Mrs Bellasis

  • Artist (Painter)
Mrs Bellasis was only in the country for several years but she is distinguished as having created the earliest known art work (c.1804) by a woman in Australia.

Citations

  • Kerr, Joan (1992), 'Mrs Bellasis’, The Dictionary of Australian Artists, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 'George Bridges Bellasis’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1.

  • Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific’, Canberra, ACT.

  • (1804), Sydney Gazette, 10-21.

  • Mitchell Library, manuscript catalogue.

  • Information sourced from McCormick, Anne.

See also

  • 'Heritage section 7, plate 269'.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions