Augusta Mostyn
Lady Henrietta Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn 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. Her sisters, Lady Caroline Nevill and Lady Isabel Nevill, were also photographers.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.
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', Lady Mostyn donated £10.10s, thus making her the founder.
This is thought to have been the first art gallery in the world dedicated to exhibiting work by women.
Group exhibitions
- Exhibition of Recent Specimens of Photography, Society of Arts, London, 1852
Collections
- Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California: 4 prints
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California: 1 print
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 1 print
- National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, UK
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri: 1 print