Ellen Burgess b. c.1821

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Daughter of Judge Francis Burgess, Ellen visited Norfolk Island for a few months in 1846 with her father. While there she documented the landscape - her images are now represented in the collection of St Davids Anglican Church in Hobart, Tasmania

Citations

  • O’Brien, G. (1966), Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 1, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edn, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint 1980).

  • Craig, C. (1984), 'More Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

Initial data sources

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