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Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.) :Wellington - from S.W. [1887-1888]
Date: 1887 - 1888
From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: E-955-f-042
Description: A view down Nairn Street towards upper Willis Street, with Thorndon in the distance. St Peter's on Willis Street is identified by its spire. The Terrace rises up along the hill to the left. The harbour and western hills can be seen in the distance. A gaslight street lamp is in the immediate foreground on the left Burton Brothers catalogue number 2298 See also A-109-009 for a wood engraving print of a similar scene Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 140 x 195 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm
Aubrey, Christopher, fl 1868-1906 :Wellington from Brooklyn. 1888.
Date: 1888
By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906
Reference: D-032-002
Description: Shows a view of Wellington and Wellington Harbour as far as the Hutt Valley. The view includes the Terrace and Terrace prison, the streets and buildings of Oriental Bay and Te Aro on the flat, including gasometers, chimneys and churches (St John's and St Peter's Willis Street), the houses on Mount Victoria, Somes Island. Three cows and a calf are attended by a man with a staff, in the foreground. The image is similar to that at C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but extends further on either side. The scale is very similar, but the images of the buildings are not identical. Unlike most other Aubrey works held in the Library, both of these pictures use some gum arabic in the foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C Aubrey 1888 Very similar to C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but includes detail on both sides missing in Te Aro and Wellingon Harbour. Unlike most other Aubrey works held by the Library, this work uses some gum arabic in the foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 531 x 918 mm. Provenance: Possibly owned by Ivan Napier, Greytown, 1970s or early 1980s. In Harnett & Wedde winter antique auction, 1987, purchased Brierley's Ltd, Wellington.