Ann Sylke b. 1805

Also known as Ann Silk
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial sketcher and governess, who apparently made many beautiful drawings in her time at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. She was threatened with legal proceedings when employed by Hannah Maria Clark as a teacher at Ellinthorp Hall and may have consequently left Tasmania.
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Citations

  • Stilwell, G.T. (April 1963), 'Mr and Mrs George Carr Clark of “Ellinthorp Hall”’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association 11/3, .

Initial data sources

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

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Related person groups
  • Young Ladies Establishment (associate of)