Anna Maria Lewin

  • Artist (Painter)
Botanical artist, arrived at Sydney in 1800, without her husband, and was forced to defend her honour against accusations of improper behaviour on the voyage. She apparently did some of the drawings for her husband's projected series of books.
Name
Anna Maria Lewin
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Tavern owner (ANZSIC code: 4520)
Active Period
  • c.1800 - c.1825
Arrival
  • 1800
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
  • England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870