Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
LAWSON, R. A. 1833–1902
LAWSON, R. A. 1833–1902
Born Scotland, trained as an architect both in Perth and in Edinburgh. Migrated to Melbourne about 1854; 1861 won competition for the design of the Presbyterian First Church in Dunedin and in 1862 came to Dunedin to settle and work as an architect. Among other well known buildings he designed were the New Zealand and Australia Bank, Larnach's Castle and the Otago Boys' High School. Exhibited architectural drawings in NZ Exhibition Dunedin 1865; with OAS 1886–88. An “A. Lawson” exhibited with NZ Academy of Fine Arts 1889–92 and could possibly be the same man.