Places

Date: 1968

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. 1967-1968.

Reference: E-461-f-020

Description: View of houses looking south-east from Chartwell towards Somes Island Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 324 x 395 mm

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0185

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. A closer view of image at PAColl-D-0162 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 320 x 570 mm with mount

Date: 1842

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-216-f-087-2

Description: View from above Te Aro Flat wotj houses and other buildings on the flat landl, a few houses, a fence and trees (including a cabbage tree) in the foreground, Pipitea Point and its houses visible in the distance to the left, six sailing ships in the harbour, Somes Island and the Hutt Valley in the distance. Another drawing by B. Connell (E-216-f-069) 'Wellington from the London' suggests that the artist arrived on board the London, in 1842. The state and number of the houses shown also suggest a date not before 1842 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B. Connell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, glued to album page, 153 x 236 mm

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-101

Description: View from lower Wadestown or Stowe Hill, past a fence the the roof of a house, towards the harbour and Eastbourne, with Somes Island. Several ships in the harbour. The second word in the title may be Day or Bay or an abbreviation starting with Da. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0165

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Houses line both sides of Hutt Road in the foreground. In the immediate foreground is a timber yard and a bridge across the railway line. There is a horse and cart parked on the road. One the far right is a building on Jackson Street with Baker Bros estate advertisement painted on the side. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. Compare with image at PAColl-D-0162 taken on the same day from a slightly different angle Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 350 x 545 mm on card

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-110-057

Description: Central third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows groups of figures on foreshore including man on horseback, man examining ships through spyglass, two small groups of Maori watching, two men smoking long pipes, 14 sailing ships including one rounding Point Halswell, Somes Island with flag flying at its southern end, two Maori craft including one with sails. View extends from Warepori's Village in Pitone at left, to Mount Victoria at right. Features named are: Warepori's village Pitone, Valley of the Hutt, Tararua Mountains, Somes's Island, Pt Halswell (the entrance from the sea), Pt Jerningham, Mr Duppa's house (Oriental Bay), Mount Victoria. There are colour transparencies available (photographed from better copies of this work, in volume of Wakefield's book). The copy negatives listed here are also from this book rather than from this copy at B-110-056/058. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Title]; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - beneath image - From a sketch taken by Captain Mein Smith R.A. / London, Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 502 mm.

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: ca 1900-1915

Reference: PAColl-7391

Description: Two photographs of the view across Wellington Harbour from near Pencarrow Head to Seatoun and Point Dorset; three photographs of the rocks and beaches around Point Dorset and The Pinnacles; people on the beach and in the sea at Lyall Bay; two men and a woman amongst the pine trees in Newtown Park; a woman in the Wellington Botanic Gardens with Glenmore Street behind her; three views looking down on the houses around Oriental Bay; next to the harbour on Oriental Bay showing the tram lines; the convalescent home on Mount Victoria above Oriental Bay; horses grazing with Evans Bay and the Miramar peninsula in the background; the SS Hawera and SS Haupiri in the patent slip at Evans Bay; the patent slip and the Union Steam Ship Company laundry at Evans Bay; a man and a woman on a path through the bush at Days Bay; looking over Roseneath towards Somes Island; and a yacht sailing at sunset near Pencarrow Head. Photographer unidentified. All the negatives have similar numbering and lettering on the reverse. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003942 to 003961, 003963 to 003964, and 003981 to 003985. 1/2-003982 is missing and has been entered as a copy negative to a print at PAColl-7081-53. Other negatives have been entered as child records of this collection. Quantity: 27 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1928

By: McKay, Jean, 1908-

Reference: C-174-006

Description: A view from above a cluster of houses in York Bay, near Eastbourne, Lower Hutt. The house in the foreground is the family home of Dorothy Kate Richmond, daughter of the artist James Crowe Richmond. The view stretches across Wellington Harbour, taking in Matiu/Somes Island centre right, and Wellington and the western hills in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Jean McKay 1928 [in brushpoint] Jean McKay was a pupil of Dorothy Kate Richmond Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on board, 290 x 540 mm (sight)

Date: 1897

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-264

Description: Shows a view of the mouth of the Hutt River, with Matiu/Somes Island in the middle distance and the Eastern Hills beyond that. Shows houses dotted either side of the river, the bridge spanning the river and a church, probably St James' Anglican church, Woburn Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 145 x 230 mm

