Louisa Clifton b. 1814

Also known as Mrs George Eliot
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, sketcher and diarist. Resident of Western Australia she recorded the first permanent house erected at Port Leschenault.
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Name
Louisa Clifton
Also known as Mrs George Eliot
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Diarist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1814
Death date
12 October 1880
Death place
Geraldton, WA
Active Period
  • c.1841 - c.1849
  • April 1840 - July 1841
Arrival
  • March 1841 (Arrived Western Australia aboard the 'Parkfield'.)
Residence
  • c.1842 - c.1870 Port Leschenault, WA
  • 1870 - 12 October 1880 Geraldton, WA
  • c.March 1841 - c.1842 Australind, WA
  • c.1820 - c.1840 London, England, UK
  • c.1820 - c.1840 Capecure, France
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Staples, A. (1969), 'Marshall Waller Clifton', Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye', Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888', Nedlands, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Frost, L. (1984), 'No Place for a Nervous Lady', Fitzroy, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, (facsimile reprint 1980), 2 volumes.>, <ExternalResource: Sanders, T. (1975), 'Bunbury', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: (1928), 'Early Days', Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, Volume 1, Number 3.>, <ExternalResource: Clifton, L., 'Diary', Perth, WA : Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia, (1840/1841), manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: (1932), Perth, WA : Western Mail.>]