Wellington. On the Karori Road. A specimen of the red pine about 6 or 7 feet diameter such as is frequently met with in clearing land.

The rimu or red pine.

1842

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Lower left (l.l.) with brush: WF; l.r. in ink: Wellington 1842; verso: On the Karori Road. A specimen of the red pine about 6 or 7 ft diameter such as is frequently met with in clearing land; on sketchbook mount: The rimu or red pine; 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.

250 x 344 mm

watercolour & opaque white on paper

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

Fox sketchbook