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The Harbour from Keiwara [Kaiwharawhara]
Date: [1850s?]
By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885
Reference: B-009-005
Description: Attributed to William Howard Homes on stylistic grounds. Shows Mathieson and Schultze's flourmill to the right with a red-cloaked man leading a horse along Old Porirua Road on the left. Wellington Harbour can be seen in the distance, the building on the near-side of the harbour is possibly the Rainbow Hotel. Matiu / Somes Island and Wellington City are also shown. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - The Harbour from Keiwara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on card Processing information: Description updates 5 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.
Artist unknown :[Wellington Harbour from Wadestown, ca 1880]
Date: 1875 - 1885
By: Stowe, Jane, 1838-1931
Reference: A-389-007
Description: View from a road in a cliff on the left, with a bush-filled gully below. Somes Island with a building or buildings near its summit and buildings visible at Petone on the far side of the Wellington Harbour. The Tararua Range in the background Sent to the Library for identification in September 1976. Identified as Wellington Harbour by an unknown artist and somewhat similar to the work of C D Barraud or E A Chapman, in a letter sent to John Monteith Antiques Ltd, Auckland, 22 September 1976. However the work resembles that of Jane Stowe more closely than that of C D Barraud or E A Chapman Other Titles - Jane Stowe Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 252 x 357 mm Provenance: In 1976 owned by John Monteith Antiques Ltd, Auckland.