IMAGE
Brees, Samuel Charles 1810-1865 :The Exchange, Wellington. / Drawn by S C Brees. [Engraved by Henry Melville. London, 1847]. [No] 43, Plate 14.
- Date
- 1842 - 1847
- By
- Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870
- Reference
- PUBL-0020-14-3
- Description
Shows the Exchange, Reading Room and Town Hall building on the waterfront in Te Aro, with Ridgway's Wharf running out of the picture to the left. In the distance beyond is Rhodes' Wharf and Te Aro Pa. Messrs Simmonds & Hoggard's Mill is shown in the distance on the lower slopes of Mount Victoria. A boat hull is lying on land beside the Exchange building at the right. In the centre foreground two men converse beside a large anchor, and another walks away. At the extreme right two Maori sit talking.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving 80 x 135 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Albums, Hand-coloured engraving 80 x 135 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865. Brees, Samuel Charles 1810-1865 :The Exchange, Wellington. / Drawn by S C Brees. [Engraved by Henry Melville. London, 1847]. [No] 43, Plate 14.. Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.. Ref: PUBL-0020-14-3. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23137441More information can be found in our terms of use.