Riwaka Valley. Nelson.
Creator
Alternative Title
The Riwaka Valley, Blind Bay, opposite Nelson.
Date Created
1845
Identifier
Hocken Pictorial Collections - 4,274 24
a3640
Description
Label by Dr B.H. Howard: Riwaka Valley. Fox’s viewpoint was on the hillside above Goodall’s farm at the end of the Dehra Doon Road on the south side of the valley near the site on which surveyor Stephen’s house stood. Grid reference, topographical map NZMS 1, sheet S 13 343557. This information supplied by Dr B.H. Howard 28/5/64.
Verso l.l. in ink cropped: …ka Valley, Blind Bay opposite Nelson; on sketchbook mount: Riwaka Valley. Nelson. 1845; 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
225 x 431mm
Medium
watercolour 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
Landscapes & Cityscapes
Files
Collection
Citation
Fox, William, 1812-1893, “Riwaka Valley. Nelson.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/5243.