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Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :This is a native hutt, built of palm leaves and stakes dr...
Date: 1845
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-048
Description: A small nikau whare in a clearing at the foot of a tree-fern and other taller trees. Drawn 1 June 1845. Caption added later referring to the 1847 Ngati Toa raid on Boulcott's Farm, Hutt Valley. Other Titles - hut Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1 June 1845.; On accompanying label: text of title, with date 24 Feb.y 1847 and initials W. S. in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on buff paper, 112 x 90 mm
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Weeping Pine, White Birch - Mungaroa Hills. 1849
Date: 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-054
Description: A European man with a flat cap and a walking stick on a broad path among tall trees. The trees are likely to be rimu, manuka and silver beech Other Titles - Manuka. Mangaroa Hills Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Weeping pine. White Birch. Manuka. On mount in the hand of the artist: Title and date. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 162 x 102 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Cave at Brown's Point, Kapiti. [1840s?]
Date: 1840 - 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-045
Description: Shows a view of a cave flanked by large rocks, as seen from across a stretch of water. There is a sailboat at the left. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 175 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Road round First Gorge - Hutt Valley, N.Zd [ca.1846]
Date: 1846
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-052
Description: A narrow road beneath a rocky cliff, with a single figure walking away towards the gorge of the Hutt River. Tall trees lean over the road from the top of the cliff on the left Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Initialled: W.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 130 x 96 mm
Marshall, Mary Frederica (Swainson) 1826-1854 :Kitchen at Hawkeshead [ca 1842]
Date: 1840 - 1845
By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-188-026
Description: A small wooden cottage with chimney at one end, three windows, a thatched roof, standing on its own in a bush clearing in Hutt Forest Known as Hope Cottage originally; when Hawkeshead was built this became the kitchen. Information from Mr Geoffrey Swainson. The kitchen was destroyed by fire 1848. Signed: M.S. See also drawing of same subject by William Swainson, A-187-047. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 125 x 220 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Entrance to the Hutt Valley, Torarua Mountain. 23 Sept. 1...
Date: 1848
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-030
Description: Shows curve of road from point on west of Wellington Harbour, close to Petone and looking towards it and the Hutt Valley. One standing and two seated Maori figures are on the track by the harbour. Two shags are on a rock in the water. Other Titles - Entrance to the Hutt Valley, Tararua Mountain Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - `W. Swainson' and dated. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 110 x 172 mm
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Island of Mana, Cook's Strait [ca 1842]
Date: 1842 - 1845
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-059
Description: View looking north towards Mana Island in the distance, with headlands to the right. A sailing ship is in the water in the foreground. A view from on board ship in Cook Strait, perhaps from the vicinity of Makara or Ohau Point. Title on back. See also A-187-056 Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 90 x 165 mm
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Between the Mungaroa & Pukirati Valleys. [ca 1845]
Date: 1845
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-050
Description: A traveller on a low hill beneath tall trees, with a cabbage tree to the right. He is overlooking a bush-clad valley and hills Other Titles - Pakuratahi Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 112 x 165 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Native Hut Kapiti Island. [1848?]
Date: 1848
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-055
Description: A small bark hut with thatched roof close to the coast, atop a low cliff, with scrub and trees. Maybe associated with either the resident Ngati Toa or the earling whaling communities established on Kapiti during the late 1830s and 1840s. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 11 x 15.5 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Hawkshead
Date: 1845
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-047
Description: The Swainson family home in Lower Hutt, two storied with a gable window in its thatched roof in the upper storey. The house stands in a bush clearing, with another house to its left. Bush-clad hills in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. Swainson Ap. 1845.; Recto - bottom right - W. S. 1845 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 140 x 216 mm
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Port Hardy, Durville Islands, Cooks Strait [1841]
Date: 1841
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-056
Description: View from the sea, looking towards D'Urville Island and its port, with a sailing ship in the foreground Title from verso Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 90 x 168 mm