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Date: 1849

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: G-001-1

Description: A view of Wellington hills and gullies, with evidence of bush clearing in the foreground. The Rimutakas are visible in the centre distance. Title supplied by vendor. The artist arrived in Wellington in August 1849, the year this painting was done. He and his family lived at the property Homewood in Karori while waiting for his house to be built. This painting may show a view from the Karori area, possibly from Johnston Hill, above Homewood Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud 1849 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 205 x 280 mm (sight 190 x 265 mm)

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-016

Description: A Maori man in a blanket keeping watch over Ohaeawai Pa from behind a dead tree on a hill, with three other Maori seated beside him. The pa is in the middle distance, surrounded by a palisade and there is part of a farm with cleared bush and a small shed and fences closer to the watching group. Other Titles - Ohaeawai Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and wash, 253 x 364 mm

Date: 1849

Reference: A-035-007

Description: Cleared and fenced land with tall trees to the right and behind a farmhouse. The house is single-storied with a thatched roof, a verandah around the front and visible left side. On the left is stacked timber drying. Flax bushes in the right foreground. Shows the homestead of the artist's son-in-law, John Tully John Tully, the runholder, married the artist's oldest daughter Frances (Fanny) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white on prepared grey paper, 120 x 190 mm

Date: 1847 - 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-056

Description: Shows a straight road through an area of native bush including beech trees, with tall trees at left and right. There are two young lancewood trees in the extreme right foreground, and two sawn-down tree trunks beside them. Three figures walk along the road, two of them together and one further off. There is a range of hills in the distance. Other Titles - Through; Beech Forest; October Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 28 Oct 47; Recto - bottom right - [Initials and date]; Recto - bottom right - [At extreme lower right of sheet] 28 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 202 x 150 mm, on sheet 275 x 214 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1847 - 1841 - 1843

By: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879; Scammell, Edward DuBoistel, active 1930s

Reference: A-090-017

Description: Captain Nagle's house on the right, in the middle distance, with other buildings to the left and huts and tents in the foreground. A flag on a hill in the middle distance, a small canoe landing on the shore to the right and a longer Maori war canoe in the water. Compare A-090-018. This view (A-090-017) shows the house in more detail, but lacks the large ship being built as shown in A-090-018. The similarity of the two views appears to be the reason that Chief Librarian Johannes Andersen attributed the work to Bambridge. However the style is not that of Bambridge The drawing is on a page that has been removed from a bound volume, with rust marks down the remains of the gutter. Other Titles - Bambridge, William Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil in Bambridge's hand. In addition there are pencil inscriptions above and below the image in the hand of the Alexander Turnbull Library's Chief Librarian, Johannes Andersen, suggesting the work is by William Bambridge, providing extra information about Nagle, the date of Bambridge's visit and the name of the donor of the work to the Library. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on paper, 238 x 205 mm

Date: 1840 - 1849

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

Reference: A-190-007

Description: The artist's own home in a clearing in Hutt Forest. There is a second, smaller building beyond the main homestead, to the left, a cow in the left foreground, tall trunks and tree ferns Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 4.1 x 5.8 ins

Date: 1840 - 1841

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-006

Description: View from Tinakori Hill, looking down over Thorndon, showing the Immigration Barracks, the first St Paul's Church and a single house on the shore at Oriental Bay. The view looks across the harbour towards Mount Victoria and Evans Bay. There are several dead trees on Thorndon Flat. Point Jerningham is on the left across the water, and there are six ships and several smaller vessels in the harbour. Two flags are flying close to the shore The Hocken Library holds a lithograph (possibly a unique surviving copy) of this view, published by Jones & Bluett, Wellington, 1841. The view is taken at much the same time as Heaphy's 'Thorndon Flat, April 1841' (C-025-010) Features marked along the top, but trimmed, so that they are all incomplete: 'n Houses' is probably Immigration Houses'; 'a Esq.r' is probably Duppa Esquire [house in Oriental Bay]; 'Church' is probably St Paul's Church; 'ia' is the end of Mt Victoria; 'Bay' on the left, is Evans Bay. Dating: the associated lithograph was published in 1843. St Paul's Church, Museum Street, was consecrated in 1844, but possibly completed some time before 1844. Other Titles - Tinakori Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing 206 x 307 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, purchased 1915, from Francis Edwards. Formerly New Zealand Company collection

