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.

Citations

  • 'Chief Secretary’s Correspondence, Public Records Office, Box 248, Series 1189’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Harris, H.D.

Initial data sources

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