Chassie Cole b. 28 March 1857

Also known as Charlotte Ann Reeves Cole, Cara Cole
  • Artist (Painter)
Charlotte Ann Reeve Cole (Chassie) showed an early interest in art and began entering various exhibitions, including Ballarat Juvenile Exhibition of 1878. She won medals at the Geelong Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1880), and the Melbourne Juvenile Exhibition (1880), and a second order of merit for her paintings on velvet and silk in the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition in 1881.

Citations

  • Geelong Advertiser (various issues 1880/1895).

  • Information sourced from Cole’s family.

  • Martin, Arthur Patchett (1882), 'Fernshawe: Sketcher in Prose and Verse’, Melbourne, Vic.

See also

  • 'Section 11: plate 460'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book