Now isn’t this something special. An 1895 watercolour of our wee Shelter at the Cemetery. Painted by Mary Catherine (Taylor) Medley, from the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Biography from The National Library website:
Taylor, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922. Daughter of Rev Richard Taylor and Mary Caroline Taylor. Born at Coveney Rectory, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England and came with her parents to New Zealand in 1839. An amateur artist. In 1863 she married Lieutenant Spencer Mansel Medley, RN, who served as an aide-de-camp to Governor Grey. In 1865, the couple returned to England, but came back to New Zealand later. They had one daughter, Adela. Around 1870 the couple was stationed at Porchester, near Portsmouth. See The Missionary’s Daughter (1993), the edited journals of her sister Laura Harper for further information. In her later years, Mary Medley was involved in the suffragette and temperance movements, as well as in the interests of Maori women. Mary Medley is buried with her husband and daughter in Karori Cemetery, Wellington.
Reference: Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor), b. 1835 :Karori Cemetery. Jany 21st [18]95.. Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor…1895. No. 14.. Ref: E-379-010. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23147192
