IMAGE
Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 5. 12. Porerua Bay. 13. Town of New Plymouth at Teranaki. 14. Thom's whaling station, Porerua. Drawn by S C Brees. Engraved by Henry Melville. [London, 1847].
- Date
- 1842 - 1847
- Reference
- B-049-012/014
- Description
Three engravings from watercolours by S. C. Brees, Principal Surveyor to the New Zealand Company in Wellington, 1842-1845. They show a pa in the foreground close to Porirua Harbour, with a view of the harbour and hills, a European man with swag, walking stick and dog in the foreground; New Plymouth looking south along the coastline with Mount Taranaki and the Sugar Loaf rocks in the background, cows in the foreground and the houses of the town in the middle distance; two buildings of Joseph Thom's whaling station, with washing hanging up, barrels in the foreground.
Other Titles - Porirua. Taranaki
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 365 x 261
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847. / Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Engraving on sheet 365 x 261
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