Myra Felton b. 15 April 1835

Also known as Miss M. Felton
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
A professional photographer, portrait painter and published author, Felton began her career working as a colour finisher in various Sydney photographic galleries. Thereafter, between photography and portrait painting, (sometimes combining both), she successfully established her own art academy and nurtured many prize-winning students. A regular exhibitor herself, Felton's work regularly attracted the considered praise of the newspaper critics.
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Citations

  • (August 2000), 'Australia 2000’, Sotheby’s catalogue, 15-16 August, Sydney, NSW, lot 328.

See also

  • 'William Pitt Faithfull, 1867, pastel, NLA PIC R3984, exhibited in Beyond the Picket Fence and reproduced in Sue Rickard, 'The Springfield Collection: Suitable Sunday Reading and The Golden Fleece', NLA News, June 1992, 8'.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Wilson, James Armstrong (associate of)
  • Felton, Amelia (child of)
  • Felton, Amelia (relative of)
  • Faithfull, William Pitt (associate of)
  • Dalton, E. (associate of)
  • Brooke, G.V. (associate of)
  • Fitzgerald, Lucy (associate of)
  • Rouse, Elizabeth Henrietta (associate of)
  • Woolley (Dr) (associate of)
  • Calvert, J. J. (Mr) (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Sydney Horticultural Society (associate of)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (associate of)
Related people
  • Claxton, Marshall (associate of)
  • Felton, Maurice Appleby (child of)
  • Felton, Myra (relative of)
  • Felton, Maurice Appleby (sibling of)
  • Fitzgerald, Robert David (associate of)
  • Prout, Victor Albert (associate of)
  • Price, Thomas (associate of)
  • Felton, Maurice Appleby (associate of)
Related works
  • (Portrait of the late Dr Woolley) (creator of)
  • Coloured Drawing of the late G.V. Brooke (creator of)
  • William Pitt Faithfull (creator of)
  • (Portrait of Samuel Wensley Blackall, Governor of Queensland) (creator of)
  • Mother and Child (creator of)
Related collections
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da194f9b538b73d930007c0')) (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Horticultural Society exhibition (exhibited at)