Anna Macarthur b. 7 December 1816

Also known as Annie Wickham, Annie Macarthur, Anna Wickham
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Female sketcher of landscapes and architecture who collected plants and lived in colonial Sydney and Queensland. She was encouraged to draw by her first governess and later in life engaged with scientific thinkers.

Citations

  • Austin, C. (1947), 'Newstead House and Captain Wickham R.N.’, Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Volume 3.

  • Cumbrae-Stewart, F. (1914), 'Notes on the registers and memorials at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane’, Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Voume 1.

  • Kerr, J. (1980), 'Colonial ladies’ sketchbooks’, Art and Australia, vol. 17, no. 4.

  • Mowle, L.M. (1978), 'A Genealogical History of Pioneering Families of Australia’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • de Falbe, E. (née Macarthur) (1909), 'Reminiscences’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (manuscript A2160).

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870