4th daughter and 8th child of Sarah and Dr John Danforth Greenwood of Motueka. She was born in England and came with her parents and siblings to New Zealand in 1843. According to her mother's diary she was very naughty on board ship on the voyage out. (She was just 2 at the time and her mother gave birth to a further child during the voyage). She died of influenza on 25 July 1854, aged 12 or 13, and is buried at Motueka cemetery. See also `The Greenwoods' by June Neale (Nelson, 1984)
Greenwood, Agnes Basing, 1841-1854
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Greenwood, Sarah, 1809-1889 :Portrait of my fourth daughter Agnes Bazing Greenwood. Feb...
Date: 1852 - 1854
From: Greenwood, Sarah 1809-1889 :[Greenwood family portraits] 1848-1858
By: Greenwood, Sarah, 1809?-1889
Reference: A-252-023
Description: Half length frontal portrait of the artist's daughter Agnes. She is shown aged nearly 11, formally dressed and with her hair parted in the centre and drawn back. (She died of influenza two years later, aged 13) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S. G. Decr 1852; Verso - At top: "Copied from the original drawing, August 1858. I am sorry to say this likeness is not so good as in that taken for my dear Mother, and which she kindly sent me back, after my dear child's death. Sarah Greenwood, Woodlands, Motueka, New Zealand". At bottom left: 'Died 25th of July 1854.' On bottom right: 'Portrait of my fourth daughter, Agnes Bazing Greenwood, when nearly eleven years old, Feb. 1852'. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 215 x 184 mm