IMAGE
Fox, William 1812-1893 :Lake Arthur (Roto Iti). 7th Feb. 1846
- Date
- 1846
- By
- Fox, William, 1812-1893; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company
- Reference
- B-113-013
- Description
View looking along Lake Rotoiti (briefly called Lake Arthur after Captain Arthur Wakefield), with a shag in the foreground, large rocks in the shallows and hills and bush flanking the lake and reflected in it.
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.
Inscriptions: Recto - title, date and signature. Also New Zealand Company inscribed with No. 214 and dated 19 February 1847 [i.e. the date of receipt of this view in London]
There is a similar view by Fox in the Hocken Library collection (neg 47169 1/2 in the photo files)
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 230 x 360 mm
Provenance: Collection of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, purchased from Francis Edwards & Co, London, 1915 with other New Zealand Company material
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 230 x 360 mm
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