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[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :[Looking towards Mt Victoria across the present site...
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
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Thatched cottage in a clearing. Hutt Forest, ca 1847]
Date: 1845 - 1850
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-023-016
Description: A clearing in Hutt Forest with a European building with a large thatched roof amidst the trunks of tall trees. A nikau palm to the right and a seated figure at the base of one tree trunk. Two cows in the left foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 2.5 x 4 ins
[Williams, John] d 1905 :Mawe, nr Okaihau, N.Z. [Between 1845 and 1850?]
Date: 1845 - 1850
By: Williams, John, -1905?
Reference: A-079-014
Description: View across the flat land alongside Lake Omapere, the site of Puketutu Pa, a battle site in May 1845. Probably drawn a little after the war, since there is no sign of the Pa and cattle are grazing on the site. Lake Omapere is to the right. Compare another view by Williams of this same spot in the course of the battle (Okaihou, May 8th 1845, A-079-029) Other Titles - Near Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm
[Bridge, Cyprian], 1807-1885 :[View of the Waimati (missionary station) and Poka Mie Hi...
Date: 1845
By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885
Reference: A-079-036
Description: Low scrub in the foreground, with a drive leading to fenced fields, where cattle are grazing. The Waimate North Mission Station is on the skyline in the centre background, and a distinctive volcanic cone, Puke Nui, or Te Ahuahu, is on the right, beyond other buildings Probably the original for an engraving by J. W. Whymper in A. S. Thomson's 'The story of New Zealand' (London, 1853), vol 1 p. 330 (Photograph in photo files as negative 119205 1/2) Title from a sepia copy of the same work by John Williams, dated October 1845 (A-079-012). Other Titles - Puke Nui, Te Ahuahu, Waimate Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 165 x 241 mm