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Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-09-2

Description: Shows Wellington seen from the Hutt Road with a rocky outcrop in the centre foreground. Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 75 x 190 mm. on page.

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-043-1

Description: View looking north along the Hutt Road, with the harbour and Somes Island to the right. A canoe is drawing in close to the road and a Maori man is walking towards the viewer along the road. The road appears pitted and muddy. Other Titles - Braithwaite Ngauranga Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 159 x 258 mm

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-045295-G

Description: Looking south west over Wellington with the Hutt Road and the turn off to Aotea Quay in the foreground. The railway yards are in the centre. The ship `Pamir' is the larger ship berthed on the left. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Stack, James West (Rev), 1835-1919

Reference: A-210-003

Description: Shows tent on beach, groups of Maori with two canoes with sails, boats and ships in the harbour. Probably Wellington Harbour from the Hutt Road or Petone in the 1850s looking towards the twown of Wellington. Attributed to Fox on stylistic grounds, along with A-210-008 and A-210-009. The figures in the foreground and the manner of rendering choppy sea are very typical of Fox's work Displayed in "Paradise" (Gifts to the nation), National Library Gallery, January - April 2005. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Unidentified view of beach and harbour [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 255 mm. Provenance: Collection of James West Stack. Possibly given to Stack by Fox when Stack visited Westoe, Fox's home, late summer 1861. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives, from fMS Stack, J. W. Papers and pictures, 1970s.

Date: 1852

Reference: A-034-005

Description: View looking along the Hutt Road from Petone towards Wellington. A well-formed road runs along the foot of the Western Hills towards Wellington. The walking figure of a man is at the first bend in the road. Mount Victoria is in the distance on the left, across the harbour Other Titles - Petone Road looking towards town A very similar ink and wash drawing by Smith, titled 'Petoni Road looking towards Town', is the New Zealand diary of Mrs Henry Petre, 1842-1844, (MS-1772). The drawing seems likely to be later with its well-formed road in the foreground, and with the 1852 date inscribed on the matching watercolour. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 176 x 249 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

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

Reference: PUBL-0020-07-3

Description: Shows bushclearing along the path which became the Hutt Road. One man chops at a tree trunk with an axe, while two Maori stand in the path. The tranquil water of Wellington Harbour surrounded by bush-covered hills, show in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 191 x 160 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Wellington Historical and Early Settlers Association

Reference: A-190-024

Description: Looking along the Hutt Road, toward Petone, with the road cut into the base of the cliff and a small pointed rock formation at the water's edge. Three travellers walking along the road Title from ink inscription on mount, now detached (230 x 190 mm) Other Titles - Road to the Hutt between Ngauranga and Petone Inscriptions: bottom left - Signed and dated Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 119 x 162 mm

Date: [ca 1932]

Reference: 1/2-091142-F

Description: Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, photographed circa 1932. Overlooks the Hutt Road close to the edge of Wellington Harbour, with railway lines running alongside. Reclamation work for the Tawa deviation of the North Island Main Trunk Railway is visible in the centre. Commercial buildings are at bottom right. Houses and hills are on the left. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Reclamation for Tawa deviation recognised by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-189-020

Description: View from the Hutt Road on the western shore of Wellington Harbour, looking north towards the Hutt Valley and the Tararua Range. Two European travellers have paused on the road at the foot of the cliffs and are looking toward the Hutt Valley. Seagulls are on a rock at the water's edge to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5 x 7.5 ins

Date: 1865

By: Chesney, Francis Rawdon, 1824-; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-025

Description: A rocky foreshore and cliff in the foreground, possibly Kaiwharawhara, or further along the Hutt Road at Rocky Point looking towards Khandallah and Ngaio. Only two houses are shown amidst bushy hills. In the foreground a European man is on horseback, accompanied by a Maori man and woman. Another European is standing near a Maori man while the latter pushes a small canoe out from the rocks. A single yacht is in the water. Date of 1865 is suggested because an F. R. Chesney wrote to James Coutts Crawford from Tasmania on geological matters in December 1864 and may have come later to Wellington as a visitor. Wellington became the capital in 1865. The view appears to be quite early with only two houses showing and Maori shown in partial European dress. The signature on the letter from Tasmania matches that on the watercolour. Chesney's letter makes it clear that he is a resident in Tasmania and that English is probably his first language, suggesting that the French title may have been added by a later owner Other Titles - Nouvelle Zelande, Port de Nicholson. New Zealand Port Nicholson, Wellington, near the capital [translation and correction] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - monogram FC in ink; also F. R. Chesney in brushpoint.; Verso - title in pencil in French; also inscriptions in pencil transcribing the title and repeating it in English along with a signature and date (17 Jany 1934) in the hand of A. W. F. Fuller. Further very faint illegible inscriptions in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on light card, 195 x 284 mm. Provenance: Collection of A. W. F. Fuller.

Date: 1841

From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-943-q-007-1

Description: Shows the Hutt Road (as a cart track) at the bottom of the steep bush-clad Western Hills on the right. There is a Maori canoe near the road, and three figures on the road, as well as one man in the foreground, possibly fishing. The suggestion of a settlement (Kaiwharawhara) can be seen at the water's edge in the distance. The same scene was reproduced by B Connell for the Hobson album (E-216-f-087-1), with almost identical details Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington 1841 [in blue ink]; Recto - bottom right - Petoni Road Wellington 1841 [in faint pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 112 x 182 mm, pasted to page of album 265 x 220 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E. J. Templer, UK (formerly of Tasmania), September 2012