Places

Date: 1853

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-065-2

Description: The Hutt River and bridge on the left, two two-storied buildings, probably the two hotels, other single-storied buildings, the church with a small bell-tower on the right. The bush-clad western hills are in the background. The church was located in Myrtle Street Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - title in ink. Additional title in pencil on reverse of work. Physical Description: Pencil sketch on buff paper, 132 x 272 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-078-6

Description: Looking across the water towards hills with a small number of houses close to the shore. A canoe and a yacht are on the water Inscriptions: Verso - Porirua [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 75 x 125 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-040-2

Description: 'Homewood' viewed through the arching branches of trees. A cow is in a fenced area in the foreground, as are two men, one on horseback. The house, with a bush background is set against a hill and is shown as a large one-and-a-half storey building, with a verandah. There is a roadway or cleared area in the immediate foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 130 x 74 mm

Date: 1851 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-077-3

Description: A view of the east end of Rangiatea Church, Otaki, with a cottage to its right. Both buildings are behind a low picket fence. Two Maori are seated under a tree in the centre foreground Drawings of nikau and tree ferns on the reverse The house on the right may be that of Tamihana te Rauparaha Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper, 74 x 123 mm (irregular)

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-039-2

Description: A large two-storied house and a garden, with Brooklyn Hill behind Jane Symons (nee Morshead) owned her late husband's farm, Section 28, Ohiro, now approximately the site of Brooklyn School, Washington Avenue. The house had previously been owned by Judge Halswell and managed by James Symons, who died in 1851. Other Titles - Symons Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 75 x 122 mm

Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: E-455-f-053

Description: E-455-f-053-1 = Ground opened near Hutt Bridge, from remembrance, showing slips and rifts near the Hutt River; E-455-f-053-2 = Mr Biggs' House, Hutt, from remembrance, showing a house with two fissures in the ground, one extending into the house's structure; E-455-f-053-3 to 6 = [Hickson & Co]; [Colonial Hospital]; [Ordnance Store] and [Fitzherbert's Store], 4 lithographs cut from a single sheet, the illustration to: An account of the earthquakes in New Zealand (Sydney, Printed by D. Wall, 1848 - Pam 1848); These lithographs are thought to be after drawings by Robert Park. E-455-f-053-7 = Notes on the geology of New Zealand, especially in reference to the Province of Wellington, by Chas Forbes, late of H. M. S. Acheron, p. 84-89. Pearse has included on page 54 of his album a second copy of the lithographs showing the 1848 earthquake damage. (E-455-f-054). The copy on page 54 is intact and in one piece. The copies on page 53 have been cut into three separate sections Other Titles - Colonial building styles Quantity: 2 drawing(s). 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings, each 92 x 174 mm on sheet measuring 184 x 174 mm; Four hand-coloured lithographs cut from a single sheet measuring 210 x 130 mm; printed text.

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-023-1

Description: 'Kai Warra Warra Hutt Road near Wellington'. View looking north along the waterfront towards Petone, with a low bridge in the foreground and the Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings viewed from across the stream. The Hutt Road continues in the distance. There are groups of Maori seated and standing in the foreground. The view probably predates January 1855, when the land in this area was uplifted by the earthquake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour, 160 x 258 mm

Date: 1852

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-066-1

Description: Shows tree stumps in the foreground, the first Hutt Bridge on the left and a row of houses and fences, with a bush-clad hill beyond. The view is in central Lower Hutt. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - title in ink. A further title in pencil on the reverse Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 250 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-023

Description: 1. 'Kai Warra Warra Hutt Road near Wellington'. View looking north along the waterfront towards Petone, with a low bridge in the foreground and the Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings viewed from across the stream. 2. 'Harbour Wellington New Zealand looking towards te Aro Flat. Barracks on the Hill side Mount Cook'. This has the court house and Thistle Inn in the foreground, lower Mulgrave Street, and looks south across the harbour towards Te Aro, with the highest buildings being the barracks on Mount Cook. 3. 'Wairarapa Race Course blackguard. Bobby Naikoi' shows a ferocious-looking Maori man in European clothes, wearing a cap Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & wash, watercolour or ink & watercolour, sizes vary

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-023-2

Description: View from lower Mulgrave Street with the Courthouse and Thistle Inn in the foreground, ships in the harbour and the hills and flat land of Te Aro and Mount Cook in the background. The highest building on Mount Cook is the Barracks Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour, 127 x 195 mm

Date: 1859

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Swan, George Henry, 1833-1913; Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-455-f-031-2

Description: View looking from above down to the crossroads of Willis, Manners and Boulcott Streets, with businesses and houses. The large building in the left foreground, corner Willis and Boulcott Streets, was the Union Bank of Australia. A man leads a horse and cart up Willis Street towards the hills on the right The Barracks are visible on Mount Cook in the left background The site became the Hotel St George corner Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 159 x 258 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-033-1

