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Date: 1875

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: C-052-007

Description: Shows eel traps and two whares in the foreground at the lake's edge at a river mouth. Three Maori are standing and seated in front of the buildings and there is a small canoe in the water and a European yacht in the distance. Bush and tall trees surround the water's edge and the Tararuas can be seen in the background. Hoyte made more than one copy of this view. An almost identical one sold in New Zealand in 1995, possibly the watercolour held by Auckland Art Gallery. An article in the Daily Southern Cross of 18 January 1866 refers to a number of Hoyte's watercolours including 'a picture of Horowhenua Lake, in Wellington, from a pencil drawing by Mr W. Fox'. Hoyte is not known to have visited Horowhenua and all of his known views of Horowhenua Lake may derive from William Fox's pencil drawing. The William Fox watercolour seems likely to be one held by the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, Horowhenua Lake, c1850s, watercolour on paper, gift of Mr Cranleigh Barton, 1977. Other Titles - William Fox Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J. C. Hoyte [in Chinese white] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white, 272 x 415 mm

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

Reference: WC-014

Description: View of the Waikato River, with a small boat with sail close to the bank 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 158 x 235 mm

Date: 1872

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-074

Description: In the foreground, three men sit on an upturned boat, with Mount Cook far in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 130 x 232 mm

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

Date: 1870

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-093

Description: Shows a paddle-steamer, the Antrim, fuelling (off Pig Island?), a dinghy on the near shore, trees, and snow-tipped mountains in the background Inscription below painting names Minor Peak and Benmore; label from mount (discarded) also names Hawkins (unidentified). Paddle steamer is the Antrim, built 1868. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title, date and initials Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card 160 x 225 mm Provenance: Wilkie family, heirs of Sir William Fox. Probably given by Hogkins to Fox, along with another drawing, WC-068, another work with the same provenance.

Date: 1872

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

Reference: WC-066

Description: Shows men unloading barrels and other large packages from a boat which is pulled up on the river bank. Two horses close to the packages on the near bank. Christy (Christian Mindermann, a German) ran the river boat for many years and kept an accommodation house and store. A scene on the West bank of the Ingangahua River about a mile upstream of Inangahua Landing. The place depicted was known at the time of depiction as Emmanuel's Flat. 'Cristy' was Mr Christian Mindermann, who kept an accommodation house and store at Inangahua Junction and was its first postmaster. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 254 x 365 mm Processing information: This watercolour was catalogued with a suggested date of 1865, until a record of William Fox's visit to Inangahua Landing in late February 1872 was found in the Grey River Argus.

Date: 1884

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

Reference: B-195-005

Description: Shows the Recreational Grounds in New Plymouth, also called Pukekura Park. The lake is in the foreground, with a small sailboat holding two people, possibly Maori. The bridge crossing the lake is in the middle ground, flanked by large pines on the left and smaller trees to the right. A snow-covered Mount Taranaki rises in the background and shows its reflection in the water. Figures walk towards the bridge on both sides of the lake; two women carry parasols Other Titles - Taranaki Other Titles - New Plymouth Inscriptions: Mt Egmont from the Recreation Ground N Plyth / 1884 [in ink, in the artist's hand; on card attached to backing] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 240 x 340 mm Provenance: Prior to auction, from the Wilkie Family Collection