Travellers - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-088-1

Description: A man with a walking stick standing on a sandhill, looking north along the coast. Hills with scrub or bush in the left and right foregrounds Other Titles - Waikanae Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper, 75 x 125 mm

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Wellington Historical and Early Settlers Association

Reference: A-190-024

Description: Looking along the Hutt Road, toward Petone, with the road cut into the base of the cliff and a small pointed rock formation at the water's edge. Three travellers walking along the road Title from ink inscription on mount, now detached (230 x 190 mm) Other Titles - Road to the Hutt between Ngauranga and Petone Inscriptions: bottom left - Signed and dated Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 119 x 162 mm

Date: [1850s?]

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-009-005

Description: Attributed to William Howard Homes on stylistic grounds. Shows Mathieson and Schultze's flourmill to the right with a red-cloaked man leading a horse along Old Porirua Road on the left. Wellington Harbour can be seen in the distance, the building on the near-side of the harbour is possibly the Rainbow Hotel. Matiu / Somes Island and Wellington City are also shown. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - The Harbour from Keiwara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on card Processing information: Description updates 5 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: 1866 - 1867

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: C-014-011

Description: Shows dead trees in the landscape with a steep winding road, probably up the Rimutaka Range, a group of Maori leaning on a bridge at the lowest point of the road, and an armed rider starting up the road. Identification: Titled on back in pencil as Waimakariri Gorge near the Cass River, Canterbury, NZ by N Chevalier 1867. The title is not in the artist's hand. Comparison with two charcoal drawings in the Library (A-196-006, The Hut[t] Valley) and in Auckland Art Gallery (The Hutt Valley, 1869) has shown that the watercolour is a view of the Rimutaka Hill Road. The incorrect title appears to be the work of an earlier owner Dating: Chevalier crossed the Rimutaka Hill Road from Wellington to Masterton in late November 1868. Purchased as a view of the Waimakariri Gorge near the Cass River, Canterbury, 1867, but later shown to be Rimutaka Range, Wellington, 1868. Other Titles - Waimakariri Gorge near the Cass River, Canterbury, New Zealand by N Chevalier 1867 [incorrect title from back of work] Inscriptions: Recto - incorrect title and attribution in pencil in two different hands; earlier framers' notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 225 x 330 mm.

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s; Swainson, Edwin Newcombe, 1833-1913

Reference: A-189-011

Description: A road cut out of a bank, with tall trees, probably beech trees, and tree ferns, on both sides side. Two Maori are walking along the road. Probably Taita Gorge. See Brees. Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, plate 7, no. 22 and text p. 15. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 7 x 5 ins Provenance: Formerly collection of Edwin Swainson

Date: 1920 - 1925

From: Baker, William George, 1864-1929 :[Sketchbook of views mostly of the Wellington region and South Island. 1920-1925].

Reference: E-628-039

Description: Shows a drawing of a disconsolate man in cap and coat, seated on a post set in the water. His bag hangs from a nail on the post. Other Titles - Accommodation Extended Title - From his [Sketchbook of views of the Wellington region and South Island. 1920-1925 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on page of sketchbook, 120 x 147 mm.

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-189-020

Description: View from the Hutt Road on the western shore of Wellington Harbour, looking north towards the Hutt Valley and the Tararua Range. Two European travellers have paused on the road at the foot of the cliffs and are looking toward the Hutt Valley. Seagulls are on a rock at the water's edge to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5 x 7.5 ins

Date: 1865

By: Chesney, Francis Rawdon, 1824-; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-025

Description: A rocky foreshore and cliff in the foreground, possibly Kaiwharawhara, or further along the Hutt Road at Rocky Point looking towards Khandallah and Ngaio. Only two houses are shown amidst bushy hills. In the foreground a European man is on horseback, accompanied by a Maori man and woman. Another European is standing near a Maori man while the latter pushes a small canoe out from the rocks. A single yacht is in the water. Date of 1865 is suggested because an F. R. Chesney wrote to James Coutts Crawford from Tasmania on geological matters in December 1864 and may have come later to Wellington as a visitor. Wellington became the capital in 1865. The view appears to be quite early with only two houses showing and Maori shown in partial European dress. The signature on the letter from Tasmania matches that on the watercolour. Chesney's letter makes it clear that he is a resident in Tasmania and that English is probably his first language, suggesting that the French title may have been added by a later owner Other Titles - Nouvelle Zelande, Port de Nicholson. New Zealand Port Nicholson, Wellington, near the capital [translation and correction] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - monogram FC in ink; also F. R. Chesney in brushpoint.; Verso - title in pencil in French; also inscriptions in pencil transcribing the title and repeating it in English along with a signature and date (17 Jany 1934) in the hand of A. W. F. Fuller. Further very faint illegible inscriptions in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on light card, 195 x 284 mm. Provenance: Collection of A. W. F. Fuller.

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-019

Description: A gorge with a river, probably the upper Hutt River in the centre. A steep bank to the left, with a road dug into the bank and two travellers moving along the road. Tall trees grow up the bank to the skyline. Flax in the left foreground and cabbage trees on the river flat to the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 26 Oct 1847 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5.4 x 7.25 ins

Date: 1869

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-003-005

Description: Shows the Hutt Valley side of Rimutaka Road winding amongst hills. In the left foreground a seated traveller with walking staff and backpack, talks to a Maori woman with a baby on her back. On a section of road in the middle distance, a coach and four is travelling away. On the furthest piece of road, two small camp fires are smoking. A hill on the left in the middle distance is cleared of trees, possibly burned off. This watercolour was reproduced as a limited edition by the International Art Centre in 1978 (see copies at C-083-055 and C-083-055-a) Other Titles - Rimutaka Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud 1869 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on wove paper, 399 x 661 mm. Provenance: Previously purchased by the vendor at auction in 1980 through the International Art Centre and owned by the International Art Centre for some years before 1980.