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Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Tegg, Samuel Augustus, active 1845; Day & Haghe (Firm)

Reference: D-001-013

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. There is "an immense pile of dried sharks" ready for consumption in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. The image was republished in 1890 as a supplement to Brett's Almanac with the title Maori feast at Remuera, and in 1969 as a photolithographic reproduction. Other Titles - Maori feast at Remuera Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 240 x 955 mm

Date: 1841 - 1845

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: Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Day & Haghe (Firm); Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: PUBL-0011-07

Description: Shows site of present Motueka and Lower Moutere townships. At left men drive cattle on horseback. In centre foreground, cattle stand on a small rise with a tree fern, a cabbage tree, and flax. In the middle distance are the mouths of the Motueka river, at left, and the Moutere river at right. In the right distance are D'Urville Island, Stephen's Island, French Pass, and Croisilles Harbour, and in the left distance are Astrolabe Road, and Adele Island. Engraver said to be Thomas Allom. Heaphy visited the Nelson area in 1841, and settled in the Motueka area in 1842. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Astrolabe Road Adele Island Stephen's Island D'Urville's Island French Pass Croisilles Harbour; Recto - beneath image - Driving Cattle with the Stock-Whip Mouth of MOTUEKA River TI or Cabbage Tree Tree-Fern Mouth of MOUTERE River; Recto - bottom centre - THE LEVEL COUNTRY AT THE SOUTH END, LOOKING NORTH OF BLIND BAY / Drawn by Chas. Heaphy Esqr. / London Smith Elder & Co. Cornhill; Recto - bottom right - DAY & HAGHE LITHRS to THE QUEEN ATL has Heaphy's original ink drawing for this scene 'View in the Nelson district, 1841' (C-025-004). It lacks the cows and the men droving cattle and has a much more dominant group of three tree ferns and a cabbage tree. ATL has E.J. Wakefield's "Adventure in New Zealand" containing coloured lithograph of this scene as Plate VIII. at f919.31 WAK. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 2-part panorama, each section with image 241 x 442 mm, on sheet stuck to board 363 x 992 mm.

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 1820-1879

Reference: C-029-009-a

Description: Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone, and the first four ships to bring settlers to Wellington, anchored between Somes Island and Petone Beach. A view from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 The ships shown are probably the first four immigrant ships to arrive in Wellington, the Aurora, the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh and the Bengal Merchant. The ships arrived between 22 January and 28 February 1840 Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - Published in 'Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand' by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (London, 1845) Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Presented to the Hutt Mechanics' Institute, with E. Jerningham Wakefield's best wishes for the success of the Institution [on separate card, in E J Wakefield's hand, in ink] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 240 x 405 mm on sheet 355 x 510 mm Provenance: Originally a donation from E J Wakefield to Hutt Mechanics Institute, a predecessor to Lower Hutt Public Library