Biography: Brees, Samuel Charles

Dicky Barrett's Hotel, Wellington, by Samuel Charles Brees

A colour lithograph showing several buildings, a road and seawall with several jetties

Surveyor and artist Samuel Brees published this view of Dicky Barrett's legendary hotel (centre, with flag) in Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand (1847).

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-109-027

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How to cite this page

Marian Minson. 'Brees, Samuel Charles', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/2639/dicky-barretts-hotel-wellington-by-samuel-charles-brees-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).