[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :View of Port Nicholson from the range of hills west of the Ohiro Valley [ca 1844]

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[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :View of Port Nicholson from the range of hills west of the Ohiro Valley [ca 1844]

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Description

View looking north-east along Wellington's south coast from above Ohiro Bay, past Island Bay and towards the Harbour entrance. In the foreground, amongst bush and low scrub is a party of six European men, two leading on horseback, one with two dogs. Brees is probably depicting himself and his group of surveyors Original of no 45 (with the same title) in Brees' "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand". The engraved version has a single man with a dog in a different position in the foreground,...

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Date created

1842 - 1845

Creator

Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865 / Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22666452

Locations

Island Bay / Ōwhiro Bay / Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson / Owhiro Bay / Wellington Harbour

Related subjects

Dogs / New Zealand / Wellington Region / Horses / Surveyors / Wellington Region (N.Z.) / Discovery and exploration / Island Bay / Ōwhiro Bay / Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson

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