Places

Date: 1864

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-074

Description: Shows a view of the plain from the slope of Knobby's Track, on which a man leads a loaded horse. A river meanders across the plain and there are hills in the distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 350 mm

Date: 1872

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-080

Description: Shows two men on a track leading to a campfire, among tree ferns, with mountains as a background. The lack of snow on the mountains suggest summertime. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 236 x 344 mm

Date: 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Jouard, E, active 1870s

Reference: PUBL-0016-40-2

Description: View into the valley of the Otira River, surrounded by hills and mountains, with large rocks in the foreground and a road with two travellers on foot. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - E JOUARD Sc. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 79 x 153 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: [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.

Date: 1845

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: C-089-013

Description: Two large flax bushes in the left foreground. A fenced road leading from the right into the centre of the picture, with several houses to its right and two travellers on the road. In the distance are the ridged outlines formed by Maori excavations for pa on the volcanic cone of Mt Albert, with other hills in the background. Mt Albert has no houses on or around it Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Other Titles - Mount Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 156 x 247 mm

Date: 1848

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

Reference: A-187-030

Description: Shows curve of road from point on west of Wellington Harbour, close to Petone and looking towards it and the Hutt Valley. One standing and two seated Maori figures are on the track by the harbour. Two shags are on a rock in the water. Other Titles - Entrance to the Hutt Valley, Tararua Mountain Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - `W. Swainson' and dated. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 110 x 172 mm

Date: 1851

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Tully, Dorothy, 1895-1971

Reference: A-034-028

Description: View looking downstream with partially cleared hills and the river. On the left is a dirt road with a European figure walking along it and other small figures in the distance. On a bank of the river in the background is a Maori figure close to a small canoe. The area shown is the Taita district. Reproduced 1972 as one of the Turnbull Library Prints (see copy at C-028) Other Titles - First Inscriptions: Verso - [title in black ink]; Recto - bottom left - Drawn by Capt. W. M. Smith R. A. 1851 [in red ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 250 mm

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-029

Description: View from the Hutt Gorge, with a road to the left, a man leading a horse and a dog into a bush-clad area, the Hutt River meandering between bush-clad banks in the distance See Illustrated London News, p 37 Jan 16 1847 for a wood engraving from this watercolour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 373 mm

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: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-019

Description: A gorge with a river, probably the upper Hutt River in the centre. A steep bank to the left, with a road dug into the bank and two travellers moving along the road. Tall trees grow up the bank to the skyline. Flax in the left foreground and cabbage trees on the river flat to the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 26 Oct 1847 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5.4 x 7.25 ins

Date: 1872

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-079

Description: Shows two travellers with backpacks walking up a road, with a fence on the left above a steep drop, with bush-clad hills. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 236 x 345 mm Provenance: Wilkie Family Collection

Date: 1890-1891

By: Coxe, R K, active 1890-1895

Reference: MSX-8177

Description: Diary of R K Coxe, a young man travelling with a companion 'Geoff' to New Zealand on board the Lusitania, departing 5 Dec 1890, arriving in Auckland 28 Jan, and leaving on 4 Apr 1891. Gives detailed and lively descriptions of the voyage, fellow passngers, including Robert Louis Stevenson's stepson Lloyd Osbourne, ports visited and of New Zealand. Gives acerbic impressions of Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Wellington, Lyttelton, Christchurch and Dunedin, and of New Zealanders, both Pakeha and Maori. Includes photographs taken and labelled by him. Source of title - Supplied by Library In Dec 1890 Coxe left the United Kingdom on the vessel Lusitania for New Zealand. He toured the North Island and visited relatives in the South Island, before travelling to Australia on 18 Mar. After a stopover in Melbourne, he left Adelaide for the United Kingdom on 4 Apr. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, David Bristow, UK, 2008