Lamorna Birch

Samuel John "Lamorna" Birch, RA, RWS (7 June 1869 – 7 January 1955) was an English artist in oils and watercolours.

[4] He married Houghton (Mouse) Emily Vivian, the daughter of a mining agent from Camborne and they lived at Flagstaff Cottage, Lamorna.

[6] Birch would paint many of the scenic areas of Northland together with Vane, and embark on skiing expeditions with Clark.

[5] At the end of his visit, Vane would present several works by Birch to the Christchurch Art Gallery which remain in its collection.

Like a number of his contemporaries, he was profiled as an 'Artist of Note' in The Artist magazine, by Richard Seddon, in the June 1944 edition.

Lamorna Cove (here in 2005) was a frequent subject for his paintings.