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Connell, B :[The Hobson album]. Kiwarra Warra from the Petoni Road, Wellington [Between...

Date: 1840 - 1842

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-216-f-087-1

Description: The Hutt Road (a cart track) at the bottom of the steep bush-clad Western Hills on the right. The buildings of the Scottish settlement at Kaiwharawhara can be seen on flat land in the middle distance to the right, with suggested outlines of a few houses in Thorndon beyond. There is a Maori canoe near the road, and three figures on the road. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara, Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B. Connell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, glued to album page, 155 x 233 mm

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Pearse, John 1808-1882 :Wellington sketched from the Hutt Road, beyond 'Kai warra'. [Be...

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-035

Description: View from the Hutt Road, North of Kaiwharawhara, looking towards the Kaiwharawhara Hotel, with Thorndon and Te Aro in the distance. A sailing ship and smaller boats are on the harbour, and a canoe and small yacht are in the foreground. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 420 mm

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Connell, B., fl 1842 :[The Hobson album]. Wellington from the 'London' [1840?]

Date: 1840 - 1842

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-216-f-069

Description: View from the ship moored near Pipitea Point, with other ships in the harbour and a Maori canoe also in the water. To the right, Thorndon can be seen, with the houses along Lambton and Thorndon Quays and up to the bushline in Tinakori Road. Colonel William Wakefield's house can be seen on top of a low rise close to the beach right of centre. The London arrived in Wellington for its first visit in December 1840. Among the passengers were William and Isabella Connell and their three children. The identity of 'B' Connell is not certain Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink; also signature in pencil, lower right on work Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, 140 x 223 mm

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