Ann Marsden b. 2 March 1794

Also known as Mrs Thomas Hassall, Ann Hassall, Anne Hassall
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Female colonial painter and embroiderer who taught indigenous children literacy in her Sunday school at Parramatta, while exerting considerable influence on her father, the Reverend, and his Curate, her husband.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 8738/1885’.

  • (1937), 'Some private correspondence of the Marsden family (1794-1824)’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, [Mackaness, G. (ed.)], Volume 23, Number 6.

  • Toy, A. et al. (1988), 'Hearth and Home’, Historic Houses Trust catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • 'Hassall Family Correspondence’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Manuscript).

  • Information sourced from Foster, Stephen.

Initial data sources

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