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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Citations

  • Laishley, Richard, 'Sketch notes of family history’, Unfinished manuscript.

  • Laishley, Richard, 'Gleanings of natural history in New Zealand’, Uncompleted manuscript.

  • Laishley, Richard (1870), 'Parrots of Australia’, Projected book of lithographic illustrations and accompanying descriptions.

  • Laishley, Richard, 'British Birds Eggs’.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Le Cocq (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Auckland Society of Art, Auckland, NZ (associate of)
Related people
  • Sayer, James Whitley (associate of)
Related works
  • Maori Woman with Peaches (creator of)
  • Children in the Wood (creator of)
  • Finding the Body of William Rufus in the New Forest (creator of)
Related collections
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • British Museum (Natural History), London, England, UK (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • Auckland Society of Art (exhibited at)
  • Auckland Society of Art (exhibited at)
  • Sydney International Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (exhibited at)