Mary Charlotte Denison

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, daughter of Sir William Thomas Denison, governor of Tasmania in 1846-54, governor of New South Wales and governor-general of the Australian colonies in 1855-61, and Caroline, née Hornby. Drew pencil, ink and watercolour sketches of scenery in Tasmania.

Citations

  • Denison, W. (1870), 'Varieties of Vice-Regal Life’, London.

  • McDonald, P. R. and Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue’, Sydney.

Initial data sources

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