Kinsey's Studio

Date: 1977

Reference: Eph-C-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1977-1

Description: Includes: Historical Show: [Includes photographs by] J N Crombie, Swan and Wrigglesworth, H Webster, Kinsey, Tyree, Foy Bros, William England, Herbert Deveril, Carlo Ponti, James Bragg, Burton Bros, Charles S Spencer, American Photo Co, William J Harding. Snaps Gallery [Auckland], opening 12 December. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: 1910s-1950s

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Kinsey's Studio; Clark, Charles Troughton, 1890-1973; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: PAColl-10460-01

Description: Photographs of people, landscapes, seascapes and ships, taken by various photographers including C. Troughton Clark, James Cowan, Roy Cowan, between circa 1900 and 1950s. Comprises: - A studio portrait of an unknown Māori woman dressed in a kākahu (feather cloak) with feathers in her hair. Processed by C. Troughton Clark of Rotorua. - A studio portrait of Major Mair (William Gilbert[?]) circa 1910s, taken by Kinsey of Wellington. - An image of three girls doing an activity with metal objects, circa 1950s. - An image of rata flowers, possibly taken by James Cowan on 6 January 1928. - An image of a river and surrounding landscape with trees. - An image of a Waimakariri River valley, taken by J R Cowan (also known as Roy Cowan). - An image of trees with a mountain backdrop, in the Arthurs Pass area, taken by J R Cowan. - An image of a cannon (described as a "muzzle-loader") on Mount Victoria in Wellington, taken by J R Cowan. - Thirteen images of various ships (includes photographs of drawings, paintings or model ships). The named ships include the 'Sir George Grey', HMS 'Eclipse', 'Loch Garve', HMS 'Castor', 'Charlotte Jane', 'Kent', 'Resolution', 'Adventure', HMS 'North Star', and 'Sunny South'. Some of these prints were processed by Hanna of Auckland. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s) Silver gelatin prints. Physical Description: Twenty-three black & white photographic prints. Transfers: These photographs were originally with the manuscript material now in MS-Papers-11946-134..

Date: [ca 1870s-1970s]

From: Watt, Muriel Mary, 1917-2005: Photographs

By: Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Greenwood, Mary Elizabeth, 1873-1961; Gungall, Arthur Frederick, 1863?-1927; Kinsey's Studio; Nevill Studio (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ross, William Frater, -1954; Watkinson's Studio; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-10706

Description: Group of photographic prints relating to the Lysaght family, dated from the period circa 1870s to 1970s, taken by various photographers and studios (unidentified and known), including J H Brown, William Henshaw Clarke, Mary Elizabeth Greenwood, Arthur Frederick Gungall, Kinsey's Studio, Nevill Studio, William Frater Ross, Watkinson's Studio, and Wrigglesworth and Binns. Includes formal and informal portraits, group portraits, family portraits, and building portraits. Comprises: -01 Child portrait of Sylvia Villebois Lysaght, photograph by "M Elizabeth Greenwood, Woodward St, Wellington" (studio imprint recto of mount). -02 Child portrait of Ruth Briony Lysaght, by Elizabeth Greenwood, Wellington" (blindstamped studio imprint recto of mount). -03 Portrait of female subject, by "The Nevill Studio" (blindstamped studio imprint on recto of print). -04 Portrait of female subject wearing a hat and holding a woven kete bag standing by a fruit tree. -05 Portrait of "John Moore on pony with his father & sisters outside 'Adbury' his home on the Turuturu Rd, Hawera, 1910-11," by "A Gungall, Hawera, NZ" (blindstamped studio imprint recto on mount). -06 Portrait of person standing in a garden, annotated "Mokoia", by "A Gungall, Hawera, NZ" (blindstamped studio imprint recto of mount). -07, -08, -09, -46 Four photographs of a polo game and mounted players at Miramar, Wellington, including Brian Cuthbert Lysaght, photographs by "J H Brown, 180 Upper Willis Street, Wellington" (studio imprint recto of mount). -10 Black and white copy print portrait of James Richard Lysaght, annotated "J R L". -11, -12 Two sepia copy prints, most likely of Leonard and Jane Stowe [See related negatives at 35mm-110859]. -13, -14, -15 Three black and white photographic prints of "Mokoia" portraying rural homestead. -16 Portrait of Brian Cuthbert Lysaght, photograph by "Kinsey & Co, Lamton Quay, Wellington" (studio imprint on cabinet card mount). -17 Black and white copy print of outdoor family portrait featuring 17 named members of the extended Lysaght family. -18 Black and white copy print portrait of Frances Charlotte Lysaght. -19 Carte de visite portrait of Reginald Stowe, Sylvia Courteny Stowe, and Emily Murial Stowe, photograph by "W H Clarke, Lambton Quay, Wellington". -20, -21 Photograph, postcard-backed (and enlarged black and white copy file print), of passengers being hoisted onto a ship in a wicker basket, annotated "Off Napier", but also "Going ashore or Landing off Cape Runaway, 1900". -22 to -39 Various black and white photographs, including group portraits with motor vehicles, an interior view with furnishings, some stamped Nelson, Hawera, and one by Blyth Harper, Te Kuiti, dated portraits include 26 September 1934 and 5 August 1953. -40 Colour portrait of three female subjects, circa 1970s. -41 Black and white copy print of painting of boy and girl with gardening implements as props. -42 Colour copy photograph of artistic portrait of seated female subject at table, by Sarah Greenwood, dated 1852. -43 Group portrait, most likely of stewards and officials of the Egmont A&P Show, Hawera, photographed by "A E Watkinson, Wanganui" (blindstamped studio imprint recto of mount), and related undated "Star Feature" newspaper clipping. -44 Group portrait of Norah Frances Lysaght, Averil Margaret Lysaght, and Sylvia Villebois Lysaght, circa 1912, photograph by "Ross, Hawera" (blindstamped studio imprint recto of mount). -45 Group portrait on printed mount, "The Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society of N.Z. Ltd. Directors and Management, June 1929", with subjects named, including Brian Cuthbert Lysaght. -47 Bridal portrait of Emily Muriel Stowe, married name Lysaght, on wedding day, 1902, photograph by "Wrigglesworth & Binns, Wellington" (Imprint recto and verso of mount). -48 Group portrait of Frederick Villabois Lysaght, Brian Cuthbert Lysaght, and Harry Truman Lysaght, photograph by "W F Ross, Hawera & Patea" (studio imprint recto of mount). -49 Child portrait of Averil Margaret Lysaght, photograph by Elizabeth Greenwood, Woodward St, Wellington" (logo recto, and studio imprint verso of mount) -50 Studio portrait, most likely of Sylvia Villebois Lysaght, by "Elizabeth Greenwood, Wellington" (signature on mount). -51 Family portrait, subjects and photographer not identified. Descriptive metadata transcribed from items, and accompanying notes in Photographic Archive backfile. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 7 b&w copy photographic print(s). 42 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour copy photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Colour and black and white photographic prints. Transfers: Film negatives at 35mm-110859..

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Vogel family: Collection

By: Kinsey's Studio

Reference: PAColl-10696-7

Description: Black and white photographic portrait of James Edward FitzGerald by Kinsey's Studio, Lambton Quay, Wellington, circa 1890s. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic print, 19 x 15 cm, on mount with studio imprint recto, 30.5 x 25 cm.