Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie b. 13 June 1778

Also known as Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell, Elizabeth Macquarie
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial first lady: female designer of gardens and architecture whose paintings and sketches influenced major works in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. She advocated for the poor but paid the artists she employed little.
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Name
Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie
Also known as:
  • Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell
  • Elizabeth Macquarie
Gender
Unspecified
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Architectural designer (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Landscape gardener (ANZSIC code: 3291)
Birth date
13 June 1778
Birth place
Airds, Port Appin, Argyleshire, Scotland, UK
Death date
11 March 1835
Death place
Jarvisfield, Isle of Mull, Scotland UK
Active Period
  • c.1804 - c.1835
Arrival
  • 1809 (Arrived in Sydney aboard the Dromedary.)
Residence
  • c.1824 - c.1835 Jarvisfield, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK
  • c.1778 - c.1809 Airds, Port Appin, Argyleshire, Scotland, UK
  • c.1809 - c.1822 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Studied art, music and French., London
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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