Fox, William 1812-1893 :Auckland, April 1849

View looking down into Commercial Bay, with Shortland Street leading up the hill to St Paul's on the skyline (along the ridge now featuring Albert Park and the University). The Britomart Barracks is on the headland left of centre and Wood's Hotel is to the right along the skyline from St Paul's. Outlines of houses and commercial buildings shown clearly.

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 - bottom right - title , date, signature; Recto - top centre - New Zealand Company stamp, dated Jan 25 1850. No. 343 inscribed to right of stamp. Ink identification of features along the top = left to right: the old barracks, ... Church of England, Shortland Street, Woods New Hotel,

There is a related watercolour in the Hocken Library 'Auckland, 1849' (acc 12,881)

Quantity: 1 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing with touch of wash 181 x 535 mm

Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, from Francis Edwards & Co, as part of the New Zealand Company Collection, London, 1915.