Lucia Elizabeth Abell b. 1802

Also known as Betsy Balcombe, Betsy Abell
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, landowner and adventurer, Abell lived in London, St Helena and on the banks of the Molonglo River, New South Wales. Apart from her landscape sketching, she is known for her book of memoirs on Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Name
Lucia Elizabeth Abell
Also known as:
  • Betsy Balcombe
  • Betsy Abell
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Landowner (ANZSIC code: 671)
  • Writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1802
Death date
29 June 1871
Death place
London, England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1830 - c.1839
Arrival
  • 1830 (Arrived NSW. Original brief visit in 1824)
Residence
  • c.1844 - c.29 June 1871 London, England, UK
  • Algeria
  • France
  • c.1830 - c.1839 Molonglo River, NSW
  • c.1821 - c.1830 London, England, UK
  • c.1802 - c.1821 St Helena, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Thomson,K. (1966), 'Alexander Beatson Balcombe', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1962), 'Betsy Balcombe, Correspondence', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, ms 1468/1962.>, <ExternalResource: Abell, Betsy (1844), 'Recollections of Emperor Napoleon', England, UK.>]