Mary Louise Allport b. 26 December 1832

Also known as Minnie Allport
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Only daughter of sketcher Mary Morton Allport. Minnie Allport's work mainly consisted of delicate watercolours of native Australian flowers, both single specimens and decorative bunches.

Citations

  • Kerr, Joan (1983), 'Mary Morton Allport and the status of the colonial “lady painter”’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, vol. 31.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

Initial data sources

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