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Date: 1845

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

Reference: A-187-048

Description: A small nikau whare in a clearing at the foot of a tree-fern and other taller trees. Drawn 1 June 1845. Caption added later referring to the 1847 Ngati Toa raid on Boulcott's Farm, Hutt Valley. Other Titles - hut Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1 June 1845.; On accompanying label: text of title, with date 24 Feb.y 1847 and initials W. S. in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on buff paper, 112 x 90 mm

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-048-049

Description: Scene in a clearing in Hutt Forest, with tall tree trunks to the left, a low raupo whare centre with a tree fern in front. A Maori figure is crouching at the entrance to the hut. Title from pencil inscription; date on verso. Almost identical to A-048-050 (untitled). Copy of lithograph by Cuthbert Clarke after William Swainson, held by British Library (Add MS 19954, folio 90 (132). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash with chinese white 252 x 175 mm

Date: 1840 - 1849

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

Reference: A-190-009

Description: The artist's home in a clearing in Hutt Forest. The view is from the side, showing the original home, an L-shaped building. There is a cabbage tree to the left of the building Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 3.9 x 6.2 ins

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-190-019

Description: Shows a cattle beast in the foreground beside the trunk of a tall tree with epiphytes. In the background is a small cottage Inscriptions: Signed: W. Swainson Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 187 x 129 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 - 1845

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

Reference: A-190-006

Description: A clearing in Hutt Forest, with a huge rata tree in the middle distance, two men standing at its base, and a triangular raupo hut to its right Hawkshead was Swainson's property in the Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 5.2 x 3.7 ins

Date: 1847

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

Reference: A-190-010

Description: A raupo hut, with thatching reaching the ground. A fence to the left and a large tree fern to the right. The hut is in a clearing in Hutt Forest Hawkshead was the Hutt Valley property of William Swainson Other Titles - Native hut New Zealand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 5 x 6.6. ins

Date: 1840 - 1849

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

Reference: A-190-008

Description: The artist's home in a clearing in Hutt Forest. The view is from nearby, showing a two-storied thatched cottage, with another building behind and to the left, two tall trees between the two buildings, the garden in front Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 3.6 x 5.6 ins

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

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-186-054

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: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-018

Description: View across a plain, from a clearing in bush, framed with tree ferns. A man is seated on a log, looking out to the view. A large homestead with two chimneys is in the distance, possibly Herongate, Henry Petre's first home in the Petone area. A range of tall hills is in the distance, probably the eastern Hutt hills Inscriptions: Signed: W.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 4 x 6.5 ins