Eleanor Henderson Harrison b. 1854

Also known as Eleanor Ritchie
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, married American plein-air painter Birge Harrison and travelled extensively throughout the USA and Europe. She exhibited throughout the 1880s/1890s to some acclaim.

Citations

  • Dickinson, Sidney (1891), Australasian Critic, 01-01.

  • (1941), 'Henderson’s Australian Families: A Genealogical and Biographical Record’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1891), Argus, 05-22.

  • (1885), Harper’s Magazine, May.

  • (1889), Melbourne Sun, 12-26.

  • 'Archives of American Art’, (Manuscript D10, p.1249).

  • 'Charles Conder to Tom Roberts 2 May 1890’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Manuscript A2479, vol. 2).

  • Information sourced from Ritchie, Linton.

  • (1888), Argus, 04-30.

  • (1890), Melbourne Sun, 04-11.

  • (1890), Melbourne Sun, 04-25.

  • Information sourced from Eagle, Mary.

  • Eastern Michigan University. Information sourced from, Myers, Julia.

  • Information sourced from Weatherley, L.G. (Mrs).

  • Information sourced from Ritchie, John L.

  • Information sourced from Zubans, Ruth.

  • Dickinson, Sidney (1891), Australasian Critic, 06-01.

See also

  • 'Heritage chapter 1, plate 11.', Eleanor Harrison (1854-1895), The Poacher's Daughter (La Fille de Braconnier) 1886, oil on canvas 78.5 x 59 cm; inscr. l.l. 'E. Ritchie Harrison/86'. Private collection.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book