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Fox, William 1812-1893 :On the coast near Kai-terri-terri, Blind Bay. Jan. 1846
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.
Fox, William 1812-1893 :[Maori on shore watching a canoe beach. Kits of food beside the...
Date: 1845
From: [Duppa, George 1817-1888] :[Sketchbook ca 1852-1860]
By: Fox, William, 1812-1893
Reference: E-080-q-3-001
Description: The palisades of a pa to the left, a group of six Maori men (one holding a taiaha), women and children, with a baby, left centre, by a beach. In the foreground are two kete full of potatoes or kumara. A canoe with four occupants is close to shore, attached by a rope to a stone, and either leaving or arriving. A further canoe is visible in the background as are several whare, and a tree converted to a double-platform pataka or food-storage construction. The settlement is on a narrow strip of land between the sea and hills in the background. In one of George Duppa's sketchbooks. In the same sketchbook, on the following page, is a pencil drawing by Fox of Melville Cove (E-080-q-3-002) likely to have been drawn in 1845. This view [Maori on shore ...] may show Waitohi Pa at the head of Marlborough Sounds, now the site of Picton. It shows a large pa, not the small kainga depicted in a watercolour by Fox of Melville Cove. The watercolour of Melville Cove is inscribed Melville Cove, S. side of Cook's Straits, 1845. It is in the collections of the Hocken Library Other Titles - Marlborough Sounds Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W. Fox del Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 185 x 270 mm