Rare childhood picture of celebrated Ayrshire artist uncovered thousands of miles away in New Zealand museum
dailyrecord.co.ukAn early family photo of a celebrated Ayrshire painter has been discovered thousands of miles away in a New Zealand museum.
George Henry’s paintings included depictions of striking landscapes, symbolic folk tales, Japanese themes and society portraits.
Born in Irvine in 1858, at the brewery on the Low Green, Henry later studied at the Glasgow School of Art and joined the circle of painters known as 'The Glasgow Boys' – a group which included John Lavery, Joseph Crawhall and James Guthrie.
George was aged around four when the rare photograph was taken in 1862, and he is pictured with his mother, grandmother, two uncles and an aunt.It’s understood that George’s uncle and aunt emigrated to New Zealand soon after the photo was taken, bringing it with them on the voyage.And the photograph itself is an ambrotype, an early process of light sensitive emulsion on glass.
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