Places

Date: 1863 - 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-259-004

Description: Shows three Maori men and a European hunting a boar with dogs; the Maori men are dressed in traditional clothes and have moko. Three of the party are carrying firearms, while one Maori man is spearing the boar from the back with a taiaha. The area shown as plains in Brees' original engraving is shown as a lake or broad river behind the group. An Italian adaptation of plate IX (after a drawing by Brees made in the early 1840s) in Wakefield, E J Illustrations to Adventures in New Zealand. London 1845 (f919.31) This version of Brees' lithograph was first published in Das Buch der Welt (Stuttgart, Hoffmann, 1842-) a long-running illustrated German encyclopaedia. This print was published as plate 15 in the issue for 1863. It appears to be from an Italian edition of Das Buch der Welt and bears the same imprint (the date and numbers below) as the original German impression. There is no visible text in Italian on the print, apart from the very faint remains of offprinting of text from the page opposite, from the volume in which this engraving was originally published Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 1863, lower left; 15 lower right Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured engraving 157 x 238 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000

Reference: A-259-044

Description: Three views on one sheet Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Tiffen, Henry Stokes, 1816-1896; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-832at/1844-1845/Acc.855

Description: Chart of most of North Island (excluding North of North Island) highlighting detail of Wellington, Wairarapa, Wanganui District, Manukau and the Hauraki Gulf. East Cape and inland East Coast show very little or no detail. Insets of Port Nicholson, Kawhia, Tauranga, Waitemata, Manukau and Whangaroa harbours. Extended Title - Compiled by Tiffen from the Government and New Zealand Company's surveys and reconnaisances, from sketches by Messrs. Symonds, D. Bett, R. Harrison, - Richards, J. Thomas, - Murant, and from Native information, 1844-5. I am Chas. Brees, principal surveyor, New Zealand Company. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale 1:800,000, 84 x 64 cm.

Date: 1843 - 1845

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

Reference: A-465-008

Description: Shows a view looking up the Hutt River towards the hills in the distance. The banks of the river are wooded, and there is a group of tree trunks in the river in the left foreground Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 104 x 155 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1843 - 1845

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

Reference: A-465-010

Description: shows the back of Francis Molesworth's house and stables in the Hutt Valley, with forest behind. The house shows its distinctive tree trunks supporting the verandah. In the foreground a group of Maori and Pakeha workers are resting beside a log bridge See other examples at A-259-044-a and B-049-056/058 Other Titles - Honourable Extended Title - In: Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 19. 58 See also William Mein Smith's watercolour of the house, known as 'Newry', at A-263-007 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 97 x 147 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1843 - 1849 - 1845

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

Reference: A-465-009

Description: Red-coated soldiers (probably from the 58th Regiment) in the foreground, groups of Maori men and women, canoes drawn up on the shore of the Hutt River, the palisades of the pa in the background, with tall trees beyond. Several Maori are carrying bundles on their backs, possibly of potatoes, since Brees mentions 'extensive potato grounds' around the pa in his text on p.30 of Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand The date of the original is likely to be 1845, since the soldiers shown did not occupy the Hutt Valley until 1845. The pa was located on the east bank of the river close to the site of the present Melling Bridge. Brees mentions that Makaenuku Pa was built by Porirua Maori after 1840. Other Titles - Makahinuku Pa Extended Title - In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand Plate 18, No 54; also reproduced in Brees' Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) See also at E-070-007 (digitised). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 130 x 200 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1842 - 1988 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Millwood Press

Reference: C-086-1988-01-a

Description: Reproductions on a calendar of twelve coloured engravings by S C Brees, 1842-1845 (published London, 1847) from the Alexander Turnbull Library: Nga Houranga [Ngauranga]; Archway at Pari Pari; The beach at Te Aro; Lowry Bay district and road; Maraenuku Pā [Makaenuku/Makahinuku Pa]; Church of England, Wellington; Pipitea Point Wellington; Fort Richmond and the Hutt Bridge; Porerua Bay; View looking up Hawkestone Street, Wellington; The Barracks at Thorndon, Wellington; Pencarrow Head, Fitzroy Bay. Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar

Date: 1842 - 1985 - 1845

By: Alexander Turnbull Library; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: C-086-1985-01

Description: Reproductions on a calendar of six coloured engravings by S C Brees, 1842-1845, from the Alexander Turnbull Library: Messrs Clifford and Vavasour's clearing; The Aglionby Arms; Thom's whaling station; Barrett's Hotel, Wellington; Kai-warra sawmill; The courts of justice, Wellington; Tinakore Road, Wellington. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar

