Elizabeth Williamson b. 1860

Also known as Elizabeth Sarah Williamson, Lillie Williamson
  • Artist (Painter)
Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Williamson was a frame-maker. She married Tom Roberts on 30 April 1896. Her frames were hung at the Royal Academy in London and she also received commissions from royalty. By the mid 1900s her reputation as a frame maker was well established in London and Australia.
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Citations

  • 'Births, Deaths & Marriages – Birth Certificate 11283’.

  • Gray, Pamela Clelland (1994), 'A Pioneer of Australian Picture Framing: An Introduction to the Work of Lillie Williamson’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, 34, pp 48-58.

  • McQueen, Humphrey (1996), 'Tom Roberts’, Sydney, New South Wales: Macmillan.

  • Topliss, Helen (1985), 'Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue Raisonné’, Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.

  • (1883), 'National Gallery School Student Register 1870-1883’, Melbourne, Victoria.

See also

  • 'ADD section 5, plate 194'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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