Agnes B. Macqueen

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Female colonial sketcher and governess who endured great hardships, for a time surviving only by selling her drawings. She later kept house for her brother who promised to pay off her sponsorship debt to the London Female Middle Class Emigration Society .
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Name
Agnes B. Macqueen
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Housekeeper (ANZSIC code: 3244)
  • Governess (ANZSIC code: 9601)
Active Period
  • c.1863 - c.1865
Arrival
  • 1863 (Arrived Brisbane, Queensland.)
Residence
  • c.1863 - c.1865 Brisbane, Queensland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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