Places

Date: 1856

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-139-017

Description: Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There are shops in the distance. A red-coated soldier leans against the door to Barrett's Hotel. A small rowboat is in the sea to the right of the road Title on engraved plate on frame. Artist attributed because of similarity of subject to Holmes' "Wellington Beach 1856" (A-032-040). The work is not as finished as that one however. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 343 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to that in the collection of Mr Charles Levin of Sanson, descendant of W. H. Levin.

Date: 17th September 1873

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003212-G

Description: Reclamation at Mussel Bay, between Port Chalmers and Sawyers Bay, 17 September 1873. Photographed by an unidentified photographer. The mayor Hugh McDermid, wheels the first barrow to begin reclamation at Mussel Bay for the proposed railway workshops. However Dunedin opposition won the workshops for Hillside, and the site became the 'old' recreation ground. See "Port Chalmers and its people" by Ian Church (p 70) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Old Port Chalmers. No 24.; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Reclamations of Mussel Bay. Sep 17th 1873. Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1859

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Martin G. Heywood (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-051-007

Description: View of Lyttelton, possibly from Quail Island, looking at the township from the south east, with Holy Trinity Church, John Robert Godley's house, other houses, businesses and wharves, against a backdrop of the Port Hills. In the foreground, cabbage trees and flaxes. Three schooners are close to the foreground. Ellis, E.M & D.G Early prints of New Zealand 1642-1875 Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints, no. 549. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 print pasted on card; tinted lithograph 248 x 388 mm, on sheet 342 x 498 mm, on card 370 x 525 mm Provenance: K.A. Webster collection, London (collection stamp on backing board).

Date: 1863

By: Eastwood, James, 1846-1937; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945

Reference: A-050-020

Description: A view from the road leading down into the port from the south, with a couple standing on the road looking at the view. A house is below the road amidst low scrub, with several other roofs visible, and ships and a mole can be seen, as well as the hills on the opposite side Attributed by Anne Kirker; see TL 3/1/1, 19.12.75 Other Titles - Port Lyttelton Inscriptions: Recto - top left - title and date in pencil. Also in pencil on the verso 'Port Lyttelton' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 115 x 190 mm Provenance: Formerly in the collection of T E Donne

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.

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: PUBL-0020-09-2

Description: Shows Wellington seen from the Hutt Road with a rocky outcrop in the centre foreground. Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 75 x 190 mm. on page.

Date: 1878

By: Forster, William James, 1851-1891; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: D-022-014

Description: Shows a profile portrait of a three-masted sailing ship flying two flags from its mast tops. There is a steamship in the right distance, and Pencarrow Head and lighthouse in the left background. This painting was probably commissioned by the ship's three Wellington owners, or the Master Captain James Lee. The "Poneke" was built in Evans Bay, Wellington, in 1878 by John Rees George. She was 79.98 gross registered tons. Her length was 84.5 feet and beam was 18.9 feet. Initially registered at the port of Wellington on 19 March 1878, with her Master recorded as Stephen Ellis. She was owned by John Rees George, Civil engineer, 1878; Archibald McLeod, timber merchant, 1878-1880, William Waddell, Timber merchant and William Weir, timber merchant. Presumed to have foundered at sea with all hands (6) as she was not seen since being sighted off Greymouth. She had sailed from Onehunga on 11 June 1880. (Information from the seller, John Crowder, 1998) Accompanied by a loose card bearing the title "Poneke". To be mounted on the backing board. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 349 x 547 mm.

Date: 1864

By: Harris, A, active 1864

Reference: C-018-002

Description: Shows a general view of Coromandel Harbour with the township on the water's edge at the left. Original for engr. in Illustrated London News, 14 Jan 1865, p. 32-33 Inscriptions: Signed Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 558 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1865

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 :Maps from papers

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/[1860-65]/Acc.1777

Description: Cadastral map of the entrance of Kaipara Harbour, from the Waionui Inlet, Papakanui Spit, South Head down to Mairetahi. Several placenames are given along the eastern coastline, Kawau, Pararaha, Waipiro, Haratai, Te Pua, Waioneke, Onumotu, Taumata, Karukanihui. Four areas are highlighted and their acreage given: Okaka (1851), Whiritoa (1558), Waioneke (5500), and Mairetahi (6300). Both the Okara block and the Whiritoa block have small designated Native reserves, marked 'N.R.' Pencil note at bottom of map 'By Chas Heaphy?' Title drawn on map in pencil and inside square brackets Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, hand coloured, linen backed, 34 x 20 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - From McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 Papers - MS-Papers-0032.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-105/106

Description: Shows several labelled ships in the harbour. The Sandfly (at right) is a paddlesteamer. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil 100 x 320 mm.

