Places

Date: 1845 - 1839

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-195-007

Description: A clearing amidst the elevated trunks of kauri. Sawn trunks and a hut in the background with another hut in the middle ground and five men with a lever and rope hauling an enormous trunk in the foreground. A pile of sawn logs is in the right foreground with a jacket and two axes resting against it. A saw and saw-horse are on the left, behind the men A loose, close copy of Charles Heaphy's watercolour Kauri Forest, Wairoa River, Kaipara, 1839 (C-025-014). The bound copy is at PUBL-0011-03 Extended Title - In: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to 'Adventure in New Zealand'. Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845. (PUBL-0011) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 350 x 470 mm (including margin)

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-029-009

Description: Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington. Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone, and the first four ships to bring settlers to Wellington, anchored between Somes Island and Petone Beach. A view from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - From: Wakefield, E. J. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. Plate 3. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white 315 x 452 mm on sheet 380 x 560 mm

Date: 1841 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: D-016-012

Description: Shows site of present Motueka and Lower Moutere townships. At left men drive cattle on horseback. In centre foreground, cattle stand on a small rise with a tree fern, a cabbage tree, and flax. In the middle distance are the mouths of the Motueka river, at left, and the Moutere river at right. In the right distance are D'Urville Island, Stephen's Island, French Pass, and Croisilles Harbour, and in the left distance are Astrolabe Road, and Adele Island. Engraver said to be Thomas Allom. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Astrolabe Road Adele Island Stephen's Island D'Urville's Island French Pass Croisilles Harbour; Recto - beneath image - Driving Cattle with the Stock-Whip Mouth of MOTUEKA River TI or Cabbage Tree Tree-Fern Mouth of MOUTERE River; Recto - bottom centre - THE LEVEL COUNTRY AT THE SOUTH END, LOOKING NORTH OF BLIND BAY / Drawn by Chas. Heaphy Esqr. / London Smith Elder & Co. Cornhill; Recto - bottom right - DAY & HAGHE LITHRS to THE QUEEN Heaphy's original ink drawing for this view 'View in the Nelson district, 1841' (C-025-004). The original drawing lacks the cows and the men chasing cattle and has a much more dominant group of three tree ferns and a cabbage tree than the lithograph. E.J. Wakefield's "Adventure in New Zealand" containing coloured lithograph of this scene as Plate VIII. at f919.31 WAK. Heaphy visited the Nelson area in 1841, and settled in the Motueka area in 1842. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 2-part panorama, each section with image 241 x 442 mm, on sheet stuck to board 363 x 992 mm.

Date: 1839 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company; Day & Haghe (Firm)

Reference: A-255-013

Description: Portrait of Hiko, seated on the prow of a canoe with a background of Wellington Harbour. Extended Title - From: Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand by E. J. Wakefield. Plate 5 a Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone 250 x 180 mm

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: PUBL-0009

Description: Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington. Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone. View from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. Other Titles - Petone Another loose copy (black and white) at C-029-009. Original pen drawing at A-146-001. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in book.. Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 242 x 405 mm, on sheet 370 x 540 mm.

Date: 1841 - 1845

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Day & Haghe (Firm); Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: PUBL-0011-07

Description: Shows site of present Motueka and Lower Moutere townships. At left men drive cattle on horseback. In centre foreground, cattle stand on a small rise with a tree fern, a cabbage tree, and flax. In the middle distance are the mouths of the Motueka river, at left, and the Moutere river at right. In the right distance are D'Urville Island, Stephen's Island, French Pass, and Croisilles Harbour, and in the left distance are Astrolabe Road, and Adele Island. Engraver said to be Thomas Allom. Heaphy visited the Nelson area in 1841, and settled in the Motueka area in 1842. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Astrolabe Road Adele Island Stephen's Island D'Urville's Island French Pass Croisilles Harbour; Recto - beneath image - Driving Cattle with the Stock-Whip Mouth of MOTUEKA River TI or Cabbage Tree Tree-Fern Mouth of MOUTERE River; Recto - bottom centre - THE LEVEL COUNTRY AT THE SOUTH END, LOOKING NORTH OF BLIND BAY / Drawn by Chas. Heaphy Esqr. / London Smith Elder & Co. Cornhill; Recto - bottom right - DAY & HAGHE LITHRS to THE QUEEN ATL has Heaphy's original ink drawing for this scene 'View in the Nelson district, 1841' (C-025-004). It lacks the cows and the men droving cattle and has a much more dominant group of three tree ferns and a cabbage tree. ATL has E.J. Wakefield's "Adventure in New Zealand" containing coloured lithograph of this scene as Plate VIII. at f919.31 WAK. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 2-part panorama, each section with image 241 x 442 mm, on sheet stuck to board 363 x 992 mm.

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 1820-1879

Reference: C-029-009-a

Description: Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone, and the first four ships to bring settlers to Wellington, anchored between Somes Island and Petone Beach. A view from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 The ships shown are probably the first four immigrant ships to arrive in Wellington, the Aurora, the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh and the Bengal Merchant. The ships arrived between 22 January and 28 February 1840 Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - Published in 'Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand' by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (London, 1845) Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Presented to the Hutt Mechanics' Institute, with E. Jerningham Wakefield's best wishes for the success of the Institution [on separate card, in E J Wakefield's hand, in ink] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 240 x 405 mm on sheet 355 x 510 mm Provenance: Originally a donation from E J Wakefield to Hutt Mechanics Institute, a predecessor to Lower Hutt Public Library