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Date: 1852 - 1856

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

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-043-1

Description: View looking north along the Hutt Road, with the harbour and Somes Island to the right. A canoe is drawing in close to the road and a Maori man is walking towards the viewer along the road. The road appears pitted and muddy. Other Titles - Braithwaite Ngauranga Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 159 x 258 mm

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Stack, James West (Rev), 1835-1919

Reference: A-210-003

Description: Shows tent on beach, groups of Maori with two canoes with sails, boats and ships in the harbour. Probably Wellington Harbour from the Hutt Road or Petone in the 1850s looking towards the twown of Wellington. Attributed to Fox on stylistic grounds, along with A-210-008 and A-210-009. The figures in the foreground and the manner of rendering choppy sea are very typical of Fox's work Displayed in "Paradise" (Gifts to the nation), National Library Gallery, January - April 2005. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Unidentified view of beach and harbour [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 255 mm. Provenance: Collection of James West Stack. Possibly given to Stack by Fox when Stack visited Westoe, Fox's home, late summer 1861. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives, from fMS Stack, J. W. Papers and pictures, 1970s.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-016

Description: Two Pakeha beaching a rowboat on the shore in the foreground, watched by a Maori man, a small child and a dog. Two further Maori and a dog are walking away in the distance. The view is from the western shore of Wellington Harbour, possibly close to Kaiwharwhara, looking towards Petone in the distance. The western hills are shown covered in bush Other Titles - View of Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 470 mm

Date: 1852

Reference: A-034-005

Description: View looking along the Hutt Road from Petone towards Wellington. A well-formed road runs along the foot of the Western Hills towards Wellington. The walking figure of a man is at the first bend in the road. Mount Victoria is in the distance on the left, across the harbour Other Titles - Petone Road looking towards town A very similar ink and wash drawing by Smith, titled 'Petoni Road looking towards Town', is the New Zealand diary of Mrs Henry Petre, 1842-1844, (MS-1772). The drawing seems likely to be later with its well-formed road in the foreground, and with the 1852 date inscribed on the matching watercolour. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 176 x 249 mm

Date: 1845 - 1890 - 1850 - 1900

By: Rollason, James Bernard Richard Walter, 1856-1906; Futter, Frederick Roy, 1906-2001

Reference: G-701

Description: Shows a coach and four about to cross a bridge over Ngauranga stream in the foreground. The Hutt Road is visible to the right. Three buildings, including Futter's Tavern in the background. There is a half-canoe monument to Te Wharepouri, upright in the ground beyond the buildings and below the hills Quite possibly a copy of an earlier work by another artist. Other known historical paintings by Rollason appear to be copied. He was known to be painting around 1900. See 'Ngauranga, late 1840s' negative 19460 1/2 for a possible original for Rollason's painting. The artist for 'Ngauranga, late 1840s' is unknown and the photographic print was among collection items held by Anthony Murray-Oliver, with no accompanying documentation. It seems likely that the painting was lent for copying in the 1960s. One extra detail in 'Ngauranga, late 1840s' is a cross on top of the hill closest to the sea; however, it lacks the additional cart and horse on the far side of the stream. The painting includes a view of Futter's Tavern. See also Brees, S.C. N'Houranga. engraving, plate 5, no.8 in his Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847) for an earlier view of Ngauranga with the monument to Te Wharepouri Other Titles - Ngahauranga Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rollason [in red brush-point] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board 440 x 596 mm (sight)

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Wellington Historical and Early Settlers Association

Reference: A-190-024

Description: Looking along the Hutt Road, toward Petone, with the road cut into the base of the cliff and a small pointed rock formation at the water's edge. Three travellers walking along the road Title from ink inscription on mount, now detached (230 x 190 mm) Other Titles - Road to the Hutt between Ngauranga and Petone Inscriptions: bottom left - Signed and dated Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 119 x 162 mm

