Frances Murdoch Kirschner b. 1824

Also known as Frances Murdoch Calcott
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher whose only known work is a watercolour of Ash Island, Newcastle, NSW. Married to Wilhelm Kirschner who was consul for Hamburg, Prussia and Austria in 1850s.

Citations

  • Scherzer, Karl (23 May 1885), 'Diary’.

  • Fletcher, J. (1985), 'Karl Scherzer and the visit of the Novara to Sydney, 1858’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 71, p.12.

  • (1986), 'Auction Catalogue’, Joel Leonard, Melbourne, Vic., July.

Initial data sources

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