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Latitude
50.725556
Longitude
-3.526944
Start Date
1826-01-01
End Date
1894-01-01

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ID
tb9665

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Birth Place
Exeter, