Dunedin artist. Trained as a painter at Edinburgh School of Art. Arrived Otago with father and brother in 1883. Exhibited with the Otago Art Society ca 1883-4, and again in 1911-1916. Exhibited with other New Zealand art societies in the interim. Known for history paintings, especially of the New Zealand wars. Briefly acted as a war artist and newspaper correspondent in the South African War, 1899-1900. Work mainly held in Hocken Library and Auckland Museum collections. Died in Dunedin. See Art New Zealand, 142, Winter 2012, p 70-74 'Visibly unacknowledged: the neglected J Elder Moultray'
Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922
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Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922 :Mount McKenzie, near the head of Lake Te Anau, 1898. [...
Date: 1898
By: Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922
Reference: B-086-045-a
Description: The head of Lake Te Anau with Mt McKenzie beyond Reproduction of oil painting held by Hocken Library Same as B-086-045 and 045-b Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 331 x 476 mm on sheet 381 x 507 mm
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Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922 :Mount McKenzie, near the head of Lake Te Anau, 1898. [...
Date: 1898
By: Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922
Reference: B-086-045
Description: View of the head of Lake Te Anau with a mountain beyond Reproduction of oil painting held by Hocken Library Same as B-086-045-a and b Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 331 x 476 mm on sheet 381 x 507 mm
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Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922 :[Lake Manapouri. South Island scene showing lake with ...
Date: 1890 - 1920
By: Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922; Cotton, Joseph William, -1959
Reference: G-830-2
Description: View across Lake Manapouri looking towards snowy mountains Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Signed Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil, 762 x 1250 mm Provenance: Had been a gifted by the Shacklock family of Dunedin to Mr Cotton previously, possibly as a retirement gift.
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Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922 :Mount McKenzie, near the head of Lake Te Anau, 1898. [...
Date: 1898 - 1976
By: Moultray, John Elder, 1865-1922
Reference: B-086-045-b
Description: The head of lake Te Anau, with Mount McKenzie beyond Reproduction of oil painting held by Hocken Library Same as B-086-045 and 045-a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 331 x 476 mm on sheet 381 x 507 mm