Places

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-047

Description: A Maori couple standing beneath a tree to the left, looking across the broad expanse of the Rangitikei River, with a canoe pulled up on a bank. Inscriptions: Recto - title in pencil in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 344 mm Provenance: Wilkie collection

Date: 1860 - 1866

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-011

Description: Looking down to Manukau Harbour, with a sailing ship at a breakwater on a point of land to the left, and small craft at a jetty on the right. A few houses strung along shore with sections laid out in the foreground and a small church to the left. Mangere mountain is in the middle distance with Puketutu Island to the right. The background volcanoes are Ihumatao, near the modern airport. Two women, one with a parasol, and a man are gazing at the view from a low hill in the foreground Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Manukau Inscriptions: On separate label, once part of the backing board. Title in pencil. The first four words have been written over the erased fuller title including the words 'The western part of Auckland' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 234 x 342 mm Provenance: By descent to the Wilkie Family.

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-007-1

Description: Shows two canoes near bank, with spit of land jutting into water. Groups of people near canoes, watching small craft with sail. Hills in far distance Paikea was a major chief in the Kaipara area. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Inscriptions: On separate label: title in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 344 mm Provenance: By family descent to the Wilkie Family

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-009

Description: Looking across wide plain with meandering river; group of buildings in left foreground by a stream are the Helensville church and the Helensville Sawmill, the large building with a chimney. The brown piles near the sawmill building are likely to be piles of wood. The Kaipara River and Harbour are in the background. Watercolour dated from the fact that Fox paid an official visit to Kaipara in 1864. Buildings identified from a related photo of Helensville by Daniel Beere in the Photographic Archive. Inscriptions: On separate label: title in pencil and signature W. Fox. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 234 x 343 mm Provenance: Family descent to the Wilkie family.

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-344

Description: Shows mountains across lake, with bush. A yacht is on the still waters of the lake W.G.Rees was a runholder at Lake Wakatipu, between 1862 and 1867 Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - title inscribed in ink but trimmed so illegible. In pencil in another hand Fox is known to have visited Lake Wakatipu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 234 x 342 mm

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-017

Description: A fortification on top of a hill to the left, above the Waikato River. Compare the artist's 'Tuakau, Lower Waikato, 1864' (WC-018) showing the same fortifications from the opposite side. Probably shows the Alexandra Redoubt, established at Tuakau in 1863 Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 230 mm

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-010

Description: Looking down on a group of houses and across to two churches in a clump of trees with Manukau Harbour to the right, and a volcanic cone to the left Other Titles - Manukau Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil in the artist's hand, with spelling of Manukau as Manakau Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 343 mm Provenance: By family descent to the Wilkie family.

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-023

Description: View towards Mount Taranaki and foothills, with a factory in the foreground. Marsland Hill is in New Plymouth township. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 254 mm Provenance: By descent to the Wilkie family

Date: 1860

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-052

Description: Shows two women tending flowers, with a Maori gardener behind them. They have a watering can beside them and the gardener has a wheelbarrow and a rake. There are tall trees in the background. The scene is in the garden of the artist at his pastoral run, Westoe. Property shown is Fox's first home on the river flat at Westoe. He built his second home here on a higher river terrace in 1874 Exhibited in 'About women, about time' Exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 2 July - 23 October 1993. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on brown paper 398 x 272 mm Provenance: Wilkie Collection

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-018

Description: Distant view of redoubt, with red flag flying on a hill to the right. There is an island in the middle of the Waikato River to the left. Compare the artist's watercolour 'Tuakau, Waikato, 1864' (WC-017) for a view of the same fortifications from the opposite side. Probably shows the Alexandra Redoubt, established at Tuakau in 1863 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 230 mm

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-029

Description: Shows a wharenui with carved barge-boards and entrance porch, two European-style houses, two tents, the lower part of the King's flagstaff inside a fence in the right foreground, and barrels or cooking pots with several people moving around on the marae in front of the wharenui. In the foreground is a pile of planks, with three European men leaning or sitting on it, surveying the scene or conversing. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Title on mount: Kings palace & flagstaff. Ngaruawahia. N.Zd 1864 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink. Additional title & date in pencil on backing board lower right Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 157 x 235 mm Provenance: By descent to Wilkie family.

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-041

Description: Shows Ohimemutu, the area from the church to the end of the pa, steam rising from the hot areas and with many people bathing in the lake. A building to the left bears a flagpole. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Rotorua, Ohinemutu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 154 x 340 mm Provenance: Wilkie Collection

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-327

Description: Shows sheep station of William Gilbert Rees at Lake Wakatipu outlet of Kawarau River, with mountains beyond. The station belonged to Rees between 1862 and 1867. Rees was the first Pakeha landowner on this site. He called it Frankton after his wife, Frances Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - title inscribed in ink. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white over pencil 247 x 345 mm