Lake and lower part of the valley of Wiararapa, taken from the west side.

In the Wiararapa Valley, Wellington 1843.

1843

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 4,274 10a

a3632

Verso in ink: No 1. Lake and lower part of the valley of Wiararapa, taken from the west side. 2nd May 1843; on mount: In the Wiararapa Valley, Wellington 1843; 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.

164 x 248 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

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