Date: 1866

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2078-G

Description: Wellington Harbour and Te Aro, photographed looking south from a pier near the site of Wellington Railway Station in 1866 by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Mount Victoria is on the left. Shipping may be seen in the harbour. Other - Extreme left image in panoramic sequence 10x8-2078 to 10x8-2087 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; C Hullmandel (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-026-001-b

Description: View from the corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay looking along the length of Lambton Quay. Library holds 8 copies of this print in various states, C-026-001-a to h. See also key to this view at C-026-001 State: 1st plate, 1st issue. Hand-coloured Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone, hand-coloured, 366 x 524 mm

Date: 1867

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003205-G

Description: View of old Port Chalmers from the flagstaff, looking over Koputai Bay in 1867. The topmost building is the first Presbyterian Church; the hulk Thomas and Henry is at anchor, fitted out as a quarantine station; and a stone lighter is in the foreground. Photographed by an unidentified photographer. Full details from similar photograph reproduced in "Port Chalmers and its people" by Ian Church. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Old Port Chalmers. No 1. Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1849

By: Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862; Standidge & Company; Trelawney Saunders Ltd; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: D-016-010

Description: View looking out to the harbour, a fenced ploughed area to the left, framed by a tree, a man reclining on two felled tree trunks and others standing, talking, cows, a dog, huts and houses closer to the water's edge on the right and several ships in the harbour. Original pencil drawing with same title, identifying "Heyward's Point, Tairoa's Head, Custom House" (held at C-012-003) Backed with paper and linen Extended Title - Published and sold by Trelawney Saunders [1849? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph 396 x 754 mm on sheet 603 x 880 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull. Ordered in a letter to Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 20 April 1896, for 42 shillings

Date: late 1860s

From: Dobson, E J : Photographs

Reference: 1/2-065776-F

Description: Lyttelton, and harbour, late 1860s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1840 - 1846

From: Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 :Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie ... 1838 - 1842. Atlas pittoresque. Paris, A. Gide, 1846.

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; A Gide, active 1846; Sabatier, Leon Jean-Baptiste, -1887

Reference: PUBL-0028-185

Description: Shows a view of the harbour with four sailing ships anchored offshore. The shore in the foreground shows native vegetation, some Maori whare and lagoons. Other Titles - Akaroa Harbour New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white, 261 x 442 mm

Date: 1842

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: MapColl-834.44gmfs/1842/Acc.431

Description: Attributed to Capt W M Smith Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: 26 x 36 cm

Date: 1866

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2080-G

Description: Wellington Harbour and Te Aro, photographed from a pier near the site of Wellington Railway Station in 1866 by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Lambton Quay runs across the foreground, with The Terrace immediately behind. Other - Third image from left in panoramic sequence 10x8-2078 to 10x8-2087 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches

Date: 1875

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

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-003

Description: Shows a broad view of the inlet, with a sailboat in the left distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 105 x 340 mm

Date: Ca March 1887

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025711-G

Description: Butternut camp, Te Onepoto Bay, Porirua Harbour, Wellington region. Shows sailing canoes of the Tainui Canoe Club. Photograph taken ca 1887 by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print, originally from lantern slide. Dated from William's residence in Wellington ca 1881-1886/7. Location identified by visit to site by J Sullivan, 19 Nov 2011 Photographer's title from lantern slide: "Butternut camp, Porirua Harbour, W'ton" The Tainui Canoe Club, of which William Williams was a member, held a cruise on Porirua Harbour at Easter 1887. Source of information: Evening Post, 16 October 1886, Page 2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative