Antiquarian Books, Stamps, Artefacts & Militaria Wednesday, 2 October 2019 - 10:00 AM start
James Elder Moultray Personal Diaries
Lot Details
Personal diaries of the renowned New Zealand artist James Elder Moultray (1865-1922) Four various bound volumes: 1. Part 1. from Greenock to the Cape of Good Hope. Wednesday July 4th - Thursday July 5th 1883 2. Part 2 of Illustrated Journal kept by J. E. M on Board The New Zealand clipper "Helen Denny". Saturday Sept 1st - Oct 9th Tuesday 3. Diary 1886-1887, A Months Stay Among the Mountains of Otago, illustrated with original photographs 4. Journey from Dunedin on The U.S.S. Wairarapa to Wellington, Wednesday 18th January 1888; train journey to Kaw-iwi top depict scenes from Maori Wars 5. Leather bound folio of letters from John Melville & others as well as letters to J Douglas Moultray dated 1865-1866, invitations to Royal Academy of Arts 1870, 1872, multiple newspaper clippings dating 1892, various extracts from diaries etc 6. Typed transcript for 'Articles on the African War 1900' with black soft leather covers Born Edinburgh, Scotland, younger son of painter J. D. Moultray: worked in his father's studio and at the Edinburgh School of Art. Arrived New Zealand with his parents 1883 settling in Dunedin. Chose as his special subjects historical New Zealand scenes, touring the North Island and visiting and sketching historical spots, and interviewing Maoris and Europeans as to past events. Accompanied the 1st Contingent to South Africa in the Boer War as newspaper correspondent for various newspapers which published his sketches and letters but after six months was invalided home. Said to have made sketching tours later through 16 countries and British PAGE 176 colonies. Work reproduced in Otago Daily Times and Witness, New Zealand Xmas Annual 1892–1902. Exhibited: OAS 1884–86 and 1911–16, NZ Academy of Fine Arts Wtn 1889–90, and ASA, in Melbourne and in the Auckland Industrial and Mining Ex 1898.
