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Brees, Samuel Charles 1810-1865 :Plain of the Ruamahanga, opening into Palliser Bay near Wellington. This view represents about sixty miles of the length of the plain from North to South / Drawn by S. C. Brees, esq.r, Chief Surveyor to the New Zealand Company [1843]. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845] [Centre section]
- Date
- 1843
- Reference
- PUBL-0011-08-2
- Description
An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background ("the snowy range in the distance is the Tararua Mountains"); a wild boar hunt in the foreground, with 4 Maori, 3 Pakeha men and four dogs. The dogs are worrying the boar. The Maori are wearing traditional Maori clothing, and all are carrying firearms. Bracken and tree ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 495 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845. / Brees, Samuel Charles 1810-1865 :Plain of the Ruamahanga, opening into Palliser Bay near Wellington. This view represents about sixty miles of the length of the plain from North to South / Drawn by S. C. Brees, esq.r, Chief Surveyor to the New Zealand Company [1843]. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845]
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Albums, Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 495 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Brees, Samuel Charles 1810-1865 :Plain of the Ruamahanga, opening into Palliser Bay near Wellington. This view represents about sixty miles of the length of the plain from North to South / Drawn by S. C. Brees, esq.r, Chief Surveyor to the New Zealand Company [1843]. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845] [Centre section]. Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.. Ref: PUBL-0011-08-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22343256More information can be found in our terms of use.