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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Name
Richard Laishley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Congregational clergyman (ANZSIC code: 9540)
Birth date
1816
Birth place
Southampton, England, UK
Death date
1897
Active Period
  • c.1860 - c.1890
Residence
  • 1884- Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1883 - 1884 England, UK
  • 1874 - 1883 Thames, New Zealand
  • 1868 - 1874 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1860 - 1868 Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1816 - 1860 Southampton, England, UK
Training
  • London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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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'.>]