Jane Eliza Currie b. c.1794

  • Artist (Painter)
Miniature and watercolour painter, born in England, UK. Resident of Western Australia she painted some of earliest known views taken in the area.

Citations

  • Chapman, Barbara (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue.

  • Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888’, Nedlands, WA.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encylopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edn).

  • Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint 1980).

  • Currie, Jane Eliza, '[Diary 1829-32]’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript A2887.

  • Currie, Jane Eliza (1818), '[sketchbook (1)]’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript A2887.

  • Currie, Jane Eliza (1863), '[sketchbook (2)]’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript A2887.

See also

  • 'Panorama of the Swan River Settlement (detail) 1830-82, watercolour, 26x304.8cm. Currie Papers, Mitchell Library.'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book