Date: 1847 - 1849

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-009

Description: Four huts surrounded by palisades on the sloping foreshore, two Maori standing near the water's edge, the two-storied building of the Kaiwharawhara hotel on its spit of land to the left and the Hutt Road and Hutt Valley beyond. Inscriptions: Verso - A picture of New Zealand by CEG [in pencil, probably in the artist's daughter's hand]. My dearres My dearrest Car [in ink, apparently written by the artist in his old age to his daughter Caroline] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 266 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

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

Date: 1843 - 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-190-012

Description: Two thatched-roof cottages, side by side, behind a picket fence. Behind them is a partially-cleared hill with some bush running down it. In the foreground is a road. Likely to be Kaiwharawhara or Ngauranga, with the Hutt Road in the foreground. Title from back Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 5.4 x 8.7 ins

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-191-010

Description: Shows a view looking southward along the footpath, site of the present Hutt Road and rocky shoreline, with the two-storeyed Kaiwharawhara Hotel building, and roofs of a few houses in Thorndon Quay visible in the distance. Two figures are walking along the shore in the middle distance. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W.S.; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 123 x 168 mm. Provenance: The vendor purchased this from a Wellington dealer in the early 1990s.

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-189-020

Description: View from the Hutt Road on the western shore of Wellington Harbour, looking north towards the Hutt Valley and the Tararua Range. Two European travellers have paused on the road at the foot of the cliffs and are looking toward the Hutt Valley. Seagulls are on a rock at the water's edge to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5 x 7.5 ins

Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: A-195-007

Description: View from lower Wadestown over the roofs of Thorndon houses, towards Kaiwharawhara, with the Hotel on the spit, and along the hills at the edge of the harbour towards Lower Hutt. A faint pencil drawing of a seated man is on the left in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 236 mm

Date: 1865

By: Chesney, Francis Rawdon, 1824-; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-025

Description: A rocky foreshore and cliff in the foreground, possibly Kaiwharawhara, or further along the Hutt Road at Rocky Point looking towards Khandallah and Ngaio. Only two houses are shown amidst bushy hills. In the foreground a European man is on horseback, accompanied by a Maori man and woman. Another European is standing near a Maori man while the latter pushes a small canoe out from the rocks. A single yacht is in the water. Date of 1865 is suggested because an F. R. Chesney wrote to James Coutts Crawford from Tasmania on geological matters in December 1864 and may have come later to Wellington as a visitor. Wellington became the capital in 1865. The view appears to be quite early with only two houses showing and Maori shown in partial European dress. The signature on the letter from Tasmania matches that on the watercolour. Chesney's letter makes it clear that he is a resident in Tasmania and that English is probably his first language, suggesting that the French title may have been added by a later owner Other Titles - Nouvelle Zelande, Port de Nicholson. New Zealand Port Nicholson, Wellington, near the capital [translation and correction] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - monogram FC in ink; also F. R. Chesney in brushpoint.; Verso - title in pencil in French; also inscriptions in pencil transcribing the title and repeating it in English along with a signature and date (17 Jany 1934) in the hand of A. W. F. Fuller. Further very faint illegible inscriptions in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on light card, 195 x 284 mm. Provenance: Collection of A. W. F. Fuller.

Date: 1841

From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-943-q-007-1

Description: Shows the Hutt Road (as a cart track) at the bottom of the steep bush-clad Western Hills on the right. There is a Maori canoe near the road, and three figures on the road, as well as one man in the foreground, possibly fishing. The suggestion of a settlement (Kaiwharawhara) can be seen at the water's edge in the distance. The same scene was reproduced by B Connell for the Hobson album (E-216-f-087-1), with almost identical details Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington 1841 [in blue ink]; Recto - bottom right - Petoni Road Wellington 1841 [in faint pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 112 x 182 mm, pasted to page of album 265 x 220 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E. J. Templer, UK (formerly of Tasmania), September 2012