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[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Baron Alzdorf's on the Hutt, Wellington [Between 184...
Date: 1842 - 1845
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hipkins, Roland, 1894-1951
Reference: B-031-001
Description: Wide stretch of the Hutt river with two boats, a dog on the shore in the right foreground and Baron Alzdorf's homestead and farm with fence and tall trees in the left background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 139 x 293 mm
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Petoni [Between 1842 and 1845]
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