Sarah Shand

  • Artist (Painter)
Sarah Shand, a nineteenth century painter created 'Nellie the Cook', an Aboriginal woman wearing a blanket as a shawl. Nellie is said to have worked on the Shand family's station in western NSW, where the artist painted her.

Citations

  • (1998), 'Fine Australian and European Paintings’, Sotheby’s Auction Catalogue Melbourne, Vic. April 28-29, Lot 167.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'