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Date: 27 October 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-466-011

Description: Shows two men fishing on the banks of the Hutt River. The river winds to the left of the scene, with the hills of the gorge rising either side. Two tall trees, with straight trunks, tower over the fishing men. 'Taine's section' refers to the land owned by James John Taine (1817-1914), who resided in the Hutt until about 1847, when this scene was drawn Swainson drew several different views of the Hutt Valley gorges Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Entrance to the second valley. Taine's section [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - W Swainson / 27 Oct 1847 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 195 x 235 mm (sight) Provenance: Provenance prior to purchase unknown

Date: 1845 - 1850

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-464-027

Description: Shows a cow in a bush setting, which includes a young palm and a tree fern Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - WS [artist's initials, in pencil]; Backing board recto - beneath image - Young palm and tree fern, Hutt Valley NZd [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash on paper, 135 x 115 mm Provenance: Previously sold at Bethunes at Webb's, March 2010

Date: 1860

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: A-186-048

Description: Shows a view of the Hutt Valley with the river winding towards the foreground. The buildings of the stockade (Fort Richmond) are at the left with a blue white and red striped flag flying on a pole beside one of the buildings. There may be a bridge in the centre, with a further three houses at the right. Other Titles - And Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 90 x 255 mm, lower corners rounded Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1840 - 1850

Reference: B-009-013

Description: Two men resting beside a narrow road newly cleared through native bush, including a tall tree fern, with a river to the left. Could possibly be the Karori or Porirua areas, but more likely to show the making of the road between Petone and Taita Gorge in 1842, overseen by the artist, who was then Chief Surveyor. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print in 1972 - see C-028-036. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 315 x 228 mm

Date: 1847

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

Reference: A-190-001

Description: The trunks and surrounding vegetation of a large pukatea tree in Hutt Forest, Hutt Valley Other Titles - Dead Pukatea tree, Hutt Forest? Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 6.2 x 4.1 ins

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-005

Description: Steep partially-cleared hills behind a row of single-storied houses, three larger, three very small. A large fenced vegetable growing area in front, with a path winding through the centre. The scene could be in the Hutt Valley or Wellington, but bears a strong resemblance to Richard Taylor's ink & wash drawing titled 'Wanganui Hospital & Mr Nixon's house, Nov. 27 1857' (E-296-q-146-3) A view of Wellington Harbour is on the verso of this page. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993.

Date: 1842 - 1848

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

Reference: A-189-008

Description: A rata vine developed into a shape apparently with a hand supporting another tree Other Titles - Alzdorf's Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 8.3 x 4.7 ins

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-190-022

Description: A clearing in bush, with a single-storey bark hut on a rock or clay bank beside a small stream. A tall mamaku (tree fern) is in front of the hut, with a seated and a standing Maori figure. Other tree ferns and bush are beyond, with hills. A raupo is in the foreground beside the stream. The scene is likely to be at the foot of the western or eastern hills in the Hutt Valley. Other Titles - Native bark hut and tree fern, Lower Hutt Valley Inscriptions: Verso - Native bark hut and black fern. Lower Hutt Valley. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 180 x 120 mm

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: White, Frederick John, active 1837-1848; Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863

Reference: A-292-075

Description: A copy, with some variations of a lithograph from an original drawing by William Swainson 'Fern-Tree', lithographed by Cuthbert Clarke at St John's College, Auckland in 1849. Both versions show the central tree-fern with its dead branches hanging around the trunk, a standing (armed with a spear) Maori male and a seated Maori woman to the left of the trunk and low scrub beyond. White's watercolour has the addition of another Maori male walking off into the bushes to the right of the trunk of the tree-fern. It is possible that White copied Swainson's drawing, rather than Clarke's lithograph version of this view. See A-004-007 for a copy of the lithograph, which is very rare, and in which Clarke has accidentally reversed the Ns in Swainson's name, and almost in the title, although that is corrected. See also White's 'Black tree-fern' (A-292-073), which tends to suggest that White was copying Swainson's drawing, rather than the lithograph, because it is not reversed, like the lithograph. However the fact that both of Swainson's drawings that he is known to have copied were lithographed by Clarke in Auckland, may suggest that White saw the drawings in Auckland. T. B. Collinson, amongst whose sketches the watercolours by Fred White are located, visited St John's College and White, a fellow member of the Royal Marines, may have visited with him and seen the Swainson drawings there.. Other Titles - Fern-Tree, after William Swainson and Cuthbert Clarke. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Fred. J. White [in red-brown brushpoint]; Recto - top right - 64 [in pencil, numbered by T. B. Collinson. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gouache on paper, 331 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1847 - 1859

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

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-029

Description: View past dense bush, including a large tree covered with epiphytes, looking towards still water. Possibly the Hutt Forest and part of the Hutt River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 270 x 179 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1840

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: A-146-001

Description: A hill with fern and low scrub in the foreground, with a view across the bush-covered Hutt Valley and Petone to the Wainuiomata Hills, with the Harbour, Somes Island and four immigrant ships, the harbour entrance and Miramar Peninsula. There are houses built by the first European settlers on the beach, possibly along with the buildings of Petone Pa, although the latter are indistinguishable from the settlers' houses. The Pa may be hidden from sight by a low rise to the right. Original drawing for a lithograph in E. J . Wakefield's "Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand" (London, 1845) Plate 3, with title "Port Nicholson from the hills above Pitone in 1840". The lithograph includes in its foreground a Maori woman gathering crops or food and three pigs. The ships shown are probably the first four immigrant ships to arrive in Wellington, the Aurora, the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh and the Bengal Merchant. The ships arrived between 22 January and 28 February 1840. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title, signature, and "Portfolio D" [the latter inscribed by staff of the New Zealand Company in London.; Recto - top centre - No. 55. New Zealand Company Mar 23 1842 [the latter a stamp indicating the date the drawing was received by the New Zealand Company in London]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing 233 x 369 mm Provenance: Drawn for the New Zealand Company and sent to London. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull with other New Zealand Company material in 1915.

Date: 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985

Reference: B-159-024

Description: Shows a Maori man and woman with a child on the woman's back, walking beside their packhorse on a road at the left. The packhorse is laden with red saddlebags. The road continues into the foreground and curves away again to the right, disappearing into a bushcovered hilly area. The couple are passing a central rata tree in flower, and there are bushcovered hills in the distance. In the foreground in front of the rata is a pool or section of a river. Location suggested to be the Hutt Valley, but may be one of the gorges off the western side of the harbour, possibly near the old Porirua Road. Letter of authentication dated 24 August 1983 on backing board. Sometimes known as "Maori travellers ..." Other Titles - Maori travellers with packs and horse, pack horse, Hutt Valley [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 375 x 262 mm. Provenance: Formerly owned by the artist's great granddaughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock. Auctioned at McArthur & Company Auckland in October 1983 (lot 28)

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-187-049

Description: Two cows, one drinking from a stream. A young cabbage tree is on the left, and toitoi is on the right at the water's edge Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash, 120 x 95 mm

Date: 1840 - 1849

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

Reference: A-190-009

Description: The artist's home in a clearing in Hutt Forest. The view is from the side, showing the original home, an L-shaped building. There is a cabbage tree to the left of the building Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 3.9 x 6.2 ins

Date: 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-179-013

Description: Shows the Maraenuku Pā [Makaenuku] in the Hutt Valley. Five British soldiers stand in the right foreground, watching Maori with bundles leaving the pa and walking towards a canoe near the water at the left. The palisades around the pa have carved upright posts. The pa was located on the east bank of the Hutt River, close to the present Melling Bridge. Brees mentions that Makaenuku Pa was built by Porirua Maori after 1840. Date is likely to be 1845, since the soldiers shown did not occupy the Hutt Valley until 1845. The original watercolour used as a basis for the published steel engraving in Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", (1847), Plate 18. Other Titles - Makahinuku Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Natives preparing to leave the Hutt; Recto - bottom left - Makaenuku Pa - Hutt Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 290 mm. Provenance: Previously owned about 1962-1990 by Mrs I L S (Nancy) Sutherland of Christchurch.

Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-055

Description: Shows a clearing on an area of flat land with bush-covered hills behind. There is a group of four cows at the right, attended by a man resting on a stick. In the centre is a stand of cabbage trees, beside a tree of spreading habit. The river is visible as a narrow ribbon crossing the picture. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Initials and date]; Mat recto - top right - [At extreme top right of mat] 25 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 140 x 214 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 300 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-190-019

Description: Shows a cattle beast in the foreground beside the trunk of a tall tree with epiphytes. In the background is a small cottage Inscriptions: Signed: W. Swainson Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 187 x 129 mm

Date: 1841 - 1855

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-189-019

Description: A clearing in dense bush, with a Maori storage platform containing kete and seed potatoes. Two people to the right of the platform. One appears to be lifting a kete onto the platform. A cabbage tree is visible amongst the bush to the left and there is a large dead tree trunk on the left. The drawing is black and white and may be unfinished. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon on paper, 215 x 127 mm

Date: 1840 - 1849

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

Reference: A-190-007

Description: The artist's own home in a clearing in Hutt Forest. There is a second, smaller building beyond the main homestead, to the left, a cow in the left foreground, tall trunks and tree ferns Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 4.1 x 5.8 ins

Date: 1845

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

Reference: A-189-009

Description: A rata twining around a large pukatea tree on Alzdorf's farm in the Hutt Valley Other Titles - Alzdorf's Pukatea Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 8.2 x 4.8 ins