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Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903

Reference: E-106-f-013-2

Description: A road carved out through dense bush, with infantry marching along it. There are large trunks from the cleared bush in the right foreground. Engraver M Jackson After an original watercolour by John Barr Clark Hoyte in the Auckland Art Gallery Other Titles - Hoyte, John Barr Clarke Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 43, November 7th 1863, p. 477 The incident took place at Ramarama, South Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 1848 - 1850

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-009

Description: Road in left foreground with stumps at its edge, a tall tree and lower bushes with the harbour and hills visible in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1854

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

Reference: E-455-f-072-2

Description: The bush-clad Rimutaka Hill Road at its base, with a Maori family in traditional clothing (or blankets) seated in a clearing, trees cleared by the road, and heavy bush all around it. A flax bush is on the left. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 155 x 255 mm

Date: 1874

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-029-069

Description: Shows a view looking west towards Auckland and the islands in the Hauraki Gulf, from the hills above Coromandel township, on the northern stretches of the Coromandel Range. Shows a figure on horseback on a steep road climbing up towards the left foreground. Shows the results of some bushclearing activity. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000

Reference: A-259-041

Description: Shows views in the Wellington area. Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-032-1

Description: Looking down from above onto a road carved out through dense bush, with cavalry and infantry marching along it. Large trunks from the cleared bush in the foreground The Library holds another version of this view at A-134-011, from a source other than the Illustrated London news Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 43, November 7th 1863, p. 476 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 1861

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886

Reference: C-003-004

Description: This is a larger and more finished version of the image at C-003-001. Nine-part panorama forming a complete circle, of the view from the parsonage attached to St James Anglican Church Lower Hutt. Shows the parsonage with surrounding houses and farms, cleared land, roads, bush and hills in the background. There are men on horseback, a light horse-drawn trap, men ploughing with a horse-drawn plough, and a wagon drawn by two horses. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (At lower edge of each panel): TBH; Album page - centre - (On verso of one of the panels): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 173 x 2250 mm, on nine joined panels, each 173 x 250 mm Provenance: Purchased from a direct descendant of Bishop Selwyn, who previously owned the works. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-248.

Date: 1847 - 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-003

Description: The narrow road above one side of the Hutt River, looking north. A large tree stump is on the edge of the road Other Titles - 2nd Zealand Inscriptions: Glued to back of window mat: title in ink in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 84 x 131 mm (sight)

Date: 1875-1905

By: Schow, Lars Andersen, 1835-1920

Reference: MS-Papers-1359

Description: Papers of Schow, a Danish settler in Mauriceville with diary describing his voyage from Hamburg and arrival in Wellington on the `Herschel' (Hertsjel) (including heavy storm, rioting of passengers etc) (1875); the journey to Wairarapa and activities there including road works and working on the Rimutaka tunnel; manuscript and published poems; specifications and contract for road construction in the Mauriceville district; tenders for bushfelling; and photographs Language - Printed material in Old Danish; also some mss material Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - En ny sang; hilsen fra de nyankomne ivandrere i New Zealand til de gamle venner i Danmark by I A Schow (Masterton, ca 1885); also version published by Whitcombe & Tombs with English translation and photograph Other Titles - Et Glimt of Nordens land by I A Skov Other Titles - Ebendelov for Kongerige Danmark (Odense, 1866) Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter and photographs

Date: 1856

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: A-189-022

Description: Kaiwharawhara Valley, Wellington, looking out towards the harbour, with a single-storied gabled house with an out-building, the whole surrounded by a fence and one or two trees, on the flat. The house was the first Wellington residence of Mary Marshall, nee Swainson, sister of the artist. The hills are shown newly denuded of bush, with some erosion. On the left is the old coach road towards Porirua. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Inscriptions: Signed: G F Swainson Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photostat of pencil drawing

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: B-049-026/028

Description: Three Wellington area views. The top view looks down the Hutt river, showing dense bush on both sides. The clearings on the distant hills are Maori gardens. The middle view looks along the Hutt Road from Petone towards Wellington in the distance; the lower view looks up Tinakore Road (then called Karori Road) past the junction with Hawkestone Street. Brees' house is on the left and a large kahikitea tree is alongside the road. Also shown are the houses of Mr 'Joah' Wakefield and the former residence of Mr de Bathe Brandon. Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-063

