Isabella Law b. c.1800

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Teacher, was born in Edinburgh. She came to Tasmania from Sierra Leone after her first husband died. At the end of 1835 she opened a seminary for young ladies in St John Street, Launceston, where she gave private instruction in music and drawing.
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Name
Isabella Law
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Drawing teacher
  • Music teacher
Birth date
c.1800
Birth place
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death date
1 September 1864
Death place
St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
Active Period
  • c.1835 - c.1836
Arrival
  • 1834
Residence
  • Sierra Leone
  • Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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