Helena Scott b. 11 April 1832

Also known as Mrs Edward Forde, Nellie Scott, Helena Forde
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Like her elder sister Harriet, Helena was a professional artist and natural science collector and illustrator. She was an accomplished natural history artist and both she and her sister received commissions from the leading colonial and international natural scientists of the day to illustrate their work.
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Citations

  • Bennett, George (1860), 'Gatherings’.

  • Krefft, J.L.G. (1869), 'Snakes of Australia and Mammals of Australia’.

  • Krefft, J.L.G. (1869), 'Snakes of Australia and Mammals of Australia’.

  • Scott, Alexander Walker (1864), 'Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions

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Related stub people
  • Calcott, Harriet (child of)
  • Scott, Alexander Walker (child of)
  • Scott, Helenus (Dr) (grandchild of)
  • Ramsay, Edward Pearson (associate of)
  • Woolls, William (associate of)
  • Mueller, Baron Von (associate of)
  • Mort, Thomas S. (associate of)
  • Macleay, George (Sir) (associate of)
  • Fletcher, J. J. (associate of)
  • Mitchell, David Scott (relative of)
  • Scott, Rose (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • Linnaean Society (associate of)
  • Entomological Society (associate of)
Related people
  • Scott, Harriet (sibling of)
  • Selleny, Joseph (associate of)
  • Mason, Walter (associate of)
  • Forde, Edward (spouse of)
  • North, Marianne (associate of)
  • Macleay, Frances Leonora (associate of)
  • Macarthur, William (associate of)
Related works
  • Ceratopetalum gummiferum (creator of)
  • Flora of the Darling (creator of)
  • Clematis: from the Deanery, Goulburn, (creator of)
  • Portrait of Walter Russell Hall, Sportsman (creator of)
  • Our First Camp at Blanche Town (creator of)
  • The Spit Opposite Clontarf, Middle Harbour (creator of)
  • Sirius Cove (creator of)
  • Elizabeth Bay House (creator of)
Related collections
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 4th place in competition by John Sands & Co. (received)