Places

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-054

Description: Shows a bush clearing with tall trees at left and right, beside a thatched cottage whose roof extends on the left side almost to the ground. There is a slab chiney on the near side, and to the right a woman stands beside a barrel. There is another low thatched hut at the left. In the left foreground lies a tree trunk. There is a solitary tree fern behind the house. Louis E Ward's "Early Wellington" (1928) notes on page 300, that a Mr Russell (spelt with a double l) was living at Taita in 1852 (quotes the 'Australian and New Zealand gazette' for 12 June 1852). Other Titles - Russell's Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [At extreme top right of mat]: 5 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 135 x 188 mm, mounted on sheet 224 x 300 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-189-005

Description: A large A-frame hut with thatching and a slab chimney along the side, facing the viewer. A man is close to the front entrance of the hut, shouldering a log. There is bush beyond the hut. 'Cramer' was probably James Cramer, who arrived in Wellington aboard the 'Bolton' in 1840. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 4.5 x 5.8 ins

Date: 1841 - 1850

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s; Swainson, Edwin Newcombe, 1833-1913

Reference: A-190-013

Description: Shows three huts with steep-pitched thatched roofs, rush walls and small windows. The central hut is enclosed by a small wooden fence. The one at right foreground has a high stone chimney. A man is applying flax or rushes to the walls. In extreme right foreground grows a flax bush. There are hills in the background. The furthest cottage may be the building used as the first courthouse; see note for work at A-190-014. Other Titles - Huts, Petone Inscriptions: Verso - top right - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on paper.. Physical Description: Pencil, 113 x 211 mm. Provenance: Previously collection of Edwin Swainson

Date: 1854

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-188-021

Description: Two wooden dwellings, side by side, the nearer with a slab chimney. A man is seated on the ground outside, reading, watched by two seated Maori from a distance. "Willie" is William John Swainson, the son of the artist On verso of A-188-021/001: [Tree fern], by Edith Stanway (Swainson) Halcombe. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Willies Cottage Upper Hutt; Dated: "Nov. 1854" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 100 x 165 mm

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-053

Description: Shows a raupo or flax hut with wooden batten structure to hold the raupo in place. There is a small window in the near wall which appears to be supported by two props. The roof is thatched and there is a slab chimney at the right side. There are hills in the background. A later hand has sketched in pencil a suggestion of a woman feeding four chickens. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 16; Mat recto - bottom right - [At extreme lower right corner of mat]: 8 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 172 x 130 mm, mounted on sheet 305 x 238 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-051

Description: Shows a hut with a thatched roof and slab chimney, with clumps of flax in the foreground. In the right background is another hut with a more steeply pitched roof. There are hills in the distance. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [At extreme top right of mat] 9 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 130 x 164 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 298 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-043-023

Description: Shows a thatched building with two chimneys near the shore at Waikanae, with Kapiti Island in the distance. A few of the poles and palisades of the pa at Waikanae are visible at the far left. Two figures walk in the centre right foreground. Jenkins' was the first European building at Waikanae, owned by William Jenkins. Backing board (accompanying) has clipping about William Jenkins from a published source. Jenkins' cottage survived until 1986, when it was demolished as beyond repair Other Titles - Waikanae Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Jenkins House; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on joined paper, total 72 x 146 mm.

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-052

Description: Shows a hut with a thatched roof, and slab chimney with wood planks on its upper part. There is a fence and trees at the left. A later hand has sketched a suggestion of a rooster in the left foreground. Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [At extreme top right of mat] 30 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 108 x 165 mm, mounted on white backing on grey sheet 236 x 303 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-020

Description: A clearing in Hutt Forest. A European man is standing and a woman seated at the foot of a huge trunk to the right. In the background is a thatched cottage with a slab chimney at its right end, a picket fence on either side and large trees beyond, with a suggestion of hills in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. (and date covered with glued-on mat); Recto - top left - 22 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 70 x 118 mm

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-050

Description: Shows three huts with steep-pitched thatched roofs, rush walls and small windows. The central hut is enclosed by a small wooden fence. The one at right foreground has a high stone chimney. A man is repairing or reapplying flax or rushes to the walls. In extreme right foreground grows a flax bush. There are hills in the background. The furthest cottage may be the building used as the first courthouse; see note for image at A-190-014. Very similar to the work at A-190-013 Other Titles - Petone; New Zealand Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 60; [At extreme top right of mat] 7 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 133 x 212 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 304 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1845 - 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-049

Description: Shows two thatched rush cottages with steeply pitched roofs and slab chimneys, and with a stake fence between them. In the foreground is a pond or swamp with rushes. At the left of the left hut is a Maori figure standing with a spear. There are hills are in the background. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 58; [At extreme top right of mat] 6 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 132 x 193 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 304 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.