Mrs Steadman Christie

Also known as Major Steadman (Mrs) Christie
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, teacher and widower of a British Army officer. She became the proprietor of a seminary for young ladies in Sydney and later taught painting and drawing.

Citations

  • Haworth, D. (1969), 'William Harvey Christie’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • Dixson, William (Sir), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Sydney, NSW : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, (manuscript, WD53).

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

Initial data sources

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