On sketchbook mount in ink: My Bath, Crofton 1857; 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…
On original mount in ink: Reproduced from a watercolour sketch painted in 1853-54 by Capt.n the Hon.ble E.H.W. Bellairs by T.W. Eyton, London; on original mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The house is on Sec. 29 Blk xxvy, corner of Frederick &…
Labels in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Nelson 1846. Sir Wm Fox. The New Zealand Company’s Emigration Barracks, now site of Cathedral. Bank of New Zealand, Church of England Parsonage, Mrs Taylor’s boarding house. Church of England School. ; on…
Label by Dr B.H. Howard: Position of this feature is on the west side of Tasman Bay between the mouth of the Riwaka River and Stephens Bay, a little to the south of Kaitriteri. Map Reference- NZMS 14 Grid 386565. After investigating the whole of this…
Verso in pencil: New Plymouth 1849. 3 44 [(a)] 3 [(b), framing instructions (d)]; labels in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: New Plymouth in 1849. Sir Wm Fox. Marsland Hill, on top of which were the ruins of a strong Maori Pah called Pukaka. In 1855 in…