Rowena Birkett b. 3 November 1860

Also known as Mrs Cumming, Mrs Cummings, Birkett-Cummings
  • Artist (Painter)
Rowena Birkett was a natural history painter who is credited with assisting naturalist and artist Silvester Diggles with the illustrations and colouring of some of the 600 plates in his 21-part 'Ornithology of Australia'.

Citations

  • Chisholm, A.H. (1925), 'Our women of the open ways: Part 2’, Australian Woman’s Mirror, 02-03.

  • Larner, Bronwyn & Considine, Fran (1988), 'A Complementary Caste’, Centre Gallery catalogue, Surfers Paradise, Qld.

  • Marks, Elizabeth N., 'Silvester Diggles – A Queensland naturalist one hundred years ago’, Queensland Naturalist vol. 17, nos. 5-6, June.

  • (1882), Queenslander, 06-24.

  • Kerr, Joan (ed.) (1992), 'Silvester Diggles’, The Dictionary of Australian Artists.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions