sketcher, was the eldest daughter of James Hurtle Fisher, first mayor of Adelaide, and Elizabeth, née Johnson. She and her family were members of the pioneering party that came to South Australia in the Buffalo in 1836 and Elizabeth was present when the province was proclaimed (a subject later depicted by Charles Hill ). Her pencil sketch of the Glenelg hut occupied by the colonial secretary, Robert Gouger, dated 8 November 1837 (Mortlock Library), appears to be a page from a sketchbook. It is very similar to a view by Frances Amelia Skipper done about the same time, Fisher’s being somewhat more carefully drawn and architecturally informative.
Elizabeth Fisher married on 15 August 1838. As Mrs Morphett, she was listed as the artist of (watercolour?) pictures of a rose and a convolvulus shown by her husband, the Hon. (later Sir) John Morphett, at the 1859 exhibition of the South Australian Society of Arts. The Morphetts had six daughters and five sons, several of whom also sketched. Lady Morphett died on 6 May 1905.
- Writers:
- Staff Writer
- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
