Places

Date: 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-002

Description: Positive microfilm print from Micro MS. 333 the Drawings & Sketches of Mary Marshall [with corrections and drawings by William Swainson] arranged by her father W. Swainson [ca. 1838-1854] copied 1961 from original in possession of Roger Marshall. Inscriptions: W.S. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies Microfilm print-out. Physical Description: Print of black crayon on grey paper heightened with white chalk. 8.2 x 5.1 ins

Date: 1811-1879 [1868-1879]

Reference: Micro-MS-0064

Description: Comprise extracts from transcripts made by William John Swainson of family letters. Include notes on the Swainson and Strickland families, an autobiography, notes on the voyage of the `Jane' to New Zealand, correspondence from his father in law, John Parkes, and with his brothers, notes and other papers on the Hutt Valley and Horokiwi wars; letters, testimonials and other papers relating relating to his father William Swainson, diary and journal extractsong with W J Swainson's own linking and explanatory notes. Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1840 - 1849

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

Reference: A-189-014

Description: A view from Wellington Harbour looking towards Petone and the Wainuiomata hills. A canoe and figures are beside a large rock in the foreground, Somes Island is in the middle ground and the Orongorongo Range is behind Title from accompanying label Other Titles - Wainuiomata Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 208 mm

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-048-047

Description: A clearing in Hutt Forest, with the trunk of a large tree to the left, a crouching Maori figure, a raupo hut and a tree fern Title from pencil inscription; date on verso. Almost identical to A-048-048 (untitled). Copy of lithograph by Cuthbert Clarke after William Swainson (See A4/7) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash with chinese white 252 x 175 mm

Date: 1847

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

Reference: A-189-006

Description: A study of a tall fern tree Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 160 x 129 mm4.7 ins

Date: 1849 - 1850

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-009

Description: A small cottage owned by J H Bromley in the 1840s in the Porirua district Inscriptions: Verso - I drew this to shew my dear child the errors in the shading of her own drawing, the outlines of which are mostly the same. W S. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Positive microfilm print

Date: 1859

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903; Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-188-024

Description: A Maori man seated at the foot of a tree fern in a forest. There is a food storage platform to the right Probably copied from a very similar drawing by William Swainson, Edith Halcombe's father. The artist would have been only 15 at the time this was drawn and is known to have copied her father's work when young. Her preliminary study for this drawing [Tree fern], ref. no. A-188-021-1 is annotated 'Copied from Papas' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed and dated: E S Swainson March 1859 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black conte crayon on tinted paper 202 x 136 mm

Date: 1841 - 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-010

Description: The Hutt river in the distance with tree ferns Copy of pencil drawing (92 x 132 mm) copied by Mary Marshall from original by W. Swainson. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Microfilm printout, 238 x 167 mm

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-187-048

Description: A small nikau whare in a clearing at the foot of a tree-fern and other taller trees. Drawn 1 June 1845. Caption added later referring to the 1847 Ngati Toa raid on Boulcott's Farm, Hutt Valley. Other Titles - hut Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1 June 1845.; On accompanying label: text of title, with date 24 Feb.y 1847 and initials W. S. in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on buff paper, 112 x 90 mm

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: B-049-044/046

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley, Wellington and Wairarapa. At the top, a view looking west along Palliser Bayl, with Hokorewa Pa visible on the flat land near the coast in the distance, at the mouth of the Ruamahanga River. In the centre a view from the hills above Brooklyn and Ohiro Valley, looking west towards the harbour entrance. A few sheep are grazing in the foreground. Mount Victoria, Evans Bay and Lyall Bay can be seen. At the bottom, the house of William Swainson, with other buildings around it and trees on both sides. Three cows grazing in the foreground. Other Titles - William Swainson Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-048-049

Description: Scene in a clearing in Hutt Forest, with tall tree trunks to the left, a low raupo whare centre with a tree fern in front. A Maori figure is crouching at the entrance to the hut. Title from pencil inscription; date on verso. Almost identical to A-048-050 (untitled). Copy of lithograph by Cuthbert Clarke after William Swainson, held by British Library (Add MS 19954, folio 90 (132). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash with chinese white 252 x 175 mm

Date: 1839-1886

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2281

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1846

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

Reference: A-190-014

Description: A small thatched cottage with a tall conical roof, propped up with branches on three visible sides. A man standing to the left and a barrel lying on the ground near the building, flax bushes in the foreground and the harbour and Western Hutt hills in the background. Probably the first Petone court house building. Compare the building illustrated on p. 12 of Louis Ward's 'Early Wellington'. A very similar building is shown with a caption indicating that this is possibly the court house of the The Settlement at Petone. A further almost identical view on sale at Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 April 2010 is titled First Court House, Petoni Beach ... 1846. Other Titles - [Courthouse at The Settlement, Petone?] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 195 mm

Date: 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-187-054

Description: A European man with a flat cap and a walking stick on a broad path among tall trees. The trees are likely to be rimu, manuka and silver beech Other Titles - Manuka. Mangaroa Hills Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Weeping pine. White Birch. Manuka. On mount in the hand of the artist: Title and date. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 162 x 102 mm

Date: 1843

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-035-017

Description: A clearing amongst tall native trees, with a the house of George Compton in the background, surrounded by a low fence, the whole viewed through a gap between the trunks of two large trees. There is a fallen tree trunk in the centre with a man seated on the trunk, his back to the viewer and staff in his hand. Note on verso: Compton's cottage on Daniel's Island, River Hutt in 1843. (The whole cut down and the buildings destroyed - 1847). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1843-54. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 165 x 224 mm

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Anson family

Reference: A-188-055

Description: Right profile view of cow standing in front of haystack, on Alfred Ludlam's farm, Lower Hutt; identified by artist as being the Devon breed. Title from pencil inscription at bottom of image. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W Swainson / 14 June 1847; Recto - beneath image - True Devon Cow / Ludlams. (River Hutt NZeald) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 200 x 153 mm, on card 308 x 240 mm. Provenance: Anson Family collection.

Date: 1848 - 1854

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-005

Description: An abandoned Maori cottage on a small island close to Kapiti Island Copy of pencil and wash drawing (122 x 157 mm), signed: M.M. Nov. 49 & W Swainson 1854. Probably a copy by Mary Marshall of an original by her father William Swainson. Other Titles - New Zealand Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Microfilm printout, 238 x 167 mm

Date: [ca 1838-1854]

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: Micro-Art-017

Description: Most of the drawings appear to be copies by Mary Marshall (nee Swainson) of originals by W Swainson, and many have signed corrections by him. Includes one drawing by J W Marshall. Sketches made on voyage to New Zealand ; various animals, trees and botanical drawings; New Zealand scenes, chiefly in Hutt Valley and Porirua districts. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) Negative microfilm, 3m.

Date: 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-023

Description: An early pa at Waikanae with a large whale jaw mounted as part of the defensive palisade List of Swainson's sketches. No. 3 has same title. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Positive photostat from microfilm of pencil sketch, 95 x 150 mm

Date: 1843

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Crompton-Smith, Annie Marian, 1877-1965

Reference: A-035-014

Description: A clearing amongst tall native trees, with a the house of George Compton in the background, surrounded by a low fence, two cows grazing, watched by a man seated on a tree-root, with the stump of a large tree trunk on the left. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Swainson [in a later hand]; Recto - bottom centre - Title [in the artist's hand] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 159 x 229 mm (top unevenly torn)