Lawson Insley was a daguerreotyptist who operated in Australia and New Zealand during the 19th century.
[1] He worked in portraiture and captured the earliest known portrait of Māori subjects.
He set up a daguerreotype studio on George Street in September that year.
Throughout the 1850s, Insley travelled between Australia and New Zealand, setting up studios and offering his services in portraiture.
[4] His most significant portrait was that of Caroline and Sarah Barrett, the daughters of trader Dicky Barrett and his wife Wakaiwa Rawinia.