Charlotte Rushby b. 1833

  • Maker (Industrial / Product Designer)
Charlotte Rushby was about nineteen when she made the model cottage, now in the Powerhouse Museum. She also made a model of an Aboriginal camp near the settlement. According to the family, both travelled to England in 1900 for display in an exhibition.
Tags: Model making

Citations

  • Sanders, Jennifer; et al. (1991), 'Decorative Arts and Design from the Powerhouse Museum’, Haymarket, NSW.

  • '[Family information]’, Sydney, NSW : The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum) files.

See also

  • 'Section 4, plate 150'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book