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Date: 1848 - 1852

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-172-013

Description: A rough sketch with a view from Thorndon, looking towards Lambton Quay, and Te Aro, with Government House and its flagpole in the foreground, the waterfront (Lambton Quay) with several houses visible, Clay Point indicated and Mount Cook beyond it, with the Barracks. Bush with either tree ferns or cabbage trees is indicated in the near foreground. There are three ships in the harbour Attribution: attributed by the Library on cataloguing, 1980, to H J Warre. However the handwriting is not that of Warre, and the style appears less precise than his. This is one of four drawings in the same hand, with the same provenance, (A-172-013 to -016) one of which appears to be a preliminary drawing for a watercolour by Colonel C E Gold. The group of four was reattributed to Gold in 2011 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 222 x 285 mm

Date: [between 1878 and Jun 1879]

From: McKay, Alexander :Photographs

By: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935

Reference: PA6-500

Description: Parts 4 & 5 of the 5-part panorama at PAColl-D-0725 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four images joined to form one panoramic print Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - PA Series 14:164.

Date: 1844 - 1846

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938

Reference: B-061-003

Description: A view from below the summit of The Terrace, looking south down onto Te Aro and along the beach towards Mount Victoria and Oriental Bay. There are houses along the shoreline, a jetty, Manners Street runs parallel to the shore and there are houses dotted back over the flat land. There is low scrub in the foreground Appears to be a copy of the left side of of S C Brees' "Te Aro flat from near Captain Sharpe's residence" which shows Wellington in 1844 or 1845. (Panorama plate 66 in Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, published London, 1847). Some details differ. The road in the left foreground is more marked, there are additional houses stretching back over the valley floor, and several buildings nearer the foreground are different from Brees' engraving, as are the details of the outline of Mount Victoria and the cliffs leading towards Oriental Bay. Several of these differences can also be observed in the wood engraving of the same view published in the Illustrated London News, 'Wellington, Te Aro flat' Sept 11 1847, p. 168, and in a related oil painting in the National Library of Australia. Both this watercolour and the oil painting may be copied from the Illustrated London news. The style of the watercolour is very like that of W. S. Hatton, who is known to have copied many views from the Illustrated London news, although his or her work was normally signed. Paper watermarked D & C Blauw Other Titles - Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on laid paper, 229 x 381 mm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988 :Photographs and album of New Zealand scenes

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-41-10

Description: Elevated view of Wellington taken from The Terrace looking south-east over Te Aro and across Wellington Harbour to Mount Victoria. St John's Presbyterian Church is in the foreground. Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead in 1880s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Te Aro, Wellington. N.Z. 544; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.5 cm

Date: 1875 - 1970 - 1975

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Bell, Gully, Buddle, Weir (Firm)

Reference: E-279-q-114

Description: Scene by C D Barraud reproduced on a Christmas card sent out by the law firm Bell Gully Buddle Weir in 1970s. Shows the view from the hills at the southern end of the city, looking northward along the longer axis of the harbour, and was taken towards the close of a fine autumn day when the light of the setting sun was reflected on the distant masses of the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges. The lower slopes of Brooklyn Hill are in the foreground, with the houses of Te Aro Flat in the middle ground, part of Mt Victoria on the right, ships in the harbour, Somes Island and Petone with the Tararua Ranges beyond in the distance. Extended Title - From, Barraud, C. D. New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive ... London, 1877, opp. p. 1 with additional title View of Wellington Harbour from the hills south of the city. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 134 x 195 mm on folded card

Date: 1945

Reference: F-008

Description: Panoramic view of Wellington Harbour and city from Kelburn, including clear views of ships in the harbour, the wharves, the Railway Station, the Government Buildings, the high-rise buildings in the city, Weir House, Kelburn Park, Te Aro flat, the Carillon, the Museum and Oriental Bay with St Gerard's Monastery. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - '45 [in pencil, plus a complex monogram including the letters J.C.H. & W, also in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, hand-coloured 244 x 1420 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane, October 1969 for $30.00

Date: 1885

By: Potts, William, 1859-1947; Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: C-060-005-b

Description: View of Wellington from Tinakori Hill, with Thorndon in the foreground and Te Aro in the middle distance to the right, Mount Victoria, the harbour and Miramar Peninsula beyond. Frant Road is at the immediate foot of the hill in the foreground, Tinakori Road runs parallel to Grant Road, Hill Street runs off at an angle. Two other copies held at C-060-005 and C-060-005-a. This copy has fold-marks, repairs to tears lower right and lower left, and has been glued to a linen back. It includes MS notes in ink, lower left: 'Specimen to be submitted to the Hon.l Col. Treasurer so that he may say if he considers it of sufficient merit to come up to the expectations made by Mr Willis in his letter Jan 17 1885, as this is the arrangement on which payment was to be made - Mr Willis accepting the ? of ?ing of the cut manner. J. Hunter 5 8 85' Signed: W.P. 1885. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 450 x 594 mm