Date: 1842 - 1847 - 1845

From: [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 3. Lowry Bay District & Road, 6; The Aglionby Arms (Burcham's) River Hutt, 7; Porerua Bay, 8. Engraved by Henry Melville; drawn by S C Brees. [1847]

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

Reference: A-109-023

Description: Shows path into hills with apparently land-locked water in the background. From: Brees, S C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand, no 6 Plate 3, published London 1847 Brees in his text to "Pictorial Illustrations" notes: "This is a district adjoining Port Nicholson consisting principally of swamp and fern ... There are two mountain streams connected with this district, the Wai-nui-o-mate and the Oronga-ronga ... A road will be carried over this way to the Waira-rapa,some day as a cross line to Palliser Bay". This tect suggests that the 1840s definition of the extent of Lowry Bay was much larger than the present and included the Wainuiomata and Orongorongo Valleys. The image does not resemble the topography of the present Lowry Bay area, but the expanse of water is too great for the area shown to be Wainuiomata or Orongorongo Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 73 x 128 mm

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: MapColl-832.47964ac/[ca 1840]/Acc.6012

Description: Map of Porirua Harbour, Titahi Bay northwards to Pukerua Bay, and the Horokiwi Valley, Wellington. Shows unnumbered subdivisions of land around the Harbour, Jackson's Hotel, Thom's Hotel and whaling station. Shows several Maori pa sites, including Pa Warakoua on the southwest side of the Harbour, an unnamed pa near Titahi Bay, Taupo Pa and surrounding Native gardens, the Native path from Taupo Pa to Pukerua, Wairaka Pa near Gibralter Rock, and a settlement at Pukerua. Map probably drawn in 1844 or 1845, according to Drawing and Prints. Also shows several numbered views that relate to sketches housed in Drawings and Prints. Note on map before copying: Portfolio D, [New Zealand Company], marked & 4 by ? See 'Plan shewing the several points of view of the sketches illustrative of the West Coast' [1844 or 1845], the ink and watercolour original, shelved at B-031-036, held in Drawings and Prints. The original watercolour sketches relating to the map are held in Drawings and Prints, shelved at A145 / 8. Brees was the principal surveyor of the New Zealand Company. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 32.3 x 41.2 cm.

Date: 1842 - 1988 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Millwood Press

Reference: C-086-1988-01

Description: Reproductions on a calendar of twelve coloured engravings by S C Brees, 1842-1845 (published London, 1847) from the Alexander Turnbull Library: Nga Houranga [Ngauranga]; Archway at Pari Pari; The beach at Te Aro; Lowry Bay district and road; Maraenuku Pā [Makaenuku/Makahinuku Pa]; Church of England, Wellington; Pipitea Point Wellington; Fort Richmond and the Hutt Bridge; Porerua Bay; View looking up Hawkestone Street, Wellington; The Barracks at Thorndon, Wellington; Pencarrow Head, Fitzroy Bay. Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar

Date: 1847 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-109-017

Description: Fort Richmond on the left, the river crossed by an arched bridge. Two Maori in a small canoe in the foreground In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 11, No 33 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 119 x 184 mm (trimmed diagonally across top corners)

Date: 1845 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000

Reference: A-259-038

Description: Brees with his theodolite and sketchbook, his dog and several other surveyors in a camp in a clearing in Porirua Bush. Brees is sketching a Maori family. Below the main image is a vignette of the Hutt River, with Molesworth's farm and windmill. Molesworth and Ludlam's windmill was not built until 1845, Brees' last year in Wellington, giving a date to the lower view. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet, 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Jessie H, active 1935-1947

Reference: B-031-004

Description: Sea to the right, with a beach, with two women and a man on horseback. Low bushes in the centre right foreground, in the centre a Maori man in a flax cloak pointing twoards the sea and in conversation with a Pakeha man; two Maori walking away in a red and a black cloak; another man, apparently aiming a slingshot; and two other Maori figures, seated on the ground. Beyond the figures is an undulating plain, probably sandhills. In the distance are several ranks of higher hills. Identification of the location suggested by the strong similarity of the line of hills in the background to those depicted in B-031-030, which Brees has titled Mana Pokerua [i.e. Mana Island and Pukerua] Other Titles - Pokarua Mana Pukerua Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - POKARUA. MANA. [Conjectured title. Only the PO then the M are visible] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 343 mm

