Gershom Elder b.

  • Artist (Painter)
A portrait painter who lived and worked in Melbourne in the 1840s. He obviously didn't prosper as he died in 1853 in debt to his sister, shortly after returning to Scotland.
Name
Gershom Elder
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
Birth place
Scotland, UK
Death date
October 1853
Death place
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Active Period
  • c.1845 - c.1853
Arrival
  • c.1840 (Melbourne, Vic.)
Residence
  • Dundee, Scotland, UK
  • c.1840 - c.1853 Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870