Rowena Birkett b. 3 November 1860

Also known as Mrs Cumming, Mrs Cummings, Birkett-Cummings
  • Artist (Painter)
Rowena Birkett was a natural history painter who is credited with assisting naturalist and artist Silvester Diggles with the illustrations and colouring of some of the 600 plates in his 21-part 'Ornithology of Australia'.
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associate of
Silvester Diggles
1817
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Albert Lomer
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
A. H. Chisholm
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child of
Richard Birkett
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child of
née Palmer Elizabeth Birkett
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relative of
Albina Diggles
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relative of
Sylvester Diggles
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spouse of
William Hooper Durant Cumming
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parent of
Albert Cumming
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parent of
Beatrice Louise Cumming
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parent of
Miranda Elsie Cumming
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relative of
Silvester Diggles
1860
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)

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