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Fox, William 1812-1893 :Part of the town of Dunedin, Otago. W. Fox. Jan. 1849
- Date
- 1849
- By
- Fox, William, 1812-1893; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
- Reference
- B-113-005
- Description
View looking across the waterfront past a road skirting a cliff towards part of the harbour, with from left, inscribed along the top, the Manse and Captain Cargill's house, the Resident Agent's Office (of the New Zealand Company), Mr C. H. Kettle's house, Mr Valpy's house, the Survey Office, and on far right the school and church.
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: Recto - features identified in ink along the top of the view. Signed, titled and dated in ink. Stamped with the New Zealand Company stamp, dated Jan 7 1850 and inscribed by the New Zealand Company No. 338.
A watercolour in the Hocken Collections is very similar to this view. It is titled Dunedin, Otago, January 1849. It has been annotated by T. M. Hocken as showing the 'Emigrants barracks built of manuka ... site of back of Customhouse in Bond St'
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash drawing 230 x 463 mm
Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull from Francis Edwards & Co, with other New Zealand Company material, London, 1915
Processing information: Formerly located at C-013-005
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Cityscapes (Representations), Pen, ink and wash drawing 230 x 463 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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