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Part of the great plain, Canterbury, NZ. Jany 9 1851

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Accession Number4,274 41CreatorFox, William, Sir, 1812-1893Also known asCanterbury from the bridle path above Port Lyttelton, 1851Date1851

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Media & Sizeeach sheet: 265 x 402mm; joined to form: 265 x 804mmInscriptionsl.l. with brush: Part of the great plain, Canterbury, NZ. Jany 9 1851 W Fox; l.c. left panel in pencil: Site of Lyttelton; on sketchbook mount in ink: Canterbury from the bridle path above Port Lyttelton, 1851; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox who well knew the interest I took in old New Zealand & was a frequent visitor at my house, promised to bequeath me these sketches which he commenced to take from the time of his arrival in New Zealand in 1842.DescriptionFrom Fox sketchbookProvenanceDr T.M. Hocken’s Collection

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PlacesCanterbury RegionLytteltonSubjectsCanterbury Plains (Canterbury, N.Z.)Christchurch-Lyttelton Bridle Road (Canterbury, N.Z.)

CollectionNatural environment / TaiaoFeatured Artist: William FoxDr Hocken’s original collection

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Part of the great plain, Canterbury, NZ. Jany 9 1851

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