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Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: A-195-007

Description: View from lower Wadestown over the roofs of Thorndon houses, towards Kaiwharawhara, with the Hotel on the spit, and along the hills at the edge of the harbour towards Lower Hutt. A faint pencil drawing of a seated man is on the left in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 236 mm

Date: 1843

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: B-113-001

Description: View across the mud flats at the head of the Lake towards low hills. Likely to be one of the first European views of the Lake 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 - Wairarapa Title from original backing board, beneath watercolour. In ink in the hand of William Fox. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - title in ink An almost identical watercolour is in the Hocken Library's William Fox collection of watercolours. It has the same title as the Turbull's work Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 367 x 616 mm Provenance: Purchased: Mrs A M B Morgan, 15 Upland Road, Kelburn. November 1972

Date: 1843

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Morgan, A M B (Mrs), active 1972

Reference: B-113-002

Description: Two European explorers walking up a hill in the foreground towards three other men who are gazing at the lake beyond them and the distant hills in the background. Fox explored the Wairarapa in May 1843 with Clifford, Vavasour and Whitehead with a view to initial surveying and establishing farming in the area. 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 - beneath image - title (with the lake's name misspellt) in ink in the artist's hand; Verso - second part of title and date. Compare also an almost identical watercolour by Fox in the Hocken Library, titled Lake and lower part of Wairarapa, the valley of the Wairarapa taken from the West side, 1843. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 147 x 244 mm Provenance: Purchased: Mrs A M B Morgan, 15 Upland Road, Kelburn. 10 November 1972

Date: 1865 - 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: A-195-006

Description: Shows The Grange, home of W B Rhodes on right, view from Sir William Fox's garden, looking towards Wellington Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 232 x 335 mm

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Stack, James West (Rev), 1835-1919

Reference: A-210-003

Description: Shows tent on beach, groups of Maori with two canoes with sails, boats and ships in the harbour. Probably Wellington Harbour from the Hutt Road or Petone in the 1850s looking towards the twown of Wellington. Attributed to Fox on stylistic grounds, along with A-210-008 and A-210-009. The figures in the foreground and the manner of rendering choppy sea are very typical of Fox's work Displayed in "Paradise" (Gifts to the nation), National Library Gallery, January - April 2005. 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 - Unidentified view of beach and harbour [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 255 mm. Provenance: Collection of James West Stack. Possibly given to Stack by Fox when Stack visited Westoe, Fox's home, late summer 1861. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives, from fMS Stack, J. W. Papers and pictures, 1970s.