Gershom Elder b.

  • Artist (Painter)
A portrait painter who lived and worked in Melbourne in the 1840s. He obviously didn't prosper as he died in 1853 in debt to his sister, shortly after returning to Scotland.
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Name
Gershom Elder
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
Birth place
Scotland, UK
Death date
October 1853
Death place
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Active Period
  • c.1845 - c.1853
Arrival
  • c.1840 (Melbourne, Vic.)
Residence
  • Dundee, Scotland, UK
  • c.1840 - c.1853 Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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