JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 1 October 2024 - 10:00 AM start
Sarah Greenwood (1809-1889) ' View in Brooklyn Valley (Motueka) from verandah'
Realised: $600 plus premium
Lot Details
watercolour on paper, initialled and dated Oct.1858. Entitled verso, part removed. 230 x 355mm. Note: Greenwood lived in London and Paris with her family before moving to New Zealand in 1843. She is noted as a New Zealand artist, letter-writer and teacher. Her letters and drawings of her experiences depict pioneer life in Nelson, New Zealand, where she lived for 46 years. She had 13 children. In the 1850s, Greenwood became involved in political and academic interests in Nelson and Wellington. She also ran a successful school on Bridge Street between 1865 and 1868 with six of her daughters. Sarah retired to Motueka in 1877. A rare and early New Zealand image.
