Augusta Mostyn Explained

Lady Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn
Birth Name:	Henrietta Augusta Nevill
Birth Date:	18 June 1830
Birth Place:	Birling, Kent
Known For:	Photography
Spouse:	Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn
Father:	William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny
Family:	Caroline Emily Nevill William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny

Lady Henrietta Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn (née Nevill; 18 June 1830 – 25 January 1912) was an English philanthropist and photographer who contributed to the development of the Welsh town of Llandudno.

Life and work

Augusta Nevill was born at Birling Manor near Maidstone, Kent. Her parents were William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and Caroline Leeke.^[1] Her sisters, Lady Caroline Nevill and Lady Isabel Nevill, were also photographers.^[2]

On 19 July 1855, Lady Augusta Nevill married Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn. They had two sons, Llewelyn Neville Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn and Harry Richard Lloyd-Mostyn. They lived at Gloddaeth Hall.

Lady Augusta Mostyn commissioned All Saints Church, Deganwy from the architect John Douglas as a memorial to her parents.^[3]

She commissioned the Mostyn Art Gallery in Llandudno, the precursor of the current Mostyn gallery, as a headquarters for the Gwynedd Ladies' Arts Society, a society that was set up by a 'Miss Clearance Whaite' (daughter of the president of Royal Cambrian Academy of Art), Lady Mostyn donated £10.10s (which was worth ~£1500 after inflation in 2019), thus making her the founder.^[4] This is thought to have been the first art gallery in the world dedicated to exhibiting work by women.^{[5] [6]}

Group exhibitions

• Exhibition of Recent Specimens of Photography, Society of Arts, London, 1852^[7]

Collections

Mostyn's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado^[7]
• J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California: 4 prints (as of 6 March 2022)^[8]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022)^[9]
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022)^[10]
• National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, UK^[11]
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri: 1 print (as of 6 March 2022)^[12]

External links

• • Portrait of Lady Augusta Mostyn at Llandudno General Hospital

Notes and References

1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. volume 1, page 19
2. Web site: 2022-03-06. Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn - Artist - Royal Academy of Arts. www.royalacademy.org.uk.
3. Web site: Church of All Saints. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 15 March 2015.
4. Cheshire Observer (Chester, Cheshire, England) 29 Dec 1894, Sat - Page 5
5. Web site: A world first—and a warning. Mostyn. 23 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130043309/http://www.mostyn.org/about/history/. 2015-01-30. dead.
6. Web site: 2022-03-06. Escape route: Weekends by the British seaside. 9 April 2010. The Independent.
7. Web site: Kimberly. Roberts. 2022-03-06. 5 Photos by Women in the DAM Collection - Denver Art Museum. www.denverartmuseum.org. 25 March 2021 .
8. Web site: 2022-03-06. Lady Augusta Mostyn (Welsh, 1830 - 1912) (Getty Museum). The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
9. Web site: 2022-03-06. Henrietta Augusta Mostyn - LACMA Collections. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
10. Web site: Augusta Mostyn . National Gallery of Canada . 15 January 2021 . 20 February 2024.
11. Web site: 2022-03-06. Researching female photographers in our archives. National Science and Media Museum blog. 12 August 2013 .
12. Web site: 2022-03-06. Works – Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn – Artists/Makers – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. art.nelson-atkins.org.