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- Collection: A sketchbook by William Fox
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Head of the Wiararapa Lake, sunrise, Wednesday May 3rd 1843.
Verso in ink: No 2. Head of the Wiararapa Lake, sunrise, Wednesday May 3rd 1843; on mount: In the Wiararapa Valley, Wellington, 1843. The Lake; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew…
Hill side. Capt. Cargill’s. Superintendent Otago.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Hill side. Capt. Cargill’s. Superintendent Otago; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was a frequent…
House at the Haven, Nelson. Formerly Cap.n Wakefield’s.
Verso in ink: W. Fox. House at the Haven Nelson, formerly Cap.n Wakefields; in pencil 23; on sketchbook mount in ink: House of late Capt. Arthur Wakefield R.N. Nelson 1843. (Brought out from England); on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland…
In the Aglionby Valley on the Buller River.
Label supplied by Dr B.H. Howard in 1964: Aglionby Valley - the area of flat open country about Murchison on the Buller River. Fox in area 18 & 19 Feb 1846.
In the Martukituki or Aglionby Valley.
Label by Dr B.H. Howard: Matukituki. Not the valley of the present Matakitaki River but the open country at Murchison below the junction of Buller & Matakitaki. Also called “Aglionby Valley” [B.H. Howard, 64: Fox in area 18-19 Feb 1846].
In the Waimea, West Nelson. Dr Monro’s house.
On sketchbook mount: In the Waimea, West Nelson. Dr Monro's house. 1845; verso on sketchbook mount: Port Underwood. Jacky Guard's house; 1848. Rangiawa's grave. ; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir…
Lake and lower part of the valley of Wiararapa, taken from the west side.
Verso in ink: No 1. Lake and lower part of the valley of Wiararapa, taken from the west side. 2nd May 1843; on mount: In the Wiararapa Valley, Wellington 1843; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William…
Lake Arthur, Nelson.
Note by Dr B.H. Howard that Fox explored the area in February 1846, not 1847.
Lake Howick.
Label by Dr B.H. Howard: Lake Howick, now Lake Rotoroa. Fox explored area 1846 with Brunner & Heaphy.
Lyttelton, N.Z. Immigration barracks etc.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: Lyttelton, N.Z. (Immigration barracks &c) 10 Jan 1851 W. Fox; on sketchbook mount: Port Lyttelton. Immigration barracks &c January 1851; verso u.r.: 25 27; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir…
Matthias, native missionary at Moeraki.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Matthias, native missionary at Moeraki; on sketchbook mount: Matthias, a missionary native teacher, Moeraki, Middle Island. 1849; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William…
Melville Cove, Gore Bay, Cooks Straits.
Verso l.l. in ink: Melville Cove, Gore Bay, Cooks Straits; on sketchbook mount: Melville Cove. S. side of Cooks Straits. 1845 ; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I…
Mount Egmont and New Plymouth from the Sea.
Title presumed to be from original sketchbook mount.
Mr Bounce in a dog skin cloak. Massacre Bay.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Mr Bounce in a dog skin cloak. W.F. Massacre Bay 1847; on sketchbook mount: Native haranguing. Massacre Bay. 1847; in pencil: Now Golden Bay; verso u.r.: 49 56 [pencil sketch]; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas…
Mr Rhodes’ Station, Acheron Bay. Canterbury. ca 1848-49.
Property purchased in 1847 by Rhodes from Greenwood Rhodes. New house built 1853.
Mrs Sinclair’s Pigeon Bay.
On sketchbook mount: Mrs Sinclair’s Pigeon Bay. 1858; on back of mount: Pigeon Bay; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was a frequent…
My bath, Crofton.
On sketchbook mount in ink: My Bath, Crofton 1857; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was a frequent visitor at my house, promised to…
Nelson.
Labels in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Nelson 1846. Sir Wm Fox. The New Zealand Company’s Emigration Barracks, now site of Cathedral. Bank of New Zealand, Church of England Parsonage, Mrs Taylor’s boarding house. Church of England School. ; on…
Nelson.
Verso u.l. in ink: 8; on sketchbook mount: Nelson 1848. View from windows of house in previous page; verso original mount in ink: Allington Waimea S. Geo. Duppa’s; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir…
Nelson. Rocks in Blind Bay, near Motueka about 1846.
Label by Dr B.H. Howard: Position of this feature is on the west side of Tasman Bay between the mouth of the Riwaka River and Stephens Bay, a little to the south of Kaitriteri. Map Reference- NZMS 14 Grid 386565. After investigating the whole of this…
New Plymouth in 1849.
Verso in pencil: New Plymouth 1849. 3 44 [(a)] 3 [(b), framing instructions (d)]; labels in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: New Plymouth in 1849. Sir Wm Fox. Marsland Hill, on top of which were the ruins of a strong Maori Pah called Pukaka. In 1855 in…
On Lake Arthur, Roto Iti.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: On Lake Arthur, Roto Iti; on sketchbook mount: Lake Arthur (Roto-iti) Nelson 1847; verso mount: 3; verso mount vertically in ink: …ai Falls …a Nelson 1847; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir…
On the Nghauranga Road, Wellington.
On sketchbook mount in ink: On the Nghauranga Road, Well.n 1857 [now attached to On the Ohario Rd]; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand &…
On the Ohario Road, Wellington.
On sketchbook mount in ink: On the Ohario Road, Well.n 1857 [now attached to On the Ngauranga Rd]; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was…
On the Porirua Road, near Crofton.
on sketchbook mount in ink: On the Porirua Road near Crofton 1857; on mount in pencil: Crofton. Now Ngaio, suburb of Wellington; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I…