Ada Whiting b. 1858

Also known as Ada Cherry
  • Artist (Painter)
Oil and watercolour painter and miniaturist, was born in Hobart, Tasmania. She was a rapid worker, painting up to three miniatures a week, landscapes, flowers and still life studies. Works have been shown at the Paris Salon and other and artists' society exhibitions.
  • Performing Arts Museum, Melbourne, VIC
    Note

    Madame Melba 1908, watercolour on ivory). Pcs include a more impressive Melba miniature (ill. p.73 in Phyllis Tuson’s article) showing her wearing a tiara with a spike of diamonds, plus other material on Melba

  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
    Note

    (Portrait of Alfred Felton)

  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Description

    The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
    It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

    Website
    https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
    Note

    Portrait 1899, purchased 1905; Portrait of Miss Webb n.d., purchased 1905; Unidentified Portrait 1905, purchased 1905; Portrait of Man in Military Uniform 1918