née Courthope Elizabeth Irwin b. c.1814

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Elizabeth Irwin was a sketcher. She and her husband embarked for Western Australia when he was re-appointed commandant of the military forces. Soon after her arrival in 1838 Elizabeth established a Sunday School in Perth with Rev. J.B. Wittenoom. She died at Clifton, Gloucestershire, in 1882.
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Name
née Courthope Elizabeth Irwin
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Birth date
c.1814
Birth place
Eckington, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Death date
14 May 1882
Death place
Clifton, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Arrival
  • 1838
Residence
  • England, UK
  • Henley Park, Western Australia
  • St George's Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Mossenson, D. (1967), 'Frederick Chidley Irwin', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye', Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue, Perth.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888', Nedlands, Western Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Guy, J., 'All Saint's Church, Upper Swan', n.p., n.d.>]