Mary Ann Friend b. c.1800

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Though she travelled extensively with her husband, Mary Ann Friend captured early impressions of her new homeland, Australia, often depicting dry landscapes which highlighted the struggles of the early pioneers.

Citations

  • Kerr, Joan (1992), 'Mary Ann Friend’, The Dictionary of Australian Artists, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Button, H. (1909), 'Flotsam and Jetsam’, Launceston, Tasmania.

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

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Artists’, Melbourne, Vic., [2nd edn].

  • (1931), 'The diary of Mary Ann Friend’, Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, Volume 1, Number 10.

  • Kerr, Joan (1995), 'Heritage’, Chapter 4.

See also

  • 'Heritage: plate 143'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions
  • DAA with additions
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870