Eliza Strawbridge b. 1818

Also known as Eliza Stockholme Strawbridge
  • Artist (Painter)
Female colonial artist who conducted a school in her home and taught Edith Cook (later the prominent educationalist Edith Hubbe). Some of Eliza's finely detailed watercolour paintings of flowers and native flora were praised in the London Art Union.

flower painter, arrived at South Australia from Bristol, England, in 1852 on board the Bentinck , with her husband William Strawbridge and their four children.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011