Places

Date: 1852

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891

Reference: A-215-017

Description: View from Te Aro Flat, probably from the bottom of Mount Victoria, looking towards Wellington. A small hut at the water's edge nearby, swampy ground and the Waitangi Stream in the foreground, fencing marking Te Aro Pa, European houses beyond, cliffs marking the beginning of Lambton Quay with houses running its length at the waterfront, the sloping line of The Terrace, with several houses running up the hill in the left background and ships moored in the harbour. One of two copies at A-215-017 and A-215-018. One copy is an untouched proof, the other has pencil pencil additions of mosque, basilica, buildings on hills and wharf Another copy in Pearse, J Album (ATL) p. 34. This copy is not able to be issued Inscriptions: Signed: E N : T S Ralph Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 194 x 294 mm on sheet 245 x 295 mm

Date: 1852

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891

Reference: A-215-018

Description: View from Te Aro Flat, probably from the bottom of Mount Victoria, looking towards Wellington. A small hut at the water's edge nearby, swampy ground and the Waitangi Stream in the foreground, fencing marking Te Aro Pa, European houses beyond, cliffs marking the beginning of Lambton Quay with houses running its length at the waterfront, the sloping line of The Terrace, with several houses running up the hill in the left background and ships moored in the harbour. This copy has been heavily annotated with various people, soldiers (including a group in the act of firing), large buildings, including at least two with domes, buildings on the skyline, etc. An untouched proof copy of this lithograph is held at A-215-017 Another copy, an etching, in Pearse, J Album (ATL) p. 34 (E-455-f-034-2 hand-coloured). This copy is not issuable Inscriptions: Signed: E N : T S Ralph Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 194 x 294 mm on sheet 245 x 295 mm

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891

Reference: A-215-019

Description: View from Mount Cook, looking down onto the Te Aro Flat and towards Willis Street and on towards Thorndon in the background. Plimmer's Ark can be seen moored at the corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay, just beyond a small jetty. See C-007-011 for original watercolour by C D Barraud from which lithograph was taken. Another copy in: Pearse, J Album (E-455-034-3). Another example held in British Museum. Add. MS. 29954, Folio 44 (49); see E-144-044-1 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 132 x 205 mm on sheet 171 x 242 mm

Date: 1852

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

By: Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891; Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875

Reference: E-455-f-030-1-1

Description: Key, listing the numbered features: Te Aro Pah, Thormium [phormium] tenax vulgarly called flax, Wellington Terrace, Noah's Ark or Plimmer's Wharf, Tinakori Road and on to Karori, Town Belt, English Church, Catholic Chapel, Baron Alzdorf's new hotel, Government House, Wades Town, Thorndon Flat, Pipitea Point & native pah, Mr Hart's offices (on sail of vessel), [....] Hutt Road. Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Ink