House at the Haven, Nelson. Formerly Cap.n Wakefield’s.

Alternative Title

House of late Capt. Arthur Wakefield R.N. Nelson 1843. (Brought out from England)

Date Created

1843

Identifier

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 11,731
a3608

Description

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 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.

Extent

2 sheets of paper joined to form: 222 x 542 mm

Medium

watercolour & opaque white on paper

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

Provenance

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

Is Part Of

Fox sketchbook

Genre

Seascapes & Marines

Files

a3608.jpg

Citation

Fox, William, 1812-1893, “House at the Haven, Nelson. Formerly Cap.n Wakefield’s.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/5213.