illustrator and sketcher, daughter of the Hon. William Herbert of London and granddaughter of the Earl of Powis, married Colonel Godfrey Mundy in St James’s Anglican Church, Sydney, on 6 June 1848. Their son, Herbert Godfrey, was born in Sydney on 26 February 1849. The family returned to England in August 1851 and another son was born in Ireland. During the summer of 1849 Louisa Mundy accompanied her husband to the Illawarra region of New South Wales, and two of the illustrations in Godfrey Mundy’s Our Antipodes (London 1852) are stated to be from sketches she made on the trip. Her Sydney – Government House and Farm Cove forms the frontispiece to the second volume. She was an accomplished sketcher in the picturesque travel mode, making careful use of perspective and framing effects.
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- Writers:
- Webby, Elizabeth
- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
