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[The town of] Petre Wanganui.

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Date

[1844?]

Artist

Samuel Charles Brees (1810-1865)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23027347

Description

Shows the town of Petre or Wanganui, with its earliest houses, and Christ Church, the first church, at the left. The river lies beyond, with hills in the background. A small group of armed men can be seen in the left foreground. The buildings in the distance across the river appear to comprise Putiki Wharenui Pa, and, to the left, the house of Rev Richard Taylor

This is the original watercolour for the handcoloured engraving that appears in Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", Plate 6, no 19.

The artist may have added the group of soldiers at a later date. He left New Zealand in 1845, before British troops were present in the lower North Island. There are no soldiers in the engraving derived from this watercolour.

The town of Whanganui or Wanganui was originally named Petre by the New Zealand Company. It reverted to its original Maori name in the 1854.

Other Titles - Whanganui

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

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