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Brown, William Robert Edward, 1830-1907 :A sketch of part of Wellington, N.Z. ; from ... Kai-warra-warra hill / W R E B 1857.
- Date
- 1857 - 1860
- By
- Brown, William Robert Edward, 1830-1907; Balcombe-Brown, Eliza Mary, 1869-
- Reference
- B-035-014
- Description
Shows part of the entrances to Port Nicholson and Evans Bay, Te Aro, Thorndon, and in the centre foreground, Kaiwharawhara with hotels and the Maori pa. The ship Oliver Laing is the larger vessel in harbour in the distance to the right. The houses on land protruding into the harbour in the near right are in Thorndon; the line of houses at the foot of a cliff by the sea beyond that is Lambton Quay, with 'Plimmer's ark' (the barque Inconstant) moored in the water at the end. The buildings beyond are on Te Aro Flat
An ink inscription on the verso reads: A sketch of part of Wellington, N. Z. from the old track across Kai-warra-warra Hill. The straits {Cooks} are visible over the distant hills. Evans Bay is partially visible on the left, the entrance to the bay {Port Nicholson} is again to the left of the hills visible on the extreme left. The ship visible is the "Oliver Laing" from Liverpool. She is about 1299 tons register & thus will give some idea of the distance. The Kai-warra hotels are visible in the immediate foreground on the Hutt road. Close to one of them is a Maori Pah
Other Titles - ... from Kaiwharawhara hill
Inscriptions: Verso - Title on verso: also pencil inscriptions: W R E Brown, 1860. Mrs Balcombe Brown, Upper Hutt.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 250 x 352 mm
Provenance: Purchased at an unknown date, possibly from Mrs Balcombe Brown, ca 1926. The work includes a pencilled reference on the verso to 'Mrs Balcombe Brown, Upper Hutt'
- Additional description
Severely faded from past exposure to light. Mat burn marks around the edges
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour on card, 250 x 352 mm
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Brown, William Robert Edward, 1830-1907. Brown, William Robert Edward, 1830-1907 :A sketch of part of Wellington, N.Z. ; from ... Kai-warra-warra hill / W R E B 1857.. Ref: B-035-014. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22826714More information can be found in our terms of use.