Bess Norriss Tait b. 17 May 1878

Also known as Elizabeth May Norriss Tait, Bess Norriss Tait
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A miniaturist and watercolourist. In London she was renowned for her miniatures and exhibited them at the New Salon in Paris and the Royal Academy in London.
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References [<ExternalResource: (2001), 'Mirror Mirror', National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK, (Women artists' self portraits).>, <ExternalResource: (1981), 'A Dictionary of Contemporary British Artists, 1929', reprint Woodbridge, UK [Dolman, Bernard (ed.)].>, <ExternalResource: Foskett, Daphne (1987), 'Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide', Woodbridge, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Fry, Edith M. (1922), 'The work of Bess Norriss', Art in Australia, 11-01.>, <ExternalResource: Matters, Leonard W. (Mrs) (1913), 'Australians Who Count in London and Who Count in Western Australia', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: van Straten, F. (1990), 'Elizabeth May Norriss (under 'Tait Brothers')', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, [Ritchie, J. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1945), 'Who's Who', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1934), 'Who's Who in Art', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1910), 'Mrs. Bess Norris [sic] Tait', Art and Architecture (July-August 1910).>, <ExternalResource: (1908), Australasian, 06-20.>, <ExternalResource: (1908), 'Australian art & sculpture at the Royal Academy', Sydney Mail, 07-15.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Ryan, Anne.>] [<ExternalResource: (2001), 'Mirror Mirror', National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK, (Women artists' self portraits).>]