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[Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wharekaka station on Ruamahunga River N.Z. Clifford...
Date: 1847
By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993
Reference: A-229-005
Description: Shows a small single-storied house with a cob chimney (?) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 261 mm
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Whare Kaka. [1840s?]
Date: 1840 - 1859
By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Reference: A-035-001
Description: Shows dwelling with what appears to be battened-down thatch roofing. There is a stream on the left, and the house stands in a cleared area of bush. The station was established by Clifford and Weld. First sheep station in New Zealand, established in Wairarapa by Mr C Clifford in 1843. Compare an almost identical copy (but on brown paper) in Mein Smith's hand from the collection of William Swainson, located at A-024-019. This copy appears to include a vegetable garden at the front of the house. Other Titles - Wharekaka Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] / W.M.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 115 x 165 mm
[Smith, William Mein] 1799-1869 :[Wharekaka, the station of Clifford and Weld by the Ru...
Date: 1843 - 1850
By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-024-019
Description: The Ruamahanga River to the left, and Clifford and Weld's sheep station homestead in front of bush in the centre and right. The roof appears to be made of battened-down thatch, and the plants in front may be rows of vegetables. A slab chimney is on the left end of the single-storey house. Prior to January 2000, catalogued as Cottage by William Swainson; however comparison with an almost identical signed and titled pencil drawing at A-035-001 shows it to be of Wharekaka and by William Mein Smith. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on brown paper, 106 x 151 mm (sight) Provenance: Collection of William Swainson, possibly given to him by the artist.
[Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Clifford and Weld's station Wharekaka - Wairarapa N...
Date: 1846
From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]
By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889
Reference: A-229-015
Description: A river to the left, cleared land with a simple wooden dwelling with chimney at the left end, a door and three windows in the foreground, trees and hills beyond. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on paper 177 x 260 mm