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Date: 1847 - 1970 - 1979

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand. Ministry of Defence; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-279-q-069

Description: View of the garrison and bridge across the Hutt River. In the foreground are two Maori in a canoe. Personal Christmas card produced for the Chief of the General Staff, 47 Holyoake Crescenr, Avalon, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 11, No 33 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 75 x 110 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000

Reference: A-259-043

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley and Wellington. Other Titles - Petone Other Titles - Moreings Creek Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

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

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: E-455-f-064-1

Description: Looking up the Hutt River, with a wooden arched bridge with latticed sides, Fort Richmond on the left and two Maori in a canoe in the left foreground Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - N Z In the early days of the colony, about 1842. [In ink, in the hand of John Pearse] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on sheet trimmed to 128 x 195 mm

Date: 1847 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-109-017

Description: Fort Richmond on the left, the river crossed by an arched bridge. Two Maori in a small canoe in the foreground In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 11, No 33 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 119 x 184 mm (trimmed diagonally across top corners)

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.

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

Date: 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: B-031-035

Description: Shows Fort Richmond, a group of voluntary militia on a road, and the Hutt River with a canoe As the fort was not constructed (under the direction of Captain Compton of Lower Hutt) until 1845 and Brees left Wellington in 1845, this work must have been painted in that year. The 58th Regiment occupied the fort immediately after it had been completed in April 1845. The soldiers shown are militia, civilian volunteers, identifiable from their mixture of red and blue uniforms. Not reproduced as engraving in Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847), although another view of the fort is shown as Plate 10, no.33. Brees' text on page 22 of Pictorial Illustrations gives considerable details about the plan and cost of the fort. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - Opened 1844. The view is taken looking down the stream & shows Fort Richmond, it was constructed under the direction of [blank]. Johnston, 33 Central Tce. [20th century inscriptions in pencil. Backing board now discarded] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 199 x 309 mm Provenance: Johnston family, 33 Central Terrace, Kelburn, Wellington.

Date: 1847 - 1845

From: [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 11. Kari-Kari on the River Manawatu, 32 ; Fort Richmond & the Hutt Bridge, 33 ; View looking up Hawkestone Street Wellington 34. Engraved by Henry Melville drawn by S C Brees. [1847]

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-109-030

Description: The river in the foreground with a Maori canoe, an arched bridge and Fort Richmond in the middle ground, hills in the distance In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 11, No 33 text p 22 Brees, in his "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" notes: The Hutt Bridge was opened in the month of April 1844 ... The view is taken looking down the stream, and shows Fort Richmond, which was constructed under the direction of captain Compton, an enterprising settler of the Hutt ...[here follows considerable detail about the construction, dimensions and price of the fort] ... The excitement which was felt at the Hutt when a party of the 58th regiment took up their quarters in the fortress on the morning of 24 April 1845, will not soon be forgotten ... the settlers had just completed it on the evening of the previous day when an attack was expected from the natives... As Brees left New Zealand in 1845, his drawings for this engraving must have been completed in 1845 A related, but not identical watercolour is held by the Library (IRN 82218), showing the fort and bridge from a different angle, with a party of military. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-109-029/031

Description: Views of a sawmill on the Manawatu River; of the fort on the Hutt River; of Hawkestone Street and Tinakori Hill, with the houses of John Wicksteed and of Mr St Hill Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engravings on sheet 365 x 261