Canterbury Pilgrims 18 December 1848.

Exploring party Encamping Canterbury Plains January 1849. C. Torlesse. Cap.t Thomas.

1848

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 82/46

a3669

Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Canterbury Pilgrims; l.r. in pencil: 18 December 1848; verso: 37 31 bis; on sketchbook mount: Exploring party Encamping Canterbury Plains January 1849. C. Torlesse. Cap.t Thomas; 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.

175 x 250 mm

watercolour on paper

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

Fox sketchbook