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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Citations

  • (1998), 'Acquisitions list’, Sydney, NSW : Hordern House, (included Ironside’s charcoal portraits of a man and a woman, 18 55, the former possibly an ideal self portrait, $8,500).

  • Teale, Ruth (1978), 'Colonial Eve: Sources on Women in Australia 1788-1914’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Ambrus, C. (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Baker, D.W.A. (1985), 'Days of Wrath: A Life of John Dunmore Lang’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Clarke, P. (1988), 'Pen Portraits’, North Sydney, NSW.

  • Dixson, W. (1921), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 7, no. 4.

  • Martin, E.A. (1884), 'The Life and Speeches of Daniel Henry Deniehy’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, 2 volumes, (facsimile reprint, 1980).

  • Pearl, C. (1972), 'Brilliant Dan Deniehy: A Forgotten Genius’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Poulton, J. (1987), 'Adelaide Ironside: The Pilgrim of Art’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Preston, M. (1938), 'Some pioneer women artists’, Sydney, NSW : in F. Eldershaw (ed.), The Peaceful Army.

  • Sharp, W. (1892), 'The Life and Letters of Joseph Severn’, London, England, UK.

  • (1987), 'Adelaide Ironside and the Wentworths’, Sydney, NSW : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales : Newsletter (not dated), September.

  • (1867), London, England, UK : Athenaeum, 05-11.

  • (1860), Launceston Examiner, 05-03.

  • (1865), Queensland Daily Guardian, 05-25.

  • (1873), Brisbane, QLD : Telegraph, 05-12.

  • (1871), Sydney, NSW : Town and Country Journal, 01-14.

  • Ironside, A., 'Papers and sketches (1863-1921)’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (uncat. manuscript).

  • 'J. D. Lang Papers’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (manuscript), Volume 9.

  • Teale, Ruth (1972), 'Ironside, Adelaide Eliza (1831 – 1867)’, Melbourne, VIC : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, p. 461.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • Information sourced from McKay, J.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

  • Burke, Janine (1980), 'Australian Women Artists 1840-1940’, Collingwood (VIC).

  • Seivel, Isobel (1976), 'Adelaide Ironside’, Sydney, NSW : University of Sydney Fine Arts IV Essay.

See also

  • 'Ideal Self Portrait 1855, pencil, wash and crayon on grey paper (Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW)'.

Initial data sources

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

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