Georgiana Mary Leake b.

Also known as Georgiana Mary Kingsford
  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolourist whose works mainly depict flowers from Western Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. A collection of early photographs and watercolours compiled by her survives in the collections of the West Australian Historical Society, Nedlands.
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Name
Georgiana Mary Leake
Also known as Georgiana Mary Kingsford
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
Birth place
UK
Death date
27 February 1869
Death place
Kensington, London, England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1865
Arrival
  • 27 January 1833 (Arrived Western Australia on board the 'Cygnet'.)
Residence
  • Western Australia
  • England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Metcalf, M. (1967), 'George Leake', Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 2), Pike, D. (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888', Nedlands, WA.>, <ExternalResource: (10 October 1840), 'Perth Gazette', Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: (1 September 1869), 'Perth Inquirer', Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: '(Colonial Eye card index)', Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia.>, <ExternalResource: '(Catalogue cards)', Perth, WA : Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia.>]