Frederick Rice Stack Britain, New Zealand, Working 1857-62
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About Frederick Rice Stack
Frederick Rice Stack was a Major in the British Army, posted to New Zealand in 1857. He produced a number of drawings illustrated in Views in the Provence of Auckland published in 1862, and he returned to England the same year. He had been dismissed from his position in 1862 while in New Zealand, but was reinstated after his return to London in 1865.
The total number of works by Frederick Stack offered for sale by auction since 2002 is 11, of which 5 (45%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $13,762 for View of Auckland Harbour, New Zealand Taken Suring the Regatta of January, 1862 (The Race of The Maori War Canoes) (6) sold by Webb's in September 2008. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Frederick Stack are held by the Auckland Art Gallery.
Frederick Rice Stack is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 230
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