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Date: 1861

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886

Reference: C-003-004

Description: This is a larger and more finished version of the image at C-003-001. Nine-part panorama forming a complete circle, of the view from the parsonage attached to St James Anglican Church Lower Hutt. Shows the parsonage with surrounding houses and farms, cleared land, roads, bush and hills in the background. There are men on horseback, a light horse-drawn trap, men ploughing with a horse-drawn plough, and a wagon drawn by two horses. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (At lower edge of each panel): TBH; Album page - centre - (On verso of one of the panels): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 173 x 2250 mm, on nine joined panels, each 173 x 250 mm Provenance: Purchased from a direct descendant of Bishop Selwyn, who previously owned the works. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-248.

Date: October 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-012

Description: A road in the foreground, fences and paddocks, cows grazing and further grazing animals in the middle distance. In the centre, a church, with a two-storied house (the Waimate Mission Station) and other smaller buildings to its left. Two small houses beyond a clump of bush to the right. In the background, a steep hill (Pukenui or Puke Nui) with either cultivated land or a pa on one side A copy of Cyprian Bridge's watercolour of the same scene, held at A-079-036 Identification: the hill referred to by the artist as Poka Mie is a volcanic cone, Puke Nui, now known as Te Ahuahu Other Titles - Pukenui Puke Nui Waimate North Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash and watercolour, 252 x 364 mm

Date: 1845

From: Thomson, Arthur Saunders, 1817?-1860 :The story of New Zealand (London, John Murray, 1859).

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885

Reference: PUBL-0144-1-330

Description: Flax bushes in the foreground and three standing Maori; cows fenced in on the left. In the middle distance on the left, a church and a cluster of buildings beyond a fenced area on a low hill. Another two buildings on the right, possibly barns with a distinctive hill beyond Derived from Cyprian Bridge's watercolour View of the Waimati (missionary station) and Poka Mie hill, 1845 (A-079-036) Extended Title - From: Thomson, A. S. The story of New Zealand. (London, John Murray, 1859), volume 1, p. 330 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 59 x 84 mm

Date: 1889

From: Wakefield, Edward 1845-1924 :New Zealand illustrated. The story of New Zealand and descriptions of its cities and towns by Edward Wakefield; also (by various writers) the natural wonders of New Zealand (past and present). Wanganui. A. D. Willis, 1889.

Reference: PUBL-0019-04

Description: An extensive view of the city of Wanganui from the south bank of the River, with houses and gardens in the foreground, a bridge and the civic buildings houses and churches. Mount Taranaki can be seen in the distance to the left and Ruapehu to the right. Cows in a paddock on the left and several boats in the river Probably based on a photograph Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 167 x 370 mm

Date: Feb 1950

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Bigwood, Kenneth Valentine, 1920-1992

Reference: 1/2-019003-F

Description: Three cows stand on a gravel road outside Christ Church in Russell, Northland. Shows the church cemetery, with gravestones, and the view down towards the township of Russell, facing towards the mainland. Houses can be seen in the background. In the foreground right, an AA signpost reads `Whangarei 54 3/4 miles' and `Post office 1/4 mile'. Photograph taken in Feb 1950, by K V Bigwood. Other - Caption on back of original file print reads: "For the payment of a small yearly fee, and the provision of a bell round the bovine necks, local residents ease the burden of the Council in keeping the streets of Russell tidy." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 1843

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.

Reference: PUBL-0011-09-1

Description: The first and left-hand section of a three part panoramic view of New Plymouth, shortly after its establishment as a New Zealand Company settlement. Shows the mouth of the Huatoki Stream and the waterfront of the township, with cows drinking at the water's edge, the stream bridged, with a canoe sailing along it, houses and various features indicated, including "Point near the mouth of the Waitera [Waitara] River, Company's Emigration Depot, Company's Hospital and forge, Mr Merchant['s house], Messrs Perry, Mr Shaw, Company's Survey Officer, Wesleyan Chapel, Company's Store, Devon Hotel, Freemason Arms, Mr Ibbotson, Mr Scott, Mr Lakeman, Church, Messrs Vercoe, Mr Webster, Mr Grube". A small boat is being dragged out of a tent shelter on the left, several people are tilling crops in their gardens, there are sheep on the background hills to the left, people and horses and carts in the streets, and barrels outside the Freemason's Arms. The accompanying text reads: The spectator stands with his back to the sea, in the garden of the [New Zealand or Plymouth] Company's agent. There is only an open Roadstead [Harbour] here, and the colonists are essentially agricultural. Surf-boats, however, and excellent moorings, provided by the Company, facilitate the landing of passengers and goods. Mount Egmont is distant about fifteen miles. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 237 x 475 mm

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-007-011

Description: View from the lower slopes between Brooklyn and Mount Cook, with cows, a herdsman and his dog on the road in the foreground. On the right lie the swamps of Te Aro, with Te Aro Pa visible along the foreshore, along with scattered houses. To the left of the pa area, the road passing diagonally across the plain is probably Cuba Street. The most prominent building on the foreshore is either the Maori or the Wesleyan Chapel in Manners St. The cliff at the water's edge to the left is Clay Point with Plimmer's Ark visible moored in the water at its base. On the far left in the plain area, the large church building is St Peter's, Willis St. Thorndon is in the background to the left, with Pipitea Point (now Thorndon Quay) and Kumutoto Spit (now Midland Park) both visible. The preliminary watercolour for this work is located at C-007-007 with title 'Te Aro and Thorndon, 1852'. It is dated 1852 and lacks the cows, herdsman and dog of C-007-0011, but shows more of the swamps of Te Aro, with Waitangi Creek meandering through them. The building details are less clear in the preliminary work. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, 1975 as part of the Colonial Wellington Series. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 349 x 508 mm

Date: 1851

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: G-596

Description: Shows a view of Wellington and the harbour from the ridge above Mt Cook, towards the hills on the western side of the harbour. It shows the flat area of Te Aro with Te Aro Pa close to the shore and other buildings in the foreground. Plimmer's Ark is on the waterfront to the left just beyond the Clay Point cliff. The large church building on the left is St Peter's, Willis Street, and the large building on the waterfront is either the Maori or the Wesleyan Chapel in Manners St. Thorndon is in the background with Pipitea Point (now Thorndon Quay) and Kumutoto Spit (now Midland Park) both visible. Watercolours by Barraud, related to this view, but dated 1852, are at C-007-011 and C-007-007. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud / 1851 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 370 x 652 mm (sight) Provenance: It was sold at the International Art Centre by a private vendor who purchased it in Sydney from the estate of Germain Curvens (1926-1997), a Sydney art dealer who had reportedly owned the work for 30-40 years.