Mount Egmont and New Plymouth from the Sea.

Date Created

1849

Identifier

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 4,274 55
a3653

Description

Title presumed to be from original sketchbook mount.
Verso u.r. in ink: 43; verso left panel: [unfinished pencil sketch]; 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: 171 x 509 mm

Medium

watercolour & opaque white with scumble on paper

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

a3653.jpg

Citation

Fox, William, 1812-1893, “Mount Egmont and New Plymouth from the Sea.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/5256.