sketcher, was the daughter of Joseph Underwood, a merchant who came to New South Wales in June 1807 accompanied by his wife and a 'large yet infant family’. They lived at Ashfield Park, outside Sydney, which Joseph had purchased from Robert Campbell, husband of Sophia . Sketches by Charlotte were among a collection of drawings and documents relating to the Underwood and Want families (1830-50) auctioned in October 1986: a pencil and wash view of a river with a house in the background, Cattle Drinking at the River (c.1845, watercolour) and an attributed watercolour, Fox Hunt . A watercolour portrait of Charlotte herself by William Nicholas , dated 1843, was also in the collection.
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- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
