Frances Louisa McComb b. c.1811

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher who brought with her favourite views of Ireland and watercolours of its native birds and flowers. No drawings done in Australia have been found, but the legacy of her album, passed on to her daughter, show a woman interested in poetry, beauty and the pleasure found in nurturing one's private life.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 8985/1904’.

  • 'McComb Family Papers’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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