Ellen Burgess b. c.1821

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Daughter of Judge Francis Burgess, Ellen visited Norfolk Island for a few months in 1846 with her father. While there she documented the landscape - her images are now represented in the collection of St Davids Anglican Church in Hobart, Tasmania
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Name
Ellen Burgess
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • art teacher
Birth date
c.1821
Death date
30 July 1908
Death place
Hobart, Tasmania
Active Period
  • 1845 - 1866
Arrival
  • 1853
Training
  • 1843 - 1848 under John Skinner Prout, Hobart, Tasmania
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Burgess, Francis (child of)
  • Burgess, Amelia (child of)
Related people
  • Prout, John Skinner (associate of)
  • Burgess, F. (relative of)
Related works
  • Battery Point, with the Windmill and Tower of St George's (creator of)
  • Rocks at Brown's River, Fern Tree Valley, Norfolk Island (creator of)
  • The Settlement, Norfolk Island (creator of)
  • View of Norfolk Island (creator of)
  • Waterfall in Fern Tree Valley (creator of)
  • Scene on the Ouse, near Hamilton, VDL, from a Sketch by J.S. Prout (creator of)
Related collections
  • untitled (collected in)
  • St David's Anglican Diocesan Archives, Hobart (collected in)
  • State Library of Tasmania, Hobart (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
Related events
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da195aeb538b73d93005370')) (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da195aeb538b73d93005372')) (exhibited at)