Charlotte Underwood b. 1835 NSW

Also known as:
  • Charlotte M. Underwood
  • Charlotte M. Want
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketches by Charlotte Underwood were among a collection of drawings and documents relating to the Underwood and Want families (1830 50) auctioned in October 1986.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Charlotte Underwood
Also known as:
  • Charlotte M. Underwood
  • Charlotte M. Want
Birth date
1835
Birth place
NSW
Death date
1887
Death place
Waverley, Sydney, NSW
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • Ashfield Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Active Period
  • c.1830- c.1845
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

sketcher, was the daughter of Joseph Underwood, a merchant who came to New South Wales in June 1807 accompanied by his wife and a 'large yet infant family’. They lived at Ashfield Park, outside Sydney, which Joseph had purchased from Robert Campbell, husband of Sophia . Sketches by Charlotte were among a collection of drawings and documents relating to the Underwood and Want families (1830-50) auctioned in October 1986: a pencil and wash view of a river with a house in the background, Cattle Drinking at the River (c.1845, watercolour) and an attributed watercolour, Fox Hunt . A watercolour portrait of Charlotte herself by William Nicholas , dated 1843, was also in the collection.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
William Nicholas
1807
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
painted a watercolour portrait of Charlotte Underwood in 1843
spouse of
Randolph John Want
1811
Artist (Draughtsman)
relative of
Randolph John Want
1811
Artist (Draughtsman)
brother-in-law
associate of
Robert Campbell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sophia Campbell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Joseph Underwood
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Elizabeth Underwood
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Bradley Tennant
1833
Artist (Printmaker)
Fox Hunt
Cattle Drinking at the River
Date
1845
watercolour
Citations:
  • NSW Death Records : 4452/1887; 5923/1868
  • NSW Marriage Records : V1849351 34C/1849
  • NSW Birth Records : V18357031 1B/1835; V1835852 8/1835
  • (October 1986), Australian Paintings and Drawings, (Place: Sotheby's catalogue, Sydney.)
  • Hainsworth, D.R., (1967), 'Underwood, Joseph (1779 - 1833)', (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, pp 347-348)