Augusta Mostyn
Lady Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn | |
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.jpg) Detail of a portrait of Augusta Mostyn by Herbert Sidney Percy (Mostyn Estates) | |
| Born | Henrietta Augusta Nevill 18 June 1830 |
| Died | 25 January 1912 (aged 81) |
| Known for | Photography |
| Spouse | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn |
| Father | William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny |
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Lady Henrietta Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn (née Nevill; 18 June 1830 – 25 January 1912) was an English philanthropist and photographer who contributed to the development of the Welsh town of Llandudno.
Life and work
[edit]Augusta Nevill was born at Birling Manor near Maidstone, Kent.[1] Her parents were William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and Caroline Leeke.[2] Her sisters, Lady Caroline Nevill and Lady Isabel Nevill, were also photographers.[3]
On 19 July 1855, Lady Augusta Nevill married Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn. They had two sons, Llewelyn Neville Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn and Harry Richard Lloyd-Mostyn. They lived at Gloddaeth Hall.
Lady Augusta Mostyn commissioned All Saints Church, Deganwy from the architect John Douglas as a memorial to her parents.[4]
She commissioned the Mostyn Art Gallery in Llandudno, the precursor of the current Mostyn gallery, as a headquarters for the Gwynedd Ladies' Arts Society, a society that was set up by a 'Miss Clearance Whaite' (daughter of the president of Royal Cambrian Academy of Art), Lady Mostyn donated £10.10s (which was worth ~£1500 after inflation in 2019), thus making her the founder.[5] This is thought to have been the first art gallery in the world dedicated to exhibiting work by women.[6][7]
Group exhibitions
[edit]- Exhibition of Recent Specimens of Photography, Society of Arts, London, 1852[8]
Collections
[edit]Mostyn's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado[8]
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California: 4 prints (as of 6 March 2022)[9]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022)[10]
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022)[11]
- National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, UK[12]
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022)[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lady Augusta Mostyn—a heroine of Llandudno", North Wales Daily Post, 29 April 2010, retrieved 15 March 2015
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. volume 1, page 19
- ^ "Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn - Artist - Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Church of All Saints". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Cheshire Observer (Chester, Cheshire, England) 29 Dec 1894, Sat - Page 5
- ^ "A world first—and a warning". Mostyn. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Escape route: Weekends by the British seaside". The Independent. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b Roberts, Kimberly (25 March 2021). "5 Photos by Women in the DAM Collection - Denver Art Museum". www.denverartmuseum.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Lady Augusta Mostyn (Welsh, 1830 - 1912) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Henrietta Augusta Mostyn - LACMA Collections". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Augusta Mostyn". National Gallery of Canada. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Researching female photographers in our archives". National Science and Media Museum blog. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Works – Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn – Artists/Makers – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
External links
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Media related to Henrietta Augusta Mostyn at Wikimedia Commons- Portrait of Lady Augusta Mostyn at Llandudno General Hospital
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