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-019

Description: A gorge with a river, probably the upper Hutt River in the centre. A steep bank to the left, with a road dug into the bank and two travellers moving along the road. Tall trees grow up the bank to the skyline. Flax in the left foreground and cabbage trees on the river flat to the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 26 Oct 1847 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5.4 x 7.25 ins

Date: 1842 - 1857

By: Smith, Hannah Stephenson, 1813-1891; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-256-039

Description: Mount Taranaki on the left in the distance. Two cottages in a clearing backed by tall trees in the middle ground, with fenced in gardens. In the foreground a field with sheep and cattle and hay being hauled on a cart by oxen. The artist is very likely to be Hannah Stephenson Smith who drew views of a later family home in Taranaki, and was also the sister of the author of the book in which this view appeared as the frontispiece. Compare with A-457-008-6 ("Okoara", New Plymouth, N.Z.), dated 1860 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, C. New Zealand or Zelandia, the Britain of the South. London, 1857. Frontispiece. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 90 x 150 mm on sheet 120 x 180 mm

Date: 1842 - 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: Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866

Reference: PUBL-0011-06-2

Description: Shows and names important features: Printing Office of the Nelson Examiner, jail, immigration barracks, survey office, church, hospital, courthouse, government offices, bank, and several private dwellings and other landmarks. Also shows surveyors at work, settlers camping, building a house and working the land. John Saxton arrived in Nelson in 1842. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - THE TOWN AND PART OF THE HARBOUR OF NELSON IN 1842, about a Year after its first foundation.; Recto - above image - Separation Point between Blind Bay and Massacre Bay / Auckland Point / Boulder Bank forming Nelson Haven; Recto - beneath image - Jail Company's Immigration Barracks / Survey Office and Temporary Church Company's Hospital Immigration Office / and Depot House of / Mr Tuckett / Chief Surveyor Court House and / Government Offices House of the late / Mr Thompson / Police Magistrate House of Mr McDonald / Banker, late Sheriff Bank Residence of the late W. C. Young Esqre / now that of the Revd. Reay; Recto - beneath image - Drawn by John Saxton Esqr / London Smith Elder & Co. Cornhill Manuscripts and Archives records contain information about the people mentioned on this image. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 245 x 453 mm

Date: 1842 - 1850 - 1845 - 1860

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875

Reference: A-113-003

Description: Three Maori seated in the foreground at the edge of a curved river bank with the palisades and a whare or part of a pa to the right. Cabbage trees, flax and manuka trees and other taller trees on a plain. In the middle ground is a European house and outbuildings surrounded by a fence, at the foot of a prominent hill, with other hills in the background to the left. The scene bears a strong resemblance to a view of Kaiapoi, early 1850s, a watercolour in the Canterbury Museum by Charles Haubro. However, the hills in the background make a location further inland in Canterbury more likely. Norman was in the Wellington Region from 1842 to 1845. He is not known to have visited the Waikato area, a location suggested by the Auckland seller of the drawing. He is known to have visited as far north as Auckland itself. In the 1850s until his death in 1872 he was based in the South Island, in Canterbury and South Canterbury, and his undated drawing of Nelson is also in the Library's collection. One possible location for this view is Rangitumau, with the prominent hill being Mount Rangitumau (north of Masterton in the Wairarapa) and the river being either the Whangaehu or the Kopuaranga. If the scene is a Wairarapa one, it is likely to date from between 1842 to 1845. Other Titles - Rangitumau, Wairarapa? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Ed Norman Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, sepia and blue pen and ink 196 x 248 mm

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-079-018

Description: An extensive view at Waimate North, with a windmill, the mission station and the church on the horizon. Bracken in the foreground and a rutted dirt road running away into the distance. Fenced paddocks to the right and three small people walking away on the road to the left. Several dead trees in the foreground. Compare a very similar work by Cyprian Bridge at A-079-035 The work appears to have been part of a sketchbook at an earlier stage, with signs of having been bound on its left side. Probably removed by the Library from album E-320-f, which contained 16 sketches on acquisition by Alexander Turnbull in 1893. Identification: the reference to 'Poka Noi' is to a volcanic cone, Puke Nui, or Pukenui, now known as Te Ahuahu, just visible in the centre background Other Titles - Waimate North, Pukenui, Puke Nui, Tamati Waka Nene Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Coloured crayon over sepia ink and wash, 253 x 365 mm

