William Beetham Self-portrait 1850s. Beetham Family Collection
William Beetham (25 July 1809 – 3 August 1888) was an English-born portrait painter, who painted mainly in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He exhibited his paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts in London (1834–53) and painted in Hamburg, Copenhagen and at the court of the Tsar in Saint Petersburg.[1] He emigrated to New Zealand in 1855 and became a significant figure as a colonist, pastoralist and portrait artist.[2] He had a society clientele and received commissions to paint portraits of aristocrats and national leaders, including important Māori Rangatira chiefs. Beetham's paintings are in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London[3] and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.[4] He was the founder and Chair of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1882.[5] Mezzotint prints of Beetham's drawings are in the permanent collection of the Science Museum, London[6] Beetham's paintings and drawings have also sold at Bonhams auction house.[7]
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of Waitangi into Māori language. Burge's maternal grandfather was WilliamBeetham the portrait painter. Burge's paternal grandmother was Marianne Williams...
altaica, Rosa bracteata, and 'Joseph Cartier'. Graves still existing: WilliamBeetham (1809–1888), esteemed portrait painter and founder of New Zealand Academy...
runholder Thomas Coldham Williams (1825–1912). The portrait painter WilliamBeetham was her maternal grandfather. The wedding ceremony was conducted by...
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(18 July 1825 – 19 May 1912). Married Annie Palmer Beetham, daughter of WilliamBeetham. John William (6 April 1827 – 27 April 1904). Married Sarah Busby...
naturalist William John Swainson and Anne Grasby. She grew up in the Hutt Valley; on 17 September 1863 she married magistrate and artist Richmond Beetham, moving...
(1795–1843), barrister Edward Blackett Beaumont (1802–1878) Albert WilliamBeetham (1802–1895) William Borrer (1781–1862), botanist James Burnes (1801–1862), surgeon...
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