Places

Date: 1859

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886; Hutton, Maia Thomas, 1918-1989

Reference: C-003-001

Description: Nine-part panorama, forming a complete circle, of the view from the parsonage attached to St James' Anglican Church, Lower Hutt. The parsonage itself is shown, along with surrounding houses and farms, cleared land, bush and the encompassing hills. There are cows, horses and a man using a plough pulled by two horses Extended Title - South Eastern part of Valley, looking towards Wellington. The distant hills are those lying behind Wellington. Western boundary of hills. St James Parsonage Hutt. Tararua Range in distance, north west end of valley. Hills forming eastern boundary of the valley. Inscriptions: Verso - Most sections have notes in ink as transcribed under title and additional title above Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in 9 sections with linen hinges on verso. Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil in nine sections (mounted in 3 groups of 3) 125 x 159 mm (whole panorama); 125 x 530 mm (each strip)

Date: 1859

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886; Hutton, Maia Thomas, 1918-1989

Reference: A-197-011

Description: Shows two houses (or a house and chapel?) with well-established fenced gardens on flat land close to the sea. There is promontory with a flagpole beyond the more distant house, and the masts of a ship are visible beyond the promontory. The view is from the land, looking towards the harbour. Horotutu, according to information from the donor, was the next bay to Paihia, on the Waitangi side. Henry and Marianne Williams arrived at the Bay of Islands as missionaries in 1823. Inscriptions: Verso - Title, date, in ink There is an almost identical view on page 1 of Hutton's sketchbook, 'Horotutu from back paddock' (E-137-q-001) The artist arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1842, taught at St John's College, Auckland from 1844 and later trained as an Anglican minister. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 87 x 124 mm