Adelaide Eliza Ironside b. 17 November 1831

Also known as Adelaide Eliza Scott Ironside, Adelaide Ironside
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
Adelaide Ironside was was the first Australian artist to leave home to advance her career in Europe. Her mature work earned her an audience with Pope Pius IX and the admiration of both John Ruskin and the Prince of Wales. However after her early death in Rome she was not appreciated in her home country and it took many years for her work to enter public collections.
Tags: Australian in Europe, Religious art, Republican
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associate of
Marshall Claxton
1813
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Maria Jane Scott
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associate of
John Ruskin
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associate of
James Armstrong Wilson
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associate of
Sir Charles Eastlake
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child of
née Redman Martha Rebecca Ironside
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associate of
Dr John Dunmore Lang
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associate of
Rev Matthias Goethe
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associate of
D. C. F. Scott
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child of
James Ironside
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associate of
Joseph Severn
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associate of
Prince Of Wales
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associate of
Friedrich Overbeck
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associate of
Sir James Clark
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associate of
Pope Pius Ix
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associate of
Perugino
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associate of
William Stirling
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associate of
Louisa Wentworth
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friend of
Daniel Deniehy
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friend of
Sir Charles Nicholson
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associate of
Isabella Dunmore Lang
1831
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
David Scott
1831
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
James Wilson
1831
Artist (Painter)

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Related events
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • (special memorial exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Dublin Exhibition (None)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Exhibition (None)
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (None)
  • Australian Museum Exhibition in preparation for the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Women Artists in the University of Sydney Collection (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Artists, One Hundred Years 1840 -1940 (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • (special memorial exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Dublin Exhibition (None)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Exhibition (None)
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (None)
  • Australian Museum Exhibition in preparation for the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Women Artists in the University of Sydney Collection (exhibited at)