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Brees, Samuel Charles 1810-1865 :Moorings Creek Petoni & the Honble Henry Petre's resid...
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-0020-14-1
Description: Shows two men on horseback in left foreground, on the approach to a low bridge over a creek. Along the other side of the creek are toetoe plants. In the distance are three house groupings, with a range of hills beyond. The view looks south towards Petone beach. H. W. Petre's house is on the far right, close to the western Hutt hills, while the other houses shown in the distance are probably along Petone foreshore. Petre later moved further north in the Hutt Valley and built "Woburn". Moreing's Creek enters the Hutt River from the west. Other Titles - Moreings Creek Petone, Honourable The Library holds the original watercolour on which this engraving is based at B-031-002, with Brees' title Petoni. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving 72 x 37 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 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