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Swainson, Marion, active 1980s; Laings Road Methodist Church (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: A-188-058

Description: Shows first Methodist Church built near the old Wesleyan cemetery on western bank of Hutt River (now Aglionby Street), opened on 5th November 1845. Title from ink inscription, in artist's hand, below image. Folder contains details: Painting comes from Mrs Marion Swainson, Reid's Line, Feilding. / Dunbar Slone [sic] is a relative of the Swainson's [sic]. ...(see custodial note). Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wesleyan Chapel Aglionby. River Hutt. / in 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, image 100 x 165 mm, on sheet 175 x 229 mm. Provenance: Donated to Laings Road Methodist Church by Mrs Marion Swainson, Reid's Line, Feilding.

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: PUBL-0020-07-3

Description: Shows bushclearing along the path which became the Hutt Road. One man chops at a tree trunk with an axe, while two Maori stand in the path. The tranquil water of Wellington Harbour surrounded by bush-covered hills, show in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 191 x 160 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1842 - 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: Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866

Reference: PUBL-0011-06-3

Description: Shows and names important features: Eel pond, site of the meat market, brick kiln, and several private dwellings and other landmarks. Also shows a woman doing the washing in a tub and spreading it out to dry on the bracken John Saxton arrived in Nelson in 1842. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Malvern Hills Valley of the MAITAI Mountains towards / the Pelorus River; Recto - beneath image - The Eel pond / (site of the Meat Market) House of the Revd. C.W. Saxton. Brick Kiln Little Scotland; Recto - bottom right - DAY & HAGHE LITHRS to the QUEEN Manuscripts and Archives records contain information about the people mentioned on this image. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 245 x 450 mm

Date: 1844

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-263-007

Description: Shows front of Molesworth residence, with flower garden. To the right is a cucumber frame. The house (known as Newry) is shown with tree-trunks supporting the verandah. There is another building on the left, beyond a fence. The view is framed in the foreground with supplejack hanging from tall trees, and a tree stump in the centre Has been attributed to Charles Heaphy (and is included as an illustration in A. Murray-Oliver's 'A folio of watercolours by Charles Heaphy' (Avon Fine Prints, 1981). However the work bears all the hallmarks of the style of William Mein Smith Other Titles - The Molesworth homestead Hutt Valley ca 1843 [former title] Inscriptions: Verso - F. A. Molesworth Newry Port Nicholson N. Z. 1844 Sept. Mary Lady Molesworth 1843. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 240 x 341 mm

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-187-058

Description: Shows a plank hut and fence in the foreground, a small house in the background, in the Hutt Forest, Hutt Valley. The buildings are in a small clearing amidst tall trees, one to the left with a branching and a double trunk from about half-way up probably being the 'many-branched pine' referred to in the title Title from verso, partly obliterated It is not known whether the 'pine' referred to in the title is a rimu (red pine) or kahikitea (white pine). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - initials and date; also partially obliterated title on verso Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 157 x 228 mm

Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-263-006

Description: Shows the Molesworth residence, a prefabricated house with rustic verandah posts made from forked tree trunks. The house is close to cleared bush and wheat is growing around it, with a haystack to the right. Title from inscription on verso of frame (now discarded, but see negative 69988 1/2); also inscribed: "Lady Molesworth 1843" Earlier staff of the Library attributed this work and its pendant (A-263-007. F. A. Molesworth, Newry ...) to Charles Heaphy. Reattributed to Smith in 1980. This view is from the side and back; the other view from the front. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 262 x 345 mm Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - manuscript map removed from verso. Ref. no. 832.47a/[1844]/Acc.37198. Shows Wellington Harbour..

Date: 1843 - 1847

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

Reference: A-190-012

Description: Two thatched-roof cottages, side by side, behind a picket fence. Behind them is a partially-cleared hill with some bush running down it. In the foreground is a road. Likely to be Kaiwharawhara or Ngauranga, with the Hutt Road in the foreground. Title from back Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 5.4 x 8.7 ins

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