Portrait of Myra Lindauer Graham née Partridge, Henry Partridge's daughter

Text originally created for Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand exhibition at Te Papa, March 2018.

The daughter of Lindauer's greatest patron poses with a porcelain doll.

When this portrait was exhibited in 1888, reviewers quickly recognised the ‘little daughter of one of the Queen-street tradesmen’ – four-year-old Myra Lindauer Partridge, fashionably dressed in a russet-coloured bonnet and coat.

Myra’s father, Auckland businessman Henry Partridge, was Lindauer’s foremost champion and collector – he even named his daughter in honour of their relationship.

Anei te tamāhine a te tino kaitaunaki o Gottfried Lindauer, me tana tāre matapaia awatai.

I te kitenga atu i tēnei kōwaiwai kiritangata i te tau 1888, i mōhio ngā kaihōmiromiro ko te tamāhine tēnei a tētahi o ngā kaihokohoko nō te tiriti o Kuīni – ko Myra Lindauer Partridge, e whā tau tana pakeke, e mau ana i tētahi pānati parauri me tētahi koti.

Ko Henry Partridge, te pāpā o Myra, te tino kaitaunaki o Lindauer – nāna tonu tana
tamāhine i tapa ki te ingoa o Lindauer hei tohu i tērā hononga.