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A Korero. NZ’d.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: A Korero, NZ’d W Fox 1850; verso in pencil: 50; in ink: 57; on sketchbook mount: Negociation. Massacre Bay (now Golden Bay) abt 1850; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William…
Ahiaruhi.
Removed from sketchbook 1968.
Akaroa.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Akaroa; on sketchbook mount in ink: Akaroa 1850; 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…
Akaroa. French settlement on Banks Peninsula.
On sketchbook mount in ink: Akaroa. French Settlement on Banks Peninsula; label in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: Akaroa. French settlement on Banks Peninsula. Sir Wm Fox. About 1835 a French Mariner, Captain L'anglois visited Akaroa and bought from the…
Akaroa. From the head of the harbour.
Through image in pencil: [colour notes]; verso in pencil: Akaroa. From the head of the harbour 1859 … [illeg]; on sketchbook mount in ink: Akaroa. From the head of the harbour 1858; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir…
Allington, in the Waimea Plain, Nelson. The farm of George Duppa Esq.
Label by Dr B.H. Howard: Duppa's Allington. The house has long since disappeared, but the name is still used by the present. The site is on the Highway from Nelson to the Buller just before it crosses the Wairoa River. national Highway No 6.…
Auckland 1849 showing extinct volcanoes.
On sketchbook mount in ink: R.C. Church, Albert Barracks, St Pauls. Auckland 1849 showing extinct Volcanoes Sir Wm Fox; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in…
Auckland, from St George’s Bay, 1856 (above Mr Blackett’s house).
On sketchbook mount in pen & black ink superimposed over brown: Aukland, [sic] from St George’s Bay, 1856 (above Mr Blackett’s house) Sir Wm Fox. Point Britomart. Wynyard’s Pier & Fletcher’s Mill. Princes St. St Paul’s Church; on flypage of…
Auckland, North Shore and Rangitoto 1871. From Govt House. Sir G. Bowen, Govr.
On sketchbook mount: Auckland, North Shore & Rangitoto 1871. From Govt House. Sir G. Bowen, Gov.r; 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…
Auckland.
Verso in pencil: Auckland 1849 40 46 … [illeg]; on sketchbook mount in ink: Auckland 1849; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Sir Wm Fox; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew…
Auckland. 1849 Shortland St and St Pauls.
Verso in pencil: 41; in ink: 47; on sketchbook mount: Shortland St & St Pauls. Auckland 1849; 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…
Brothers Tytlers, in the Waimea, Nelson. Aldowrie, afterwards - E.W. Staffords.
On sketchbook mount in ink: Brothers Tytlers, in the Waimea, Nelson. Aldowrie, afterwards - E.W. Staffords [?“Brothers Tytlers” and “afterwards” added later?]; verso mount: In Wiararapa Valley; verso in pencil: vignette on title page; on…
Camp on the Waikahoura, Rakahuri.
Rakihuri - Ashley River (Taylor p. 29) Trip with Capt Thomas in Fly landed Port Cooper 15 Dec 1848. Fox spent 2 weeks exploring then went to Otago. Returned to P Cooper 22 Jan, and to P Nicholson, 23 Jan 1849.
Camping out, Lyttelton.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: W Fox Camping out, Lyttelton. Jany 11th 1851 W. Fox; verso: 10. 26; on sketchbook mount: Part of town site of Port Lyttelton. First immigrants arrived January 1851; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken…
Canterbury Pilgrims 18 December 1848.
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…
Cap.n King’s house. New Plymouth.
Lower right (l.r.) in cartouche with pen: WFox [WF ligated] May 1849; l.l. with pen: Cap.n King’s house New Plymouth; on sketchbook mount: New Plymouth, Cap.n King’s house Mount Egmont 1849; pasted to back of paper mount: [2 woodengravings after…
Carved gateway. Pitoni, Wellington.
Verso u.r. in ink: 55; superimposed over pencil: 48; verso in pencil & watercolour: [unfinished sketch of Maoris with Mt Egmont in background inscribed] Rangi Teringa; on sketchbook mount in ink: Carved gateway. Pitoni, Wellington. 1850; on flypage…
Costumes.
Verso: 54; on sketchbook mount in ink: Costumes 1850; 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…
Croixilles Harbour from the North End.
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: 6; verso l.l. in ink: Croixilles Harbour from the North End W. Fox March 4th 1845; on sketchbook mount in pencil: Croixilles Harbour, Blind Bay 1845 (now Tasman Bay); on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland…
Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand. South. Looking north. Looking down the harbour. 1865 Dunedin.
Verso a in ink: Dunedin City Otago New Zealand 1865; on sketchbook mount a in ink, & b in pencil: Dunedin in 1865; on sketchbook mount of c in pencil (library hand): (Unidentified view of a harbour) Dunedin?; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas…
Dunedin.
Lower left (l.l.) & l.r. in pencil: Dunedin; on mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dunedin, Otago. Jan. 1849. (By Mr (Sir William) Fox. [numerals & key] 1. Mr Charles Kettle’s house (Chief Surveyor) 2. N.Z. Co’s Survey Office about Bond St &…
Encampment in the Valley of Wiararapa - evening of Thursday May 4. 1843.
Verso in ink: No 3 Encampment in the valley of Wiararapa - evening of Thursday May 4th 1843; on sketchbook mount in ink: In the Wairarapa Valley. 1843; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who…
Gorge of the Buller.
Fox in region February 1846.
Government Hospital, Auckland.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Hospital; on sketchbook mount: Government Hospital, Auckland. 1849; 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…
Hamilton, Waikato.
Verso l.r. & on sketchbook mount in pencil: Hamilton, Waikato; 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,…