornamented with dogs' hair and kaka feathers; from the Middle [South] Island. 2. [Top left]. Tomahawk with a European head and a handle of carved bone. 3. [Top right] Tomahawk belonging to Pomara, the Chatham Island chief. 4. [Top right] A wooden dagger. From the interior, near Tuhua. 5, 6 & 7. [Far left]: E Hani - a staff of hard wood [taiaha]...The head is carved. 8. [Lower right] Patu. 9. Warriors preparing for battle [including thigh and buttock tattooing]No.s 10-14 not annotated, but they show 2 mere, a detail of a war-gong, a club and the striking of the war-gong. This final image is derived from a drawing by Joseph Jenner Merrett, as is the view of the warriors preparing for battle. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Angas' preliminary drawing for no. 10 is located at A-020-034 with title 'Meri-meri [i. e. mere] of Taupo'. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :The Hutt Road taken at the gorge looking towards Wel...
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.