Date: 1878

Reference: PAColl-D-0669

Description: Panoramic view taken from slopes of Mount Victoria and looking over Te Aro with Majoribanks Street in immediate foreground, and Kent and Cambridge terraces running left to right. Courtenay Place is right of centre. Name of photographer is unknown Dated 1878 because Mt Cook Infant School in Buckle Street is present (built 1877); Manners Street Methodist Church with spire is still standing. It was burnt down on 15 Jun 1879. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints joined to form panorama 175 x 475 mm mounted on card 275 x 585 mm

Date: 1885

By: Potts, William, 1859-1947; Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: C-060-005-a

Description: View from Tinakori Hill, looking down over Thorndon, with Tinakori Road in the foreground, Premier House to the right, looking across the harbour towards Oriental Bay and Evans Bay. Two other copies held at C-060-005 and C-060-005-b Signed: W.P. 1885. This copy includes a tear across the sky area. It is mounted on card Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 15.8 x 20 inches

Date: 1893

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: G-385

Description: View from the lower end of The Terrace, looking down at Te Aro Flat and across towards Mount Victoria, Oriental Bay and the Miramar Peninsula. Part of the Thorndon end of the city can be seen on the left. Courtenay Place runs away from the view in the centre of the scene, continuing as Marjoribanks Street as it rises up Mount Victoria. The gasometers on both sides of Courtenay Place show clearly. On the far right in the distance is Wellington College. Extended Title - Supplement to the Christmas number of the New Zealand Graphic, 1893 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 305 x 850 mm

Date: April 1933

From: Harkness, W E :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-062481-F

Description: View of Te Aro, Wellington, looking east from Brooklyn, past the Carillon and towards Mount Victoria. Taken in April 1933. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Te Aro from Brooklyn Wellington NZ The first iron girders for the front of the Dominion Museum were up by this month. These can be seen behind the Carillon. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1893

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: D-001-005

Description: View from the lower end of the Terrace, looking down into the Aro Valley and Te Aro Flat and across towards Mount Victoria, Oriental Bay and the Miramar Peninsula. Part of the Thorndon end of the city can be seen on the left. Courtenay Place runs away from the viewer in the centre of the scene, with Marjoribanks Street moving up Mount Victoria. The gasometers on both sides of Courtenay Place show clearly. On the far right in the distance is Wellington College. Same as D-001-005-a, -b & -c and as a framed version at G-385 Extended Title - Supplement to the Christmas number of the New Zealand Graphic, 1893 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 360 x 940 on sheet 455 x 1015 mm

Date: 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Blatchley, W D, active 1877-1898

Reference: PUBL-0016-01

Description: According to the accompanying text "The view ... is from the hills at the southern end of the city, looking northward along the longer axis of the harbour, and was taken towards the close of a fine autumn day when the light of the setting sun was reflected on the distant masses of the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges..." The lower slopes of Brooklyn Hill are in the foreground, with the houses of Te Aro Flat in the middle ground, part of Mt Victoria on the right, ships in the harbour, Somes Island and Petone with the Tararua Ranges beyond in the distance. The Library holds the original watercolour for this chromolithograph, at B-159-021. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 254 x 355 mm

Date: 1850 - 1870

By: Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum

Reference: A-113-009

Description: A road in the left foreground, probably Ohiro Road, with bush, open fields and scattered houses on a sloping area, with dense housing and businesses on the flat shore area in the distance. The road running across the centre of the view into the housing on the left is probably Willis Street. The view looks north across the harbour towards the Hutt Valley. Several sailing ships and smaller boats are in the harbour. By same hand as A-113-010 [River flat and homestead, ca 1860] Originally catalogued as by an artist with surname Capot, on the grounds that a series of squiggles on the right side of the road in the left foreground could read "Capot" when turned upside-down. However, the marks are more likely to be intended to represent pebbles on the road. Other Titles - Capot [?] [Wellington from the Brooklyn Hills, ca 1860] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 241 x 339 mm

Date: 1845 - 1847

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

Reference: A-449-012

Description: View from the top of the Terrace looking down over Te Aro Flat with Mount Victoria in the distance. Manners Street can clearly be seen in the bottom left of the picture, leading to the Wesleyan Chapel on the right-hand side of the road. Wellington Harbour can be seen on the left of the view, with ships dotted in the harbour The reference to 'Captain Sharpe' should correctly be Captain Sharp. Captain Charles Kingsford Sharp owned a house at the top of The Terrace, Wellington, where Salamanca Road joins The Terrace Extended Title - From Brees, S. C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London, 1847. Panorama plate Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 110 x 310 mm on sheet 125 x 440 mm

Date: 1857 - 1859

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-170

Description: Three women standing on Mulgrave Street, with the harbour as a background and Mt Victoria and Te Aro in the distance. A horse and cart are on the right, in front of a building belonging to a plumber named Warcup, and the Thistle Inn is beyond, closer to the shore. Quantity: 1 photograph(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Photograph, 102 x 123 mm