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[Fox, William] 1812-1893 :The Lake of Wiararapa [sic] West side. No. 1 Lake and lower part of the valley of Wairarapa. Taken from the West side. 2 May 1843.
- 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
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 147 x 244 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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