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.

Citations

  • Wilson, S.C. (1988), 'From Shadow into Light: South Australian Women Artists since Colonisation’, St Peters, SA.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870