Surgeon Superintendant on the ship Cressy. Set said from Gravesend on 7 Sept 1850 and was one of the "First Four" ships to land at Lyttleton (27 Dec 1850).
Immigration: FROM 07 SEP 1850 TO 27 DEC 1850; Ship CRESSY; Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
William Montegue Nevin Watkins
Immigration: FROM 07 SEP 1850 TO 27 DEC 1850; Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand; Ship-CRESSY
Occupation: Artist
Died unmarried.WATKINS, William Montague Nevin 1835–1904
Fourth son of Dr D. Watkins. Was the first photographer in Akaroa. Held an art union of his paintings in Lyttelton, advertised in Lyttelton Times 31.12.1872. In 1876 painted Akaroa Harbour for von Haast. Perhaps it was after this that he went to Victoria and studied at the Melbourne School of Art, since he has been given as returning from there to Akaroa in 1879. Exhibited with OAS though not a member 1880; then with CSA 1884–94, from 1889 as an Akaroa member; then again in 1898. In 1886 for a painting of Lake Whakatipu he was asking £26.0.0. Exhibited: NZ and South Seas Ex Dunedin 1889–90 showing oils of southern lakes and rivers. Listed as Akaroa artist 1883–95 Wise's. Represented: McDougall, Turnbull.Source:Title: Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
Author: Una Plattshttp://www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz/Collection/Articles/Works/69_195/
Immigrated: 1857
Mayor of Akaroa 1877.
Immigration: FROM 01 OCT 1859 TO 27 JAN 1860 Ship ROMAN EMPEROR; Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Education: Dept. of Practical Art, Somerset House, England
Occupation: Painting teacher and Nurseryman
Emigrated to New Zealand on the ship "Monarch" in 1849.
Of Whaddon Hall, Stony, Stratord & Winslow,Buckinghamshire.