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Date: 1845 - 1850

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-464-027

Description: Shows a cow in a bush setting, which includes a young palm and a tree fern Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - WS [artist's initials, in pencil]; Backing board recto - beneath image - Young palm and tree fern, Hutt Valley NZd [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash on paper, 135 x 115 mm Provenance: Previously sold at Bethunes at Webb's, March 2010

Date: 1840 - 1850

Reference: B-009-013

Description: Two men resting beside a narrow road newly cleared through native bush, including a tall tree fern, with a river to the left. Could possibly be the Karori or Porirua areas, but more likely to show the making of the road between Petone and Taita Gorge in 1842, overseen by the artist, who was then Chief Surveyor. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print in 1972 - see C-028-036. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 315 x 228 mm

Date: 1847 - 1859

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-029

Description: View past dense bush, including a large tree covered with epiphytes, looking towards still water. Possibly the Hutt Forest and part of the Hutt River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 270 x 179 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985

Reference: B-159-024

Description: Shows a Maori man and woman with a child on the woman's back, walking beside their packhorse on a road at the left. The packhorse is laden with red saddlebags. The road continues into the foreground and curves away again to the right, disappearing into a bushcovered hilly area. The couple are passing a central rata tree in flower, and there are bushcovered hills in the distance. In the foreground in front of the rata is a pool or section of a river. Location suggested to be the Hutt Valley, but may be one of the gorges off the western side of the harbour, possibly near the old Porirua Road. Letter of authentication dated 24 August 1983 on backing board. Sometimes known as "Maori travellers ..." Other Titles - Maori travellers with packs and horse, pack horse, Hutt Valley [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 375 x 262 mm. Provenance: Formerly owned by the artist's great granddaughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock. Auctioned at McArthur & Company Auckland in October 1983 (lot 28)

Date: 1841 - 1855

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-189-019

Description: A clearing in dense bush, with a Maori storage platform containing kete and seed potatoes. Two people to the right of the platform. One appears to be lifting a kete onto the platform. A cabbage tree is visible amongst the bush to the left and there is a large dead tree trunk on the left. The drawing is black and white and may be unfinished. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon on paper, 215 x 127 mm

Date: 1858

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-191-011

Description: Shows a silver tree fern (punga) standing beneath three taller trees. There is a fallen log in the foreground. The location is probably close to Swainson's property (now central Lower Hutt). Other Titles - Pukatea Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Verso - centre - W.S. / 58 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 150 x 110 mm, mounted on sheet 282 x 216 mm. Provenance: The vendor purchased this from a Wellington dealer in the early 1990s.

Date: 1844 - 1850

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-002

Description: Looking along the Hutt River with a high narrow track skirting the steep hills on the right. Several figures are on the track Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 98 x 160 mm

Date: 1843 - 1854

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-058

Description: Shows a bush clearing with a tree fern at the left, and a raised wooden storehouse on the right, partly obscured by surrounding vegetation. There is a fallen branch in the right foreground and a section of fence visible in the left background. A tall tree in the centre background has epiphytes growing on it. Hawkshead was the home of William Swainson, in Lower Hutt, built about 1845. The storehouse may have been sketched in 1843 before the house was built, and then the drawing finished in 1854. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - [Signature and dates]; Mat recto - bottom right - [At extreme lower right corner]: 17 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 215 x 167 mm, mounted on sheet 297 x 234 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1857

By: Beetham, Lucelle Frances, 1842-1910; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-188-033

Description: The family home with three gables and a lean-to, an attic storey in the gables on either side of the front door. Tall chimneys at both ends of the house, and an established garden, with a circular bed in front of the house. Bush is shown behind. The house was in Lower Hutt Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Initialled L F S Lucelle Frances Swainson (1842-1910) was the daughter of noted botanist William Swainson (1824-1887). Fern Grove was the second house built in Lower Hutt by the Swainson family. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 252 mm

Date: 1840 - 1850

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-187-060-1

Description: A clearing beside a stream with a hill behind. There are large tree-trunks with a raupo whare between them, a Maori man seated outside it. There are flaxes in the right foreground and other trees and shrubs Attribution on grounds of style, and lettering of title; compare A-188-026, signed "M.S." On verso of A-187-060: Swainson, William. Franchiavilla, Sicily. 1808. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 116 x 183 mm

Date: 1846 - 1855

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-020

Description: Shows the vegetation on the steep bank of a river, with sunlight on one portion of it. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 172 mm. Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1850 - 1859

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-034-026

Description: Shows a group of trees in the bush, the foreground being cleared of undergrowth. One slim dead trunk leans in from the right. Other Titles - New Zealand. Undergrowth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 309 x 228 mm

Date: 1856

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-009-012

Description: A narrow stream surrounded by high hills, tree ferns and other vegetation. The name Tralinock is no longer current in the Hutt Valley and has not been traced, but the appearance of the site suggests an area in the Western or Eastern hills. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 317 mm

Date: 1845 - 1850

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-295-q-045

Description: Dense bush, probably in the Hutt Valley, including cabbage trees and flax as well as taller trees. Two men with large axes are hacking at the trunks of tall trees Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 75 x 106 mm