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Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; C Hullmandel (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-026-001-c

Description: View from the corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay looking along the length of Lambton Quay. See also key to this view at C-026-001 First plate, 1st issue, hand-coloured Library holds original watercolour on which this print is based at C-025-010, title: Thorndon flat and part of the city of Wellington ... April 1841 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone, handcoloured, 366 x 524 mm

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-110-057

Description: Central third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows groups of figures on foreshore including man on horseback, man examining ships through spyglass, two small groups of Maori watching, two men smoking long pipes, 14 sailing ships including one rounding Point Halswell, Somes Island with flag flying at its southern end, two Maori craft including one with sails. View extends from Warepori's Village in Pitone at left, to Mount Victoria at right. Features named are: Warepori's village Pitone, Valley of the Hutt, Tararua Mountains, Somes's Island, Pt Halswell (the entrance from the sea), Pt Jerningham, Mr Duppa's house (Oriental Bay), Mount Victoria. There are colour transparencies available (photographed from better copies of this work, in volume of Wakefield's book). The copy negatives listed here are also from this book rather than from this copy at B-110-056/058. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Title]; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - beneath image - From a sketch taken by Captain Mein Smith R.A. / London, Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 502 mm.

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: B-110-056

Description: Left one-third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows houses along foreshore of Lambton Quay and Thorndon. Shows Tinakore [sic] Range, Kai Wara Wara [sic], Nga Hauranga [sic], the Terrace, Willis & Co.'s store, Kumu Toto Point and Pa, Doctor Evan's house, Colonel Wakefield's house, Barrett's hotel, Medical hall, Company's Emigration Barracks, and Government flagstaff. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Thorndon Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 457 mm.

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-110-058

Description: Right-hand third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows Maori group sitting near flagpole at left, smoking long pipes, other Maori figures and three thatched buildings on the foreshore. On centre foreshore is Messrs Ridgways and Co's wharf and stores. At right is Willis Street with the Southern Cross Hotel and further back the Ship Hotel. On the other side of the bay are the Customhouse Office, Post Office, Waitt's Wharf and stores, John Wade's store, the Exchange, and Rhodes's Wharf and store. Willis and Co's store is in the left background near Te Aro Pa. In the distance are Mount Albert and Mount Cook. There are colour transparencies available (photographed from better copies of this work, in volume of Wakefield's book). Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - bottom right - Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 453 mm.

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; C Hullmandel (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-026-001-b

Description: View from the corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay looking along the length of Lambton Quay. Library holds 8 copies of this print in various states, C-026-001-a to h. See also key to this view at C-026-001 State: 1st plate, 1st issue. Hand-coloured Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone, hand-coloured, 366 x 524 mm

Date: 1842

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: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-16-3

Description: Right-hand third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows Maori group sitting near flagpole at left, smoking long pipes, other Maori figures and three thatched buildings on the foreshore. On centre foreshore is Messrs Ridgways and Co's wharf and stores. At right is Willis Street with the Southern Cross Hotel and further back the Ship Hotel. On the other side of the bay are the Customhouse Office, Post Office, Waitt's Wharf and stores, John Wade's store, the Exchange, and Rhodes's Wharf and store. Willis and Co's store is in the left background near Te Aro Pa. In the distance are Mount Albert and Mount Cook. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - bottom right - Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 453 mm.

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: PUBL-0009

Description: Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington. Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone. View from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. Other Titles - Petone Another loose copy (black and white) at C-029-009. Original pen drawing at A-146-001. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in book.. Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 242 x 405 mm, on sheet 370 x 540 mm.

Date: 1842

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: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-16-2

Description: Central third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows groups of figures on foreshore including man on horseback, man examining ships through spyglass, two small groups of Maori watching, two men smoking long pipes, 14 sailing ships including one rounding Point Halswell, Somes Island with flag flying at its southern end, two Maori craft including one with sails. View extends from Warepori's Village in Pitone at left, to Mount Victoria at right. Features named are: Warepori's village Pitone, Valley of the Hutt, Tararua Mountains, Somes's Island, Pt Halswell (the entrance from the sea), Pt Jerningham, Mr Duppa's house (Oriental Bay), Mount Victoria. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Title]; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - beneath image - From a sketch taken by Captain Mein Smith R.A. / London, Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 502 mm.

Date: 1842

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: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-16-1

Description: Left one-third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows houses along foreshore of Lambton Quay and Thorndon. Shows Tinakore [sic] Range, Kai Wara Wara [sic], Nga Hauranga [sic], the Terrace, Willis & Co.'s store, Kumu Toto Point and Pa, Doctor Evan's house, Colonel Wakefield's house, Barrett's hotel, Medical hall, Company's Emigration Barracks, and Government flagstaff. Immigration Barracks were established in 1840 to shelter the early immigrants from Britain on first arrival. They were on Thorndon Flat, on the site of modern Hobson Street, close to where it crosses the motorway. Early drawings suggest they comprised a group of 8 barracks enclosed by a fence. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Thorndon Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 457 mm.