Mrs Bellasis

  • Artist (Painter)
Mrs Bellasis was only in the country for several years but she is distinguished as having created the earliest known art work (c.1804) by a woman in Australia.
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Name
Mrs Bellasis
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1804
Arrival
  • 1802 (Arrived Sydney, NSW aboard the Fly)
Residence
  • Mumbai, India (Formerly known as Bombay )
  • c.1802 - c.1804 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1992), 'Mrs Bellasis', The Dictionary of Australian Artists, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: 'George Bridges Bellasis', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1.>, <ExternalResource: Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: (1804), Sydney Gazette, 10-21.>, <ExternalResource: Mitchell Library, manuscript catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from McCormick, Anne.>]