Mary Ann Piguenit b. 1808 Dover, England, UK

Also known as Mary Ann Igglesden
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Mary Ann Piguenit (née Igglesden) was a teacher who arrived in Hobart Town in 1832. Piguenit became the mother of the painters Harriet and William Charles Piguenit.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Mary Ann Piguenit
Also known as Mary Ann Igglesden
Birth date
1808
Birth place
Dover, England, UK
Death date
1892
Death place
None
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • c.1832- c.1892 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Tas, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
  • 1808- 1832 England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
Arrival
  • December 1832 (Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land.)
Active Period
  • c.1833
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

teacher, was born in Dover, England. She came to Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, in December 1832 to join her fiancé, the convict Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit, whom she married on 18 February 1833. Four days later she advertised her 'establishment for young ladies’ where she taught 'French, music and drawing’. She became the mother of the painters Harriet and William Charles Piguenit and presumably gave them their first art lessons.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
parent of
Harriet Victoria Piguenit
1844
Artist (Painter)
parent of
William Charles Piguenit
1836
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
spouse of
Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Harriet Victoria Piguenit
1844
Artist (Painter)
relative of
Alfred Randall
1831
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
Citations:
  • Pike, D. (ed.),, (1974), William Charles Piguenit, (Place: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, VIC)