Martha Maria Snell Berkeley b. 18 August 1813

Also known as Martha Snell Chauncy, Miss M. S. Chauncey, Mrs Berkeley, née Chauncy Martha Maria Snell Berkeley
  • Artist (Painter)
England-born resident of Australia's southern states, Berkeley is best known for her large watercolours of Adelaide and as a gifted portraitist. The Art Gallery of South Australia holds a number of her locally produced works.
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Citations

  • Chauncy, P. (1973), 'Memoirs of Mrs Poole and Mrs Chauncy’, Ballarat, Vic., Reprint 1976.

  • Hylton, Jane (1994), 'Colonial Sisters’, Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Radford, R. (1987), 'Australia’s forgotten painters’, Art and Australia, vol. 24, iss. 4.

  • Wilson, S.C. (1988), 'From Shadow into Light: South Australian Women Artists since Colonisation’, St Peter’s, SA.

  • (1847), 'Atlas’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1848), Sydney Morning Herald, 11-06.

  • Lendon, A. (1932), 'Theresa Chauncy and her relatives in Australia’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, typescript.

  • 'Artists files’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.

  • Wilson, S.C./ Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide, SA.

  • (1847), 'Catalogue of the Exhibition of Pictures: The Works of Colonial Artists’, Adelaide, SA.

  • (1848), 'Fords’ 1848-49 Sydney Art Union’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Appleyard, Ron.

See also

  • 'Heritage, section 2: plate 98'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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