Adelaide Eliza Ironside b. 17 November 1831

Also known as Adelaide Eliza Scott Ironside, Adelaide Ironside
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'Little Miss Ironside' was a painter of religious themes on the grand scale. Her work, while unenthusiastically received in Australia, nevertheless earned her an audience with Pope Pius IX and the admiration of both John Ruskin and the Prince of Wales.
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Marshall Claxton
1813
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
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Maria Jane Scott
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John Ruskin
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James Armstrong Wilson
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Sir Charles Eastlake
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child of
née Redman Martha Rebecca Ironside
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Dr John Dunmore Lang
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Rev Matthias Goethe
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D. C. F. Scott
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child of
James Ironside
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associate of
Joseph Severn
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Prince Of Wales
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Friedrich Overbeck
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Sir James Clark
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Pope Pius Ix
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Perugino
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William Stirling
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Louisa Wentworth
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Isabella Dunmore Lang
1831
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
David Scott
1831
Artist (Draughtsman)
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James Wilson
1831
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