Elizabeth Shaw b. 1794

Also known as Eliza Shaw
  • Artist (Painter)
Elizabeth (Eliza) Shaw was a botanical painter and writer as well as an excellent pianist and needlewoman. She arrived with her family in Western Australia in February 1830. Tragically, her two eldest sons drowned in November of the same year.
Name
Elizabeth Shaw
Also known as Eliza Shaw
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • needlewoman (ANZSIC code: 1334)
  • pianist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1794
Birth place
Leicestershire, England, UK, Newmarket, Leicestershire, England, UK
Birth note
Newmarket
Death date
18 August 1879
Death place
Geraldton, WA
Death note
Also given as "1877" [sic].
Active Period
  • 1803 - 1831
Arrival
  • 13 February 1830 (Fremantle, Western Australia)
Residence
  • Geraldton, Western Australia
  • Belvoir, Upper Swan River, Western Australia
  • Western Australia
  • Dublin, Ireland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870