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Wesleyan Chapel & Mission House, Wellington. [1845]

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Date

1847

Artist

Samuel Charles Brees (1810-1865)

Collective Title

[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand.

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22309574

Additional Makers

Engraver: Henry Melville (1792-1870)

Description

Shows Manners Street looking towards the path up the hill that later became Boulcott Street, with the brick chapel and Rev. Samuel Ironside's mission house on the left and Mr Brewer's house on the right of the street. Bethune and Hunter's cattle yards are on the extreme right, with a trench and mound shown, built after the Wairau Affray of 1843 in case of attack on Wellington. The Theatre is is the distance and the Bank Hotel to the right in the background (Information from Ward, L. "Early Wellington", p.263, and from Brees, S C. "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" 1847)

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Manners Street, Wellington, New Zealand

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