PERSONAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 216, 11 September 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Nelson Colonist records the death, at the age of 74 years, of Mr Charles A. Muntz, of Richmond. Mr C. A. Muntz, who was of independent means, came to Nelson in the ship Oriental in 1857, and' two years* later took up his residence at Richmond, where he resided till his death on Monday morning last. The late Mr Muntz was a water-color artist of some note, and a great many of his pictures of New Zealand scenes are held in the district. A year or two ago the studio, with some hundreds of sketches, was destroyed by fire. Deceased leaves a widow and a family of three—Mrs J. S. Winstanley and Mrs E. Smallhoiise, of the Port, and one son, Mr C. F. Muntz, Moutere. who married a daughter of the Hon. R. H. J. Reeves, M.L.C.