In the Aglionby Valley on the Buller River.

On the Buller River. Matukituki - Nelson 1847 with T. Brunner.

1847

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 11,728

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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.

Lower left (l.l.) in ink: In the Aglionby Valley on the Buller River; on sketchbook mount: On the Buller River. Matukituki - Nelson 1847 with T. Brunner; verso on mount in ink (crossed out): Wellington in 1843; 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 bequeath me these sketches which he commenced to take from the time of his arrival in New Zealand in 1842.

176 x 249 mm

watercolour, pen & ink on paper

Sketchbook bequeathed to Dr T.M. Hocken by Sir William Fox in 1893; Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.

Fox sketchbook

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