Countess of Hersey Hopetoun b. 1867

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Federation era Vice-Regal wife, cartoonist, watercolourist and photographer. Hopetoun had little taste for public life but was a keen angler, an expert horsewoman and an enthusiastic hunter.

Citations

  • Hancock, Marguerite (2001), 'Colonial Consorts: The Wives of Victoria’s Governors 1839-1900’, Melbourne, Vic : Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, chapter 10 (with colour and black and white illustrations).

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists