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Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-343-041/043

Description: Includes: 1. View looking up Hawkestone Street, Wellington 2. Pitone Pa, Wellington 3. The beach near Major Baker's residence, Wellington Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-9117. - Material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-9117..

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-343-001

Description: Three illustrations of scenes in the Wellington area. Other Titles - Makahinuku Pa Quantity: 3 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engravings on sheet 380 x 280 mm.

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.