Fanny Anne Charsley b. 23 July 1828

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Natural history painter and lithographer born in England. A resident of Melbourne for 10 years, Charsley published a book of 13 hand-coloured lithographs of wildflowers in the area. The wildflower Helipterum charsleyae is named after her.
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Citations

  • Charsley, Fanny Anne (1867), 'The Wildflowers around Melbourne’.

  • Queensland State Archives, 'Shipping Arrival Lists’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection’, Melbourne, Vic : State Library of Victoria.

  • 'Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae’, Melbourne, Vic : Volume 11 (1878/1881).

  • (1933), Victorian Naturalist, vol. 49, March.

  • 'Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae’, Melbourne, Vic : Volume 8 (1872/1874).

See also

  • 'After Fanny Anne Charsley, Daviesia ulicina; Hardenbergia monophylla; Acacia oxycedrus Clematis. Microphylla; Leptospermum laevigatum, Fabrica laevigata, hand-coloured lithograph, 27x27.6cm, plate vii from her The Wildflowers around Melbourne, London, 1867.'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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