Elizabeth Irwin b. c.1814

Also known as Elizabeth Courthope
  • 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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Citations

  • 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.

  • Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue, Perth.

  • Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888’, Nedlands, Western Australia.

  • Guy, J., 'All Saint’s Church, Upper Swan’, n.p., n.d.

Initial data sources

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

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Alternative names
  • Elizabeth Courthope
Arrivals
  • 1838
  • 1838
Related people
  • Courthope, Edward Locke (sibling of)
  • Irwin, Frederick Chidley (spouse of)
  • Irwin, Frederick (parent of)
  • Wittenoom, J. B. (associate of)
  • Courthope, Edward Locke (sibling of)
  • Irwin, Frederick Chidley (spouse of)
  • Irwin, Frederick (parent of)
  • Wittenoom, J. B. (associate of)
Related works
  • Cook's Retreat (creator of)
  • View of the Tunnel under the Roundhouse, from the Sea (creator of)
  • Millenden or Oakover (creator of)
  • View from Mother's Bedroom at Eckington Vicarage (creator of)
  • Cook's Retreat (creator of)
  • View of the Tunnel under the Roundhouse, from the Sea (creator of)
  • Millenden or Oakover (creator of)
  • View from Mother's Bedroom at Eckington Vicarage (creator of)
Related collections
  • Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Sunday School, Perth, Western Australia (collected in)
  • Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Sunday School, Perth, Western Australia (collected in)
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