Description: 'Very hasty sketch from [the artist's town] acre done in 5 mins' with numbered features. The view looks from The Terrace out towards Wellington Harbour. The features include the site of Pearse's proposed house, bush that is yet to be cleared, the Tararua Mountains in the distance, the Hutt Valley, the hills behind Eastbourne, a few of the houses in Thorndon, 'Mr Moore's acre' next to Pearse's, and part of The Terrace, below Pearse's section. There are two sailing ships in the harbour. Pearse's land was on the corner of Wellington Terrace and Aurora Terrace Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on blue paper, 147 x 206 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-064-2

Description: Looking north up the Hutt Valley with snow marked on the Rimutaka Range in the background. Cleared forest, with tree stumps, three houses and a windmill are in the foreground The mill may be that of Molesworth and Ludlam, built 1845 Dating: the date March 1853 is suggested because two drawings of the Hutt on the following page (E-455-f-065-1 and E-455-f-065-2) are dated March 1853. They are both pencil and on identical buff-coloured paper Other Titles - Rimutaka Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Title in ink; also title in pencil on reverse of the drawing Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white on buff paper, 181 x 245 mm

Date: 1852

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-066-2

Description: Shows the Roman Catholic Church (Myrtle Street) in the centre, the priest's house to the left, and a shed on the right, with bush-clad hills behind. The River Hutt is in the foreground, with the buildings and hills over the other side of the river. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - title in ink. A further title in pencil on the reverse Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 250 mm

Date: 1853

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-065-1

Description: A small house and outbuildings with cleared fenced land and dead tree trunks and a few tree stumps. Another more substantial homestead is in the background and bush-clad hills are just beyond. The larger house is probably William Fitzherbert's since his was a large property. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - title in ink. Additional title in pencil on reverse of work. Physical Description: Pencil sketch on buff paper, 132 x 257 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-036

Description: E-455-f-036-1 = Government Reserve for Botanical Gardens Karori Road near Wellington. Rimutaka Range of mountains in distance; E-455-f-036-2 = Residence of Mrs Jackson, Lowry Bay, Port Nicholson, N. Z.; E-455-f-036-3 = Wellington Harbour from Cemetery back of Government Domain. Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes vary

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-038

Description: E-455-f-038-1 = Mrs Jackson's house, Lowry Bay, Port Nicholson; E-455-f-038-2 = Hutt River near the Mungaroa, N. Z.; E-455-f-038-3 = J. P. property, Wellington Terrace, Wellington, N. Z. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: 3 Ink and wash drawings, various sizes

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-037-3

Description: A moonlit view from Mount Cook, over Wellington and the harbour, looking north. Lambton Quay lies below along the foreshore with Pipitea Point in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 137 x 249 mm

Date: 1855

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-032-2

Description: Looking south along Lambton Quay and up The Terrace (the track up the hill) from its lower end. Various features are numbered: 1. Flagstaff 2 or 3 miles off (on top of Mount Albert); 2. the barracks (on top of Mount Cook) 3.Clay Point (corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Streets with Plimmer's Ark moored at its base); 4. Captain Sharp's house on the top of Wellington Terrace; 5. The Terrace; 6. Dr T. S. Ralph's house on The Terrace, [no numbers 7 or 8 on Pearse's list, but two empty sections in the foreground are marked 7 & 8]; 9. Noah's [Plimmer's] Ark, 10. Barrett's Hotel (towards the end of Lambton Quay at the foot of the cliff in the middle distance); [no number 11 but Pearse has duplicated number 12 on the flanks of Mount Victoria to the left]; 12. Spot on Wellington Terrace behind J. P.'s office on the Beach - a difficult and dangerous clamber or crawl when a quiet retired cut to the works taken; 13. Front of Deighton's house on The Terrace where J. P. first lodged (a point on the right of The Terrace, part-way up); 14. Where the Kumutoto Bridge has been built. The project emanated from J.P. - roadway continued from Terrace (a flat spot above the small gorge formed by the Kumutoto Stream, modern Woodward Street) Likely to have been drawn after January 1855 because the companion view on the same page, E-455-f-032-1, mentions 'the late Baron Alzdorf'. Alzdorf died in January 1855 during the Wellington earthquake. The drawing of Dr T S Ralph's house also indicates a date of 1855. Ralph was resident on The Terrace in 1855 according to electoral rolls, but had moved elsewhere by 1856. Pearse returned to England in 1856 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawing on blue paper, 207 x 320 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-038-1

Description: View from below, looking up a hill, with a house at the top of a large cleared area. A fence and cabbage trees at close to the bottom, and a path winds up, with trees and bushes on both sides. Tree stumps can be seen further up the hill. Other Titles - Mrs Jackson, nr Wellington Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - in pencil: Mrs Jackson nr Wellington Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 165 x 120 mm