View of Blind Bay from W. Fox’s house.

Alternative Title

Blind Bay. View from W. Fox’s house.
Blind Bay, Nelson. View from W. Fox’s house.

Date Created

1847

Date

1847

Identifier

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 4,274 32
a10144

Description

Verso in ink: View of Blind Bay from W. Fox’s house; on mount in ink: Blind Bay, Nelson. View from W. Fox’s house. 1847; watermark: James Whatman Turkey Mill Kent 1840; 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

3 sheets of paper, each ca 223 x 350mm; assembled to form: 223 x 1050mm

Medium

watercolour & opaque white

Spatial Coverage

Nelson (N.Z.)

Temporal Coverage

Nineteenth century

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

a10144.jpg

Citation

Fox, William, 1812-1893, “View of Blind Bay from W. Fox’s house.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 25, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/show/4489.