Catherine Mitchell b. 1812

Also known as née Keast Catherine Augusta Mitchell
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, came out from England to Tasmania in order to marry John Mitchell. Catherine Mitchell sketched her personal surroundings but never exhibited. There is some speculation though that she won a bronze medal at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition for a pine-resin varnish soluble only in spirit of wine that she had discovered at Oyster Bay.

Citations

  • Bennett, S. and Bennett, B. (1980), 'A Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament 1851-1960’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Kerr, J. (1984), 'Mary Morton Allport and the status of the colonial “lady painter”’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Volume 31, Number 2, June.

  • von Stieglitz, K. (1955), 'Pioneers of the East Coast’, Launceston, Tas.

  • (1986), 'Views and Visions of Van Diemen’s Land’, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tas.

  • (1899), Mercury, 11-11.

  • Mitchell, Grace (1943), 'Letters to Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’, Swansea, Tas. (manuscript).

Initial data sources

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