Sophia Campbell b. 1777

Also known as Sophia Palmer
  • Artist
Until 2009 regarded as a watercolour painter and sketcher and as Australia's first woman artist. This entry, written in 2009, outlines details of the re-attribution of Campbell's work to Edward Close.
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Name
Sophia Campbell
Also known as Sophia Palmer
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
Birth date
1777
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
5 May 1833
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
St John's Cemetery, Parramatta, NSW
Arrival
  • November 1800 (Arrived Sydney, NSW on board the Porpoise.)
Residence
  • 1810 - 1815 England, UK
  • 1805 - 1806 England, UK
  • 1777 - 1800 England, UK
  • c.1801 - c.1833 Wharf House, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1800 - c.1801 Woolloomooloo Farm, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English

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References [<ExternalResource: Hansen, David, 'Catalogue essay for Edward Close: New South Wales sketchbook: sea voyage, Sydney, Illawarra, Newcastle, Morpeth', Issued by Sotheby's Melbourne, VIC . pp 24-29., in Important Australian Art, Tue.>, <ExternalResource: 'National Library of Australia'.>, <ExternalResource: 'MS3200 Box 86 Folder 37', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>] [<ExternalResource: Hansen, David, 'Catalogue essay for Edward Close: New South Wales sketchbook: sea voyage, Sydney, Illawarra, Newcastle, Morpeth', Issued by Sotheby's Melbourne, VIC . pp 24-29., in Important Australian Art, Tue.>, <ExternalResource: 'National Library of Australia'.>]