Date: 1843 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-005

Description: Shows the windmill, looking south towards Mount Cook (with the barracks on top in the distance), Brooklyn hills and Te Aro from the foot of Mount Victoria where Oriental Bay Road begins. There is a sandy beach in the left foreground, with a man sifting sand or shells, probably for construction. The man is being watched by three children. Bullock carts are visible at the foot of the windmill and there are several other buildings close to it. There are two hens in the yard close to a house in the right foreground, and a square wooden construction in the right foreground, possibly a small lime-kiln. The windmill, or flourmill, was built in March 1843 at the foot of Marjoribanks Street and Kent Terrace junction, the present site of the Embassy Theatre. It was the only open-structured mill in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 181 x 370 mm

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-031-036

Description: Map of Porirua Harbour, Paramata, Plimmerton and Pukerua districts with Mana Island. Location of several pa sites indicated: Wairaka Pa near Pukerua Bay; Taupo Pa (built 1844) at Plimmerton, Warakoua Pa on Porirua Harbour's North shore, and a pa at Titahi Bay. Also shows location of Jackson's Hotel, Thom's hotel and whaling station, Maori gardens beyond Taupo pa and Maori path to Pukerua Bay. Subdivisions of land are indicated around Porirua Harbour. Attributed to Charles Heaphy until 1993, because sketches referred to in title were thought to be Heaphy's. Reattribution to Brees because 1. Brees was Principal surveyor for the N.Z.Company and the map shows land subdivisions. 2. Handwriting very similar to Brees' on MS map held by the Admiralty (photo held by Cartographic Collection (823 at / 1844-5 / acc 855) 3. Indications of points of view of sketches can mostly be linked with known originals by Brees. The following list gives the numbers on this map followed by titles and plate numbers of the matching illustration from Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847). No.21 [i.e. no. 1 or 2?] = Porirua Harbour no. 35, described as looking towards the north from near Jackson's towards Thom's. No.3. Thom's whaling station, Porerua, no.14. No.4. Porerua Harbour no. 29; also Porirua Harbour, ATL's watercolour (B-031-006), looking south towards Thom's and Paramata Pa. No.5. Paramata Pa, Porerua, no.52. No.6 Porerua Bay, no.12. Taken from the native path towards Pukerua, showing the "native potatoe gardens". No.7 Island of Mana. No.8. No parallel image traced. No.9 Pokaroa and the Island of Kapiti, no.37. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title. Other place names and geographical features elsewhere. "Portfolio D. Marked &c by Mrs Allom" inscribed above title by the New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & Watercolour 319 x 409 mm on laid paper, watermarked 1840 Provenance: New Zealand Company; purchased by A.H.Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-016

Description: Two Pakeha beaching a rowboat on the shore in the foreground, watched by a Maori man, a small child and a dog. Two further Maori and a dog are walking away in the distance. The view is from the western shore of Wellington Harbour, possibly close to Kaiwharwhara, looking towards Petone in the distance. The western hills are shown covered in bush Other Titles - View of Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 470 mm

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hipkins, Roland, 1894-1951

Reference: B-031-002

Description: View from where Moreing's Creek enters the Hutt River, looking south towards Petone, with the Western Hills to the right. H. W. Petre's house is the furthest house to the far right and the other houses are spread along Petone foreshore. Two horsemen about to cross the bridge over the creek, a Maori man on the far side of the creek and flax lining both river and creek. The central large house may be the Queen's Head Inn Original of no 41 in Brees' "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" Petre's house on the right is likely to be his first home at Petone, rather than his second built at Woburn, which was further into the valley and on the other side of the Hutt River. Other Titles - Petone. Moreings Creek Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre right: Petoni [in brown brushpoint. Artist's inscription]. Verso: top centre, in ink 'Plate 13'. Bottom centre: 'Take a piece off ground & sky' [instructions to engraver] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 279 mm

Date: 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: B-031-035

Description: Shows Fort Richmond, a group of voluntary militia on a road, and the Hutt River with a canoe As the fort was not constructed (under the direction of Captain Compton of Lower Hutt) until 1845 and Brees left Wellington in 1845, this work must have been painted in that year. The 58th Regiment occupied the fort immediately after it had been completed in April 1845. The soldiers shown are militia, civilian volunteers, identifiable from their mixture of red and blue uniforms. Not reproduced as engraving in Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847), although another view of the fort is shown as Plate 10, no.33. Brees' text on page 22 of Pictorial Illustrations gives considerable details about the plan and cost of the fort. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - Opened 1844. The view is taken looking down the stream & shows Fort Richmond, it was constructed under the direction of [blank]. Johnston, 33 Central Tce. [20th century inscriptions in pencil. Backing board now discarded] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 199 x 309 mm Provenance: Johnston family, 33 Central Terrace, Kelburn, Wellington.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-032

Description: In the foreground a man on horseback is herding cattle. Beyond him is a valley with farmland and Mount Victoria in the middle distance, Wellington Harbour just visible beyond that Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 216 x 366 mm