Description: A road through bush, with a cabbage tree and tree-ferns by the road. The stumps of cleared trees also show. The title is not very legible. A similar name on the previous page in the sketchbook (E-346-2-061) looks like Gatty. The name in the title for this view (E-346-2-063) could be Gitty, Getty or Gotty. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-372-f-003-2

Description: Looking down from above onto a road carved out through dense bush, with cavalry and infantry marching along it. Large trunks from the cleared bush in the foreground The Library holds another version of this view at A-134-011, from a source other than the Illustrated London news Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 43, November 7th 1863, p. 476 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 1870

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Scrymgeour, William John Tyndal, 1922?-; Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898

Reference: D-022-006

Description: View from cleared hills with several native trees, a road winding down to the right, with a gate and a man on a dray being pulled by two horses. The harbour with two ships centre and centre right, with Somes Island to the right. On the left in the middle distance, part of Thorndon, with St Paul's Church and a jetty. The Western hills, the Hutt Valley, Eastbourne and the Tararuas in the distance. Probably a view from above The Glen in Kelburn Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.D.Barraud. 1870 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white 455 x 785 mm Provenance: Hung with a watercolour of Lake Coleridge Station, 1870 (D-022-007), in Government House, Wellington, during the governorship of Sir George Grey. Sold at auction in Wellington to the vendor's grandfather, also a Mr Scrymgeour (or Scrimgeour) in the 1880s or 1890s. Mr Scrymgeour migrated to Australia in the early 1900s to Goondawindi Station. The paintings passed to his son (died 1968) then to his grandson, William John Tyndal Scrymgeour, born ca 1922, of "Arran", Warwick, Queensland.

Date: 1847 - 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-056

Description: Shows a straight road through an area of native bush including beech trees, with tall trees at left and right. There are two young lancewood trees in the extreme right foreground, and two sawn-down tree trunks beside them. Three figures walk along the road, two of them together and one further off. There is a range of hills in the distance. Other Titles - Through; Beech Forest; October Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 28 Oct 47; Recto - bottom right - [Initials and date]; Recto - bottom right - [At extreme lower right of sheet] 28 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 202 x 150 mm, on sheet 275 x 214 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

By: Maplestone, Henry, 1819?-1884

Reference: B-065-002

Description: View looking across the settlement to the Sugar Loaves. Shows bullock teams coming from the beach at the right, and men clearing the bush in the right foreground. In the left foreground a Maori tends three goats. At the centre is Mount Eliot, with the summer residence of Sir George Grey (formerly that of J. T. Wicksteed). The view is derived from "View of Mount Eliot ... " in C. F. Hursthouse's "An account of the settlement of New Plymouth ..." (London, 1849), opp. p.76. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - H. Maplestone Maplestone is believed not ever to have come to New Zealand. At the time Maplestone dated his paintings, Brees was displaying in London and elsewhere his New Zealand panorama, and Hursthouse was lecturing on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 305 x 460 mm.

Date: 1863

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: PUBL-0033-1863-476

Description: Looking down from above onto a road carved out through dense bush, with cavalry and infantry marching along it. Large trunks from the cleared bush in the foreground The Library holds another version of this view at A-134-011, from a source other than the Illustrated London news Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 1891

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-030-011

Description: Shows houses in the small town of Eketahuna in the middle distance, behind a large depression, around which a road has been made. Horses graze in the right foreground, a horse and carriage travels from the right towards the town, and in the right distance is a white church or school building. Some land clearing has been done in the depression which has some tree stumps and trunks lying on the ground. File prints of other versions identify the horse and carriage as the stage coach from Alfredton. One of several versions of the same view, each with minor variations (See other file prints in Drawings & Prints, for versions held elsewhere). Reproduced in colour, facsimile sized, as the cover illustration for Christopher Aubrey (fl 1876-1906). The Alexander Turnbull Library Prints 1979. (Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1979). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C Aubrey 1891 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 352 x 587 mm

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: 1854 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-073-1

Description: A cutting, shortly after the formation of the Rimutaka Hill Road, with cleared tree trunks and the road curving. A Maori family are walking a horse along the road and a steep, heavily bushed hill rises behind the road. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 255 x 160 mm