Places

Date: 1864

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

Reference: WC-041

Description: Shows Ohimemutu, the area from the church to the end of the pa, steam rising from the hot areas and with many people bathing in the lake. A building to the left bears a flagpole. 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 - Rotorua, Ohinemutu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 154 x 340 mm Provenance: Wilkie Collection

Date: 1872

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

Reference: WC-077

Description: A view from a high standpoint, looking down to the bottom of the gorge with the road and the Otira River wiith a bridge, surrounded by steep hills and mountains. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 344 x 255 mm

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

Date: 1860 - 1870

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

Reference: WC-023

Description: View towards Mount Taranaki and foothills, with a factory in the foreground. Marsland Hill is in New Plymouth township. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 254 mm Provenance: By descent to the Wilkie family

Date: 1882

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

Reference: WC-028

Description: An extensive view of Parihaka village, with a meeting house on the right, a large number of low houses within fences in the centre and a white European house (Te Whiti's house) in the background to the left, at the edge of the bush. Probably dated some time after the event by the artist. By 1882, much of Parihaka was badly damaged, whereas it is shown apparently intact in this view Exhibited at '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 - Parihaka Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 2 sheets to form panorama 156 x 494 mm Provenance: Wilkie Family Collection

Date: 1864

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

Reference: WC-017

Description: A fortification on top of a hill to the left, above the Waikato River. Compare the artist's 'Tuakau, Lower Waikato, 1864' (WC-018) showing the same fortifications from the opposite side. Probably shows the Alexandra Redoubt, established at Tuakau in 1863 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 160 x 230 mm

Date: 1860 - 1870

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

Reference: WC-010

Description: Looking down on a group of houses and across to two churches in a clump of trees with Manukau Harbour to the right, and a volcanic cone to the left Other Titles - Manukau Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil in the artist's hand, with spelling of Manukau as Manakau Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 343 mm Provenance: By family descent to the Wilkie family.

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-076

Description: View from the rocky river bank across a stream and bridge to high bush covered hills Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 345 mm

Date: 1864

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

Reference: WC-009

Description: Looking across wide plain with meandering river; group of buildings in left foreground by a stream are the Helensville church and the Helensville Sawmill, the large building with a chimney. The brown piles near the sawmill building are likely to be piles of wood. The Kaipara River and Harbour are in the background. Watercolour dated from the fact that Fox paid an official visit to Kaipara in 1864. Buildings identified from a related photo of Helensville by Daniel Beere in the Photographic Archive. Inscriptions: On separate label: title in pencil and signature W. Fox. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 234 x 343 mm Provenance: Family descent to the Wilkie family.

Date: 1864

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

Reference: WC-018

Description: Distant view of redoubt, with red flag flying on a hill to the right. There is an island in the middle of the Waikato River to the left. Compare the artist's watercolour 'Tuakau, Waikato, 1864' (WC-017) for a view of the same fortifications from the opposite side. Probably shows the Alexandra Redoubt, established at Tuakau in 1863 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 230 mm

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

Reference: WC-021

Description: Shows stream meandering through foreground, group of four houses right distance, and Mount Egmont left background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 230 mm (oval) Provenance: Family descent from artist to Wilkie family

Date: 1874 - 1875

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

Reference: WC-051

Description: William Fox's homestead "Westoe" on raised land amongst trees in the middle distance. A lower field with cows grazing in the foreground, probably the home paddock. The house was completed in 1874. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 255 x 413 mm Provenance: Family descent to the Wilkie family

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: 1846

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

Reference: WC-092

Description: A low waterfall, seen in the early evening, with dark bush on either side. Believed to be in the area near the headwaters of the Buller River, and painted at the same time as Fox's almost identical view for the New Zealand Company, located at B-113-010 "Te Mai at its junction with the Teraumai. 16 February 1846" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 318 x 420 mm Provenance: Wilkie family collection

Date: 1872

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

Reference: WC-078

Description: View from a slightly raised perspective past a bridge over the Otira River, along the road and the base of the gorge with tall bush-clad hills and mountains in the background and at both sides. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 345 x 235 mm

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.

Date: 1880 - 1882

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

Reference: WC-025

Description: Shows breakwater from distance, with train going towards the seaward end 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 178 x 234 mm Provenance: By descent to the Wilkie Family.

Date: 1881

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

Reference: WC-024

Description: Shows group of wooden buildings in the foreground, possibly barracks, with people talking. A barrel, a trunk, a dog and a gun carriage are amongst the main group of people. Two men on horseback on a path to the left may be soldiers.There are horses in a corral in front of a large shed to the left. A path with steps leads past a telegraph pole to buildings on a rise in the middle ground, one building possibly being a church. Mount Egmont in the background. The constructions and people are probably associated with the raid on nearby Parihaka in November 1881. 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 - Pungarehu Inscriptions: Title in pencil on separate label (formerly part of backing board) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 235 mm Provenance: By descent to the Wilkie Family

Date: 1872

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

Reference: WC-079

Description: Shows two travellers with backpacks walking up a road, with a fence on the left above a steep drop, with bush-clad hills. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 236 x 345 mm Provenance: Wilkie Family Collection