Places

Date: 1842 - 1847

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

Reference: A-259-042

Description: Shows views in the Wellington area. Other Titles - Porirua Paripari Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: B-051-004

Description: Shows and names Taupo Bay (i.e. Plimmerton) and the entrance from the sea. Thom's whaling station in the background, Maori pa at Plimmerton, man on horse and Maori burial ground, in foreground Detached from: Wakefield, E J ; Illustration to Adventure in N Z , 1845. Plate XII Other Titles - Paremata Extended Title - From: Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand" by Edward Jerningham Wakefield. (London, 1845). Plate 12. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph 237 x 370 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

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

Reference: A-259-039

Description: Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-031-036

Description: Map of Porirua Harbour, Paramata, Plimmerton and Pukerua districts with Mana Island. Location of several pa sites indicated: Wairaka Pa near Pukerua Bay; Taupo Pa (built 1844) at Plimmerton, Warakoua Pa on Porirua Harbour's North shore, and a pa at Titahi Bay. Also shows location of Jackson's Hotel, Thom's hotel and whaling station, Maori gardens beyond Taupo pa and Maori path to Pukerua Bay. Subdivisions of land are indicated around Porirua Harbour. Attributed to Charles Heaphy until 1993, because sketches referred to in title were thought to be Heaphy's. Reattribution to Brees because 1. Brees was Principal surveyor for the N.Z.Company and the map shows land subdivisions. 2. Handwriting very similar to Brees' on MS map held by the Admiralty (photo held by Cartographic Collection (823 at / 1844-5 / acc 855) 3. Indications of points of view of sketches can mostly be linked with known originals by Brees. The following list gives the numbers on this map followed by titles and plate numbers of the matching illustration from Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847). No.21 [i.e. no. 1 or 2?] = Porirua Harbour no. 35, described as looking towards the north from near Jackson's towards Thom's. No.3. Thom's whaling station, Porerua, no.14. No.4. Porerua Harbour no. 29; also Porirua Harbour, ATL's watercolour (B-031-006), looking south towards Thom's and Paramata Pa. No.5. Paramata Pa, Porerua, no.52. No.6 Porerua Bay, no.12. Taken from the native path towards Pukerua, showing the "native potatoe gardens". No.7 Island of Mana. No.8. No parallel image traced. No.9 Pokaroa and the Island of Kapiti, no.37. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title. Other place names and geographical features elsewhere. "Portfolio D. Marked &c by Mrs Allom" inscribed above title by the New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & Watercolour 319 x 409 mm on laid paper, watermarked 1840 Provenance: New Zealand Company; purchased by A.H.Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1842 - 1844

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: C-126-025

Description: Shows a sketch of a view looking north-east over the Porirua Harbour from the Whitireia Peninsula shore, towards the entrance to Paremata Harbour. A single-sailed canoe rests in the water at the right. Relates to "Porerua Bay", illustration number 8 (Plate 3) of Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand". Also similar to the watercolour at ATL B-031-028. Other Titles - Porirua Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 221 x 348 mm. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at Gorringes Auction Gallery, 1986 by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm., Brian Groshinski of McArthurs' Auction, 14. 8. 98) Miss A. Brees, a descendant of S. C. Brees, had lived in Sussex

Date: 1842

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-028

Description: Shows Maori gathering shellfish on the rocky shore. There is a single-sailed canoe in the water at the right, and several canoes are drawn up on the shore around the bay at the left. In a similar work (identical shoreline in the foreground) at C-126-025, and the engraving (Plate 3, illustration 8) in "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", it is thought that the view is from the Whitireia side, looking northeast towards the entrance to Paremata Harbour. In contrast, this view shows a continuous shoreline at the left, suggesting that it is a view from Mana or Plimmerton, looking south-east towards the narrow entrance to Paremata Harbour. Similar to: Porerua Bay (Porirua), plate 3/8 In: Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, by S C Brees, London 1847 (but see notes above). Dated because of similarity to a dated work, at C-126-025. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 342 mm

Date: 1847 - 1849

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

Reference: E-070-017

Description: Rocky foreshore and tree in foreground, the entrance to Porirua Harbour on the left and Mana in the centre. The South Island is visible in the background First published in: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847), Plate 6, no 16, text p 13 No 16 Brees states in Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, p. 13: "This small island lies opposite the entrance to Porerua Harbour, and is the chief residence of Rangihaeata. It is named Table Island in the maps." Extended Title - From: Brees, S C Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 51 x 84 mm

Date: 1843

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: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: PUBL-0011-12

Description: Shows and names Taupo Bay (i.e. Plimmerton) and the entrance from the sea with Porirua Harbour in the background. Thom's whaling station in the distance, the Maori pa at Plimmerton (Taupo Pa) constructed by Te Rauparaha's followers after the Wairau Affray, a European man on horseback and a Maori burial ground, in the foreground Accompanying text reads: This is about seventeen miles from Wellington by the Bridle-road. The encampment at the foot of the hill is the beginning of that made by Rauperha's [i. e. Te Rauparaha's] followers after the Wairau massacre. Parramatta [i. e. Paremata] is at the low point farther inside the harbour. Almost identical to Brees' engraving "Porerua Bay" engraved by Melville in "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" (London, 1847) Plate 5 no. 12. In the later version, the horseman in the foreground has been replaced by a European traveller on foot with a dog and a Maori man coming to meet him. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 237 x 370 mm

Date: 1843 - 1847 - 1845

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

Reference: A-343-005

Description: Shows a group of Maori launching or beaching two canoes in the Paremata inlet. The palisades of the pa are seen to the left, with more beached canoes, and a row of wooden poles stretching into the water in the middle distance. ATL holds the book in which this print was published at Art Rm: f 919.31 BRE. Print trimmed close to the top of the image Other Titles - Paremata Pa, Porirua Extended Title - From S C Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London, J Williams, 1847. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 79 x 139 mm

Date: 1842 - 1845

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-0020-05-3

Description: Shows Maori and Pakeha seated and standing close to barrels in the foreground, a dog, then people engaged in various activities close to buildings at the water's edge. Washing hanging on a clothes-line to the right, with the harbour and hills beyond. The accompanying text mentions the long-established nature of the whaling station of Joseph Toms (also known as Geordie Bolts) and the fact that Toms also ran an inn and a ferry service across the harbour from this point. The view shows the house and sheds of Toms and his family. Thoms whaling station was situated next to the Ngati Te Ra pa (fortified settlement) at Whitianga, or Paremata as it is now known. The whaling station was established by Joseph Thoms, whaler-trader, and later sold. James Cootes (whaler) also lived there. Cootes' eldest children Tame and Hemi (Tiapo) were born at this station or the pa next to it. The pa was occupied by Ngati Te Ra, a hapu of Ngati Toa. The two principal chiefs of this pa were Te Rakaherea and Te Kanawa. Te Rakaherea later relocated to Poroutawhao (Levin) with Te Rangihaeata were they both lived out their days. Other Titles - Porirua Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand coloured 86 x 145 mm