17 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "The chestnut grove, Mahau Sound oil c. 14 1/2 x 20 1/2. Signed & dated Colin McCahon '44 but suggest date is wrong & should be rather earlier (ask R.E. Kennedy) A Cezanne…
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: Lyttelton, N.Z. (Immigration barracks &c) 10 Jan 1851 W. Fox; on sketchbook mount: Port Lyttelton. Immigration barracks &c January 1851; verso u.r.: 25 27; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir…
Upper right (u.r.): McCahon 47; verso original card in ink: oil, Maitai Valley landscape. Not for sale. C. McCahon; in pencil: 2… BW dk cream close up no glass, Mr Brasch, 11a Smith St; [& unfinished oil painting of male nude, acc 89/92] Separated…
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Matthias, native missionary at Moeraki; on sketchbook mount: Matthias, a missionary native teacher, Moeraki, Middle Island. 1849; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William…
Verso l.l. in ink: Melville Cove, Gore Bay, Cooks Straits; on sketchbook mount: Melville Cove. S. side of Cooks Straits. 1845 ; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I…