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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Citations

  • 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.

  • 'National Library of Australia’.

  • 'MS3200 Box 86 Folder 37’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

See also

  • 'Miniature Portrait of Sophia Campbell, c1800, watercolour on ivory, unknown artist, (private collection)'.

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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'.>]