Emma von Stieglitz b. 13 November 1807

Also known as Emma Von Stieglitz
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Painted mainly domestic scenes, von Stieglitz also painted portraits of Tasmanian Aboriginal men and women. The latter were regarded as inferior because they were colonial rather than as a slight on her being a female artist.

Citations

  • '[RDG Launceston Deaths 152/1880]’.

  • '[RDG Marriages 3563/1836]’.

  • (2 November 1880), Examiner.

  • Glover, Margaret (1992), 'Emma von Stieglitz’, Melbourne, Vic : in Kerr, Joan (ed.), The Dictionary of Australian Artists [Entry adapted from].

  • (12 December 1834), Hobart Town Courier.

  • (9 November 1875), Hobart Town Gazette.

  • Burke’s Colonial Gentry.

See also

  • 'Section 4, plate 145'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book