Places

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-050

Description: Shows three huts with steep-pitched thatched roofs, rush walls and small windows. The central hut is enclosed by a small wooden fence. The one at right foreground has a high stone chimney. A man is repairing or reapplying flax or rushes to the walls. In extreme right foreground grows a flax bush. There are hills in the background. The furthest cottage may be the building used as the first courthouse; see note for image at A-190-014. Very similar to the work at A-190-013 Other Titles - Petone; New Zealand Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 60; [At extreme top right of mat] 7 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 133 x 212 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 304 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-053

Description: Shows a raupo or flax hut with wooden batten structure to hold the raupo in place. There is a small window in the near wall which appears to be supported by two props. The roof is thatched and there is a slab chimney at the right side. There are hills in the background. A later hand has sketched in pencil a suggestion of a woman feeding four chickens. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 16; Mat recto - bottom right - [At extreme lower right corner of mat]: 8 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 172 x 130 mm, mounted on sheet 305 x 238 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1841 - 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-013

Description: A settler's cottage with thatched roof and chimney close to the shore. The view looks east towards the Eastern hills. The palisade of Petone Pa is beyond the house. A flax is in the foreground. A man is seated in a small canoe just off the beach Inscriptions: Signed: W.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 3 x 5.25 ins

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-051

Description: Shows a hut with a thatched roof and slab chimney, with clumps of flax in the foreground. In the right background is another hut with a more steeply pitched roof. There are hills in the distance. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [At extreme top right of mat] 9 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 130 x 164 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 298 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1845 - 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-049

Description: Shows two thatched rush cottages with steeply pitched roofs and slab chimneys, and with a stake fence between them. In the foreground is a pond or swamp with rushes. At the left of the left hut is a Maori figure standing with a spear. There are hills are in the background. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 58; [At extreme top right of mat] 6 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 132 x 193 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 304 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.