Scottish artist James Guthrie’s 1895 portrait of his eight-year- old Christchurch niece, Lorna Guthrie, is a reminder of the close ties then existing between New Zealand and Britain. Lorna’s father, Dr John Guthrie, had been ordered complete rest and a voyage home to Britian, leading to a reunion with his younger brother James, by then a leading name in Scottish art. James Guthrie made his mark in the early 1880s as a member of the ground-breaking Glasgow Boys, who were influenced by French…