Fort Richmond (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Date: 1847

Reference: A-023-015

Description: Also shows Molesworth's windmill and Aglionby Arms in position to which it was moved some time in 1850's. Fort Richmond had been pulled down by 1860. Formerly attributed to William Swainson; attribution is now based on close similiarity to privately owned signed work, and on George Swainson's known use of white chalk highlights. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, wash and white chalk, 170 x 240 mm

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-034-a

Description: Two images on one sheet. The upper reproduction is a view looking along the river with the fort beside the bridge. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 240 x 157 mm on sheet 330 x 510 mm

Date: 1847 - 1970 - 1979

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand. Ministry of Defence; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-279-q-069

Description: View of the garrison and bridge across the Hutt River. In the foreground are two Maori in a canoe. Personal Christmas card produced for the Chief of the General Staff, 47 Holyoake Crescenr, Avalon, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 11, No 33 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 75 x 110 mm

Date: 1922

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-023

Description: Shows Fort Richmond, Hutt River, Lower Hutt, with the first arched bridge crossing the river in the foreground Compare Herbert R. Cole's more finished version of the same view (A-136-016). Possibly intended for inclusion in Cowan's New Zealand wars, Vol 1, but not used Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 158 x 234 mm

Date: 1847 - 1920 - 1930

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-138-066

Description: Fort Richmond in the Hutt Valley On verso of letterhead paper of Department of Internal Affairs, Maori Wars History Section, Wellington. Sketches of battleships on verso Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 190 x 130 mm

Date: 1847

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-034

Description: Two images on one sheet. The upper reproduction is a view looking along the river with the fort beside the bridge. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 240 x 157 mm on sheet 330 x 510 mm

Date: 1863

By: Anderson, Edward, active 1863

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1863/Acc.37635

Description: Cadastral map of right and left banks of part of the Hutt River valley near Fort Richmond. The road near the Aglimony Arms is marked as the old road. Section 24 and part of section 28 are numbered. Other sections include acreages and owners' names which include Gigger, Saxby, Prouse, Bradshaw, Mudgeway, Keys, Detchon, Burt and Valentine is linked to the Aglionby Arms. Fort Richmond, a Roman Catholic chapel, a site named Oddfellows, a slaughter house, lockup and cemeteries are marked. Handwritten note on verso states: Plan 41/26. Surveyed by Edward Anderson, Dist. surveyor, Oct. 1863 Title suppled by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photostatic copy, scale [1:1 584], 45.1 x 47 cm.

Date: 1930

By: Cole, Herbert Robert, 1890-1962; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-173-016

Description: The two bastions and linking fence of Fort Richmond, Hutt Valley, ca 1945. The Hutt River runs across the foreground with the first arched bridge crossing it. Probably copied from a watercolour by S. C. Brees. Compare watercolour held in the Alexander Turnbull Library at B-031-035, which is from the same angle, although taken from a greater distance. Possibly intended for reproduction in James Cowan's book The New Zealand wars. The image used in Vol. 1 p. 93 is from a different angle and is captioned as being by George Swainson. The Library holds a drawing of the Fort by George Swainson (A-023-015) but it shows the second bridge over the river. Inscriptions: Herbert R Cole Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 215 x 265 mm Transfers: Transferred from Photo Section, 1974.

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

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: E-455-f-064-1

Description: Looking up the Hutt River, with a wooden arched bridge with latticed sides, Fort Richmond on the left and two Maori in a canoe in the left foreground Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - N Z In the early days of the colony, about 1842. [In ink, in the hand of John Pearse] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on sheet trimmed to 128 x 195 mm

Date: 1847 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-109-017

Description: Fort Richmond on the left, the river crossed by an arched bridge. Two Maori in a small canoe in the foreground In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 11, No 33 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 119 x 184 mm (trimmed diagonally across top corners)

Date: 1860

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: A-186-048

Description: Shows a view of the Hutt Valley with the river winding towards the foreground. The buildings of the stockade (Fort Richmond) are at the left with a blue white and red striped flag flying on a pole beside one of the buildings. There may be a bridge in the centre, with a further three houses at the right. Other Titles - And Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 90 x 255 mm, lower corners rounded Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Tully, Dorothy, 1895-1971

Reference: A-034-029

Description: The bridge and fort viewed from the north, a windmill to the right and a bare tree in the foreground. The bridge is the second Hutt bridge, built after the first one was destroyed in the 1848 earthquake. The second bridge was destroyed in the 1855 earthquake. Compare a very similar drawing by G. F. Swainson, Fort Richmond and the second Hutt Bridge. Swainson was almost certainly copying W. M. Smith's drawing. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 mm x 240 mm

Date: 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: B-031-035

Description: Shows Fort Richmond, a group of voluntary militia on a road, and the Hutt River with a canoe As the fort was not constructed (under the direction of Captain Compton of Lower Hutt) until 1845 and Brees left Wellington in 1845, this work must have been painted in that year. The 58th Regiment occupied the fort immediately after it had been completed in April 1845. The soldiers shown are militia, civilian volunteers, identifiable from their mixture of red and blue uniforms. Not reproduced as engraving in Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847), although another view of the fort is shown as Plate 10, no.33. Brees' text on page 22 of Pictorial Illustrations gives considerable details about the plan and cost of the fort. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - Opened 1844. The view is taken looking down the stream & shows Fort Richmond, it was constructed under the direction of [blank]. Johnston, 33 Central Tce. [20th century inscriptions in pencil. Backing board now discarded] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 199 x 309 mm Provenance: Johnston family, 33 Central Terrace, Kelburn, Wellington.

Date: 1847 - 1845

From: [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 11. Kari-Kari on the River Manawatu, 32 ; Fort Richmond & the Hutt Bridge, 33 ; View looking up Hawkestone Street Wellington 34. Engraved by Henry Melville drawn by S C Brees. [1847]

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-109-030

Description: The river in the foreground with a Maori canoe, an arched bridge and Fort Richmond in the middle ground, hills in the distance In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 11, No 33 text p 22 Brees, in his "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" notes: The Hutt Bridge was opened in the month of April 1844 ... The view is taken looking down the stream, and shows Fort Richmond, which was constructed under the direction of captain Compton, an enterprising settler of the Hutt ...[here follows considerable detail about the construction, dimensions and price of the fort] ... The excitement which was felt at the Hutt when a party of the 58th regiment took up their quarters in the fortress on the morning of 24 April 1845, will not soon be forgotten ... the settlers had just completed it on the evening of the previous day when an attack was expected from the natives... As Brees left New Zealand in 1845, his drawings for this engraving must have been completed in 1845 A related, but not identical watercolour is held by the Library (IRN 82218), showing the fort and bridge from a different angle, with a party of military. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving

Date: 1846 - 1856

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-003-3

Description: Shows Fort Richmond on the Hutt River. Other Titles - The first stockade erected in the Cook Strait Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pen & ink, 45 x 75 mm.