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Haurongo: Anstice, Sophia

Sophia Anstice

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Sophia Anstice

Wearing her customary black garb, Sophia Anstice poses for a studio portrait. An enterprising businesswoman, she established a chain of successful drapery and dressmaking stores in the Nelson region after the illness and subsequent death of her first husband forced her to become the family breadwinner.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection

Reference: 40031

Permission must be sought from Nelson Provincial Museum before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

C. B. Malone. 'Anstice, Sophia', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39845/sophia-anstice (accessed 14 July 2026).