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[Fox, William] 1812-1893 :Potataus palace Ngaruawahia. 1864
Date: 1864
By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977
Reference: WC-029
Description: Shows a wharenui with carved barge-boards and entrance porch, two European-style houses, two tents, the lower part of the King's flagstaff inside a fence in the right foreground, and barrels or cooking pots with several people moving around on the marae in front of the wharenui. In the foreground is a pile of planks, with three European men leaning or sitting on it, surveying the scene or conversing. 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 - Title on mount: Kings palace & flagstaff. Ngaruawahia. N.Zd 1864 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink. Additional title & date in pencil on backing board lower right Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 157 x 235 mm Provenance: By descent to Wilkie family.