Date: 1917

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-048

Description: A view of the harbour from a hilly suburban road, possibly Khandallah. There are ships in the harbour, a house in the foreground, and Matiu/Somes Island can just be seen through the treetops, with the eastern hills in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Wellington Harbour 1917 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page of sketchbook, 150 x 225 mm

Date: 1920

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-051

Description: A view from the hills of Khandallah across the harbour, showing Matiu/Somes Island and the eastern hills beyond Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington Harbour Khandallah [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page of sketchbook, 183 x 265 mm

Date: 1920

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-057

Description: Shows the harbour at sunset, with a distinctive pink glow in the sky. There is a large house set amongst thick bush, with a railed roadway running beside it. The view is possibly towards the eastern hills, with Matiu/Somes Island visible. Two steam ships are visible in the harbour, and the foreground features pine and cabbage trees Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - M Wills [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 230 x 139 mm

Date: [ca 1940-1951]

Reference: PAColl-6862

Description: 50 views of Wellington harbour. 34 are of the docks showing bales of wool being prepared for loading; merchant and naval ships docked; soldiers preparing for embarkation with supplies and artillery; construction of dockside buildings; cranes in use including the Hikitia etc. The remaining 16 images are of Oriental Bay and various leisure activities around it such as sunbathing, swimming and running. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-031255 to 031304 Quantity: 30 b&w original negative(s) glass. 20 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1880 - 1881

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: E-060-3

Description: Landscapes and townscapes at Oamaru, Cape Campbell, Wellington Heads, Somes Island, Wellington Botanical Gardens, Mount Taranaki, Picton, The Sugarloaves, Mayor Islands and Tauranga from the sea. The artist appears to have begun the sketchbook in December 1880. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 119 x 176 mm Finding Aids: Shelf-list with sketchbook.

Date: 1860 - 1900

Reference: G-447

Description: View across Petone to Somes Island and the heads of Port Nicholson Note that this is painted over a portrait of a man. Other Titles - View from Korokoro [Previous title] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 25 x 29.5 inches

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Goodman, S C (Mr), fl 1975 :Photograph albums and loose prints

By: Bothamley, Arthur Thomas, 1846-1938; West & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-092

Description: Photographs taken in New Zealand, except several of yachts in the Solent, England which were taken by West & Son (Gosport, England). Most of the New Zealand scenes were photographed by Arthur Thomas Bothamley. A number of images show Pukearuhe and the Pukearuhe Redoubt, and include two views of a large wooden and thatched roofed house near the Redoubt. It was single-storeyed, with a bay window, and was probably the house occupied by Marion Ellis Rowan and her husband (1873-1877) while the 43rd Regiment was stationed at Pukearuhe, near the Redoubt. Several views of the Marlborough Sounds show a group, including Gerald Fitzgerald (son of James Edward Fitzgerald), alongside several Rob Roy canoes, and one with a canoe named `Geroit Mare'. Album associated with James E Fitzgerald. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black and green leather bound album, with gold trim, 37.3 x 28 cm, with 33 pages

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0162

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Houses line both sides of the road in the foreground. In the foreground to the right is a timber yard. There is a horse and cart parked on the road. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. The back of the building that is just visible on the far right has the sign `Baker Brothers, Estate Agents & Auctioneers' painted on the side - as seen in the copy negative 1/2-001869-G Compare with PAColl-D-0165 taken on same day from a slightly different angle A closer view of same view at PAColl-D-0185 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 312 x 500 mm on card

Date: [Between 1910 and 1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000525-G

Description: View across Wellington, taken from Kelburn, with the houses along The Terrace in the middle distance. The wharves and ships in the harbour are in the middle distance. Somes Island can be seen on the left in the far distance. Oriental Bay is on the right. Photograph taken between 1910 and 1930 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Wellington. NZ. 601 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1856

By: Chapman, Alfred, 1828-1874

Reference: A-090-013

Description: Wellington seen from Bolton Street cemetery with fenced graves in the foreground, the flagpole at Government House visible lower down the hill and the houses of Thorndon to the left. The view looks north across Wellington Harbour with Somes Island and the Hutt Valley and Tararua Range in the distance Another very similar view in an album by Chapman - 'Wellington burying ground' - is held by the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust. A photographic copy is the Drawings & Prints files Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 250 mm