Augusta Mostyn
{{Short description|English philanthropist and photographer}}
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| birth_name = Henrietta Augusta Nevill
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| birth_place = Birling, Kent
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| spouse = Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn
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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
Augusta Nevill was born at Birling Manor near Maidstone, Kent.{{citation|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/lady-augusta-mostyn---heroine-2759308|title=Lady Augusta Mostyn—a heroine of Llandudno|work=North Wales Daily Post|date=29 April 2010|accessdate=15 March 2015}} Her parents were William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and Caroline Leeke.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 Her sisters, Lady Caroline Nevill and Lady Isabel Nevill, were also photographers.{{cite web|access-date=2022-03-06|title=Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn - Artist - Royal Academy of Arts|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/lady-henrietta-augusta-mostyn|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://historicwales.rcahms.gov.uk/files/pdf-listed-building.php?ids=17743&lang=ENG|title=Church of All Saints|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|accessdate=15 March 2015}}
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.Cheshire Observer (Chester, Cheshire, England) 29 Dec 1894, Sat - Page 5
This is thought to have been the first art gallery in the world dedicated to exhibiting work by women.{{cite web|url=http://www.mostyn.org/about/history/|title=A world first—and a warning|publisher=Mostyn|accessdate=23 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130043309/http://www.mostyn.org/about/history/|archive-date=2015-01-30|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|access-date=2022-03-06|title=Escape route: Weekends by the British seaside|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/escape-route-weekends-by-the-british-seaside-1940001.html|date=9 April 2010|website=The Independent}}
Group exhibitions
- Exhibition of Recent Specimens of Photography, Society of Arts, London, 1852{{cite web|first1=Kimberly|last1=Roberts|access-date=2022-03-06|title=5 Photos by Women in the DAM Collection - Denver Art Museum|url=https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/blog/5-photos-by-women-dam-collection|website=www.denverartmuseum.org|date=25 March 2021 }}
Collections
Mostyn's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California: 4 prints (as of 6 March 2022){{cite web|access-date=2022-03-06|title=Lady Augusta Mostyn (Welsh, 1830 - 1912) (Getty Museum)|url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/9897/lady-augusta-mostyn-welsh-1830-1912/|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles}}
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022){{cite web|access-date=2022-03-06|title=Henrietta Augusta Mostyn - LACMA Collections|url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/161291|website=Los Angeles County Museum of Art}}
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022){{cite web | title=Augusta Mostyn | website=National Gallery of Canada | date=15 January 2021 | url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/augusta-mostyn | access-date=20 February 2024}}
- National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, UK{{cite web|access-date=2022-03-06|title=Researching female photographers in our archives|url=https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/musee-d-orsay-researching-women-photographers-1839-1945/|website=National Science and Media Museum blog|date=12 August 2013 }}
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022){{cite web|access-date=2022-03-06|title=Works – Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn – Artists/Makers – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art|url=https://art.nelson-atkins.org/people/14928/lady-henrietta-augusta-mostyn/objects|website=art.nelson-atkins.org}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Henrietta Augusta Mostyn}}
- [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/lady-augusta-mostyn-18301912-president-of-llandudno-hospital-18811911-178010 Portrait of Lady Augusta Mostyn] at Llandudno General Hospital
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Category:20th-century British photographers
Category:19th-century English photographers
Category:English women photographers
Category:People from Birling, Kent