Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Scenes of Wellington ca 1852]

Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Scenes of Wellington ca 1852]
Date
1852 - 1856
Reference
E-455-f-039
Description

E-455-f-039-1 = The Harbour, Somes Island and Mrs Hervey's garden as seen from my bed room window Wellington Terrace. E-455-f-039-2 = Mrs Simmonds house near Wellington ( a 2 storied house with dormer windows). E-455-f-039-3 = Noah's [Plimmer's] Ark, Beach Road, Lambton Quay and Wellington Terrace (the Inconstant moored in Lambton Quay). E-455-f-039-4 = JP'S first lodgings at foot of Wellington Terrace.

Quantity: 4 drawing(s).

Physical Description: 4 Ink and wash drawings, various sizes

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Part of
Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856] / Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Album. 1851-1856]
Format
4 drawing(s), Works of art, 4 Ink and wash drawings, various sizes
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There are 4 items in this group.
Image

Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Scenes of Wellington. Between 1852 and 1856] The Harbour, Some...

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-039-1

Description: The Terrace in the foreground, a garden beyond, and Wellington Harbour with a sailing ship and Somes Island, the Eastern Hills in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 120 x 144 mm

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Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Scenes of Wellington. Between 1852 and 1856]. Noah's Ark. Beac...

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-039-3

Description: A view from modern Willis Street, looking towards Clay Point (the corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay) then theshoreline. The houses along Willis Street and Lambton Quay at the foot of the cliff, can be seen, as can the line of the Terrace, with its houses, rising further up the hill. In the water is moored 'Noah's Ark' or 'Plimmer's Ark", the hulk of the barque Inconstant, moored as a warehouse at the shore Other Titles - Plimmer's Ark Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 71 x 100 mm

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Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Scenes of Wellington. Between 1852 and 1856]. Mrs Simmons hous...

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-039-2

Description: A large two-storied house and a garden, with Brooklyn Hill behind Jane Symons (nee Morshead) owned her late husband's farm, Section 28, Ohiro, now approximately the site of Brooklyn School, Washington Avenue. The house had previously been owned by Judge Halswell and managed by James Symons, who died in 1851. Other Titles - Symons Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 75 x 122 mm

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Pearse, John 1808-1882 :J. P.'s first lodgings at foot of Wellington Terrace, Wellingto...

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-039-4

Description: A small cottage with two windows either side of a central front door, a chimney on the left. A plant-covered archway and a hedge are at the front, a paling fence to the right. In the garden, close to three circular or semi-circular flower beds, stand a couple and a dog. The house is at the base of a bush-clad hill and there is native bush in the section to the right Pearse mentions in E-455-f-032-2 that the Deighton household, part-way up the Terrace, was where he first lodged. The couple in the view are likely to be Richard (Dickie) Deighton and his wife Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 124 x 176 mm

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