HETLEY (Mrs) Georgina Barnes née McKellar 1822–1890

Known mainly for paintings of flowers, ferns. Married Charles Hetley. Exhibited with Society of Artists Auckland 1879; ASA 1881–88; NZ Art Students Assoc Auckland 1884, 1885; NZ Industrial Ex Wtn 1885. Reports from London concerning her flower studies were published in New Zealand Mail 15 January 1886. Her book. The Native Flowers of New Zealand, pub. 1888, was illustrated with chromolithographic plates from her drawings depicting New Zealand plants. Represented: AIML, Turnbull and Hocken.