Richard Laishley b. 1816

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Laishley was a natural history painter, lithographer and Congregational clergyman; a pupil of the painter and engraver Le Cocq. He was sent to New Zealand and Australia by the Congregational Missionary Society, staying on and entering many colonial exhibitions.
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exhibited at
Auckland Society of Art
Date
1887
Place
Auckland, New Zealand
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Auckland Society of Art
Date
1884
Place
Auckland, New Zealand
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sydney International Exhibition
Date
1879
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

In the New Zealand Court.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition
Date
1870
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

As a Victorian exhibitor

Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard, 'Sketch notes of family history', Unfinished manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard, 'Gleanings of natural history in New Zealand', Uncompleted manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard (1870), 'Parrots of Australia', Projected book of lithographic illustrations and accompanying descriptions.>, <ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard, 'British Birds Eggs'.>, <ExternalResource: Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Platts, U. (1980), 'Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists', Christchurch, NZ.>, <ExternalResource: Scholefield, G.H. (1940), 'A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1', Wellington, NZ.>] [<ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard, 'Sketch notes of family history', Unfinished manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard, 'Gleanings of natural history in New Zealand', Uncompleted manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard (1870), 'Parrots of Australia', Projected book of lithographic illustrations and accompanying descriptions.>, <ExternalResource: Laishley, Richard, 'British Birds Eggs'.>]