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Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-113-010

Description: A low waterfall, believed to be in the region of the headwaters of the Buller River. Bush on both sides of the river. On verso of painting is "No. 210", with the N Z Company stamp which is dated 19 Feb 1847 Inscriptions: Verso - New Zealand Company stamp, number 210, dated 19 February 1847. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 185 x 255 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull from Francis Edwards Ltd, London, 1915.

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-025-023

Description: Shows view looking across the valley to snow-capped peaks. There are stands of bush in the left foreground, and along the river which runs across the picture in the middle distance. The foreground also shows examples of tree ferns and flax. Exhibited: Drawn from Nature: Europeans record New Zealand 1770 - 1860". National Library Gallery 31 March - 28 May 1989. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - [New Zealand Company stamp]; Recto - top centre - (Handwritten in ink): No. 76; Recto - bottom left - Portfolio D. No. 8; Recto - bottom right - Chas Heaphy Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 323 x 485 on sheet 375 x 505 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, London, 1915, from Francis Edwards, as part of the New Zealand Company Collection

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-025-005

Description: Shows a plain, either in the Waimea area, or more probably in the Motueka Valley, with the Motueka River passing through it. There are felled trees in the foreground, and a Maori food storage storage platform with two levels and curved rat-barriers on its legs. It holds flax kits of food. Mount Arthur (the distinctive conical shape in the centre) and the Tasman Mountains are in the background. Probably drawn in November 1841 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title. Also signature Chas Heaphy, bottom right; Recto - bottom left - No. 6; Recto - above image - New Zealand Company stamp, partly trimmed, bearing date March 1842 (the date of receipt in London) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 343 x 496 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, London, 1915, with other New Zealand Company material

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-043-011

Description: Shows a Maori canoe with European sails in the foreground near two bush-topped rocks. In the middle distance on shore, is a large tent, the camp of Arthur Wakefield's preliminary expedition's shore-party, with the brig "Arrow" at anchor to the right. The snow-capped Arthur Range is in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - No. 3 / Portfolio D; Recto - bottom right - Chas. Heaphy; Date-stamped: 23.3.1842 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 305 x 480 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company Collection. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, from Francis Edwards, London, 1915.

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: C-013-007

Description: In the left foreground is a group of Maori and with two canoes on a beach with golden sands, possibly near the mouth of a stream. To the right is an arched rock and another unusual rock formation, with two women gathering shells. Bush-clad hills behind to the right and sea and the distant hills of Nelson to the left. Other Titles - Kaiteriteri Golden Bay Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - title in pencil; Verso - May be numbered 220, New Zealand Company number In 1846, Fox was the New Zealand Company Agent in Nelson Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 510 x 1270 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull as part of the New Zealand Company collection in London in 1915.

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-113-008

Description: Shows the Maori guide Kehu snaring a weka with a lure of food on a stick and a long pole with a noose. To the right is a makeshift open-fronted slab hut, a small fire burning outside, with the artist's two European companions, Charles Heaphy and Thomas Brunner reclining inside. The Matakitaki River and hills are in the background. Mount Mantell is the cone-shaped hill to the right. Recorded by Fox on his 1846 journey from Nelson through to the West Coast and back with Charles Heaphy and Thomas Brunner. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, 1965 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. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Other Titles - Matakitaki Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title [in pencil]; Verso - [New Zealand Company Stamp, dated 19 February 1847, and inscribed 'No. 218'. Full title also on verso, along with] 20th Feb. W. Fox Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 204 x 257 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Purchased, London, 1915 by Alexander Turnbull.

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-113-009

Description: View from Kaiteriteri beach looking out into Golden Bay, with an arched rock and a hanging rock on the right, another rock formation with a hole through the centre on the left, close to a bush-clad headland and two groups of Maori. 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. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Other Titles - Kaiteriteri Inscriptions: Verso - title, date, signature (W. Fox). Also New Zealand Company stamp, received 19 February 1847, N Z Co number 212 (twice) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 256 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Sold by Francis Edwards & Co., London, to Alexander Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-025-004

Description: Shows view from high vantage point, looking over flat plain towards present-day Motueka, and out to Tasman Bay. Kaiteriteri is on the left, and D'Urville Island in the right distance with French Pass visible as a gap between the island and the mainland. New Zealand Company drawing no. 70. This is the original drawing for the lithograph 'The level country at the south end looking north of Blind Bay' published in E. J. Wakefield's 'Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand' in 1845. The lithographer has added cows to the foreground and changed the predominant tree ferns and cabbage tree seen in this view. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - [New Zealand Company stamp]: 23 Mar 1842; Recto - No. 70 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing 227 x 533 mm (trimmed) Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull.