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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Name
Rowena Birkett
Also known as:
  • Mrs Cumming
  • Mrs Cummings
  • Birkett-Cummings
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Piano teacher
  • Postmistress
  • Governess
Birth date
3 November 1860
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Death date
17 July 1915
Death place
Sandgate, Qld.
Active Period
  • 1875 - 1915
Residence
  • 1915 - 17 July 1915 Sandgate, Qld.
  • Wolfram, Qld.
  • Eidsvold, Qld.
  • 1883- Bundaberg, Qld.
  • 1881- Port Douglas, Qld.
  • c.1880- Townsville, Qld.
  • c.1880- Roma, Qld.
  • c.1872 - c.1880 Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Qld.
  • c.3 November 1860 - c.1872 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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Related people
  • Diggles, Silvester (associate of)
  • Lomer, Albert (associate of)
  • Chisholm, A. H. (associate of)
  • Birkett, Richard (child of)
  • Birkett, Elizabeth (child of)
  • Diggles, Albina (relative of)
  • Diggles, Sylvester (relative of)
  • Cumming, William Hooper Durant (spouse of)
  • Cumming, Albert (parent of)
  • Cumming, Beatrice Louise (parent of)
  • Diggles, Silvester (associate of)
  • Lomer, Albert (associate of)
  • Chisholm, A. H. (associate of)
  • Birkett, Richard (child of)
  • Birkett, Elizabeth (child of)
  • Diggles, Albina (relative of)
  • Diggles, Sylvester (relative of)
  • Cumming, William Hooper Durant (spouse of)
  • Cumming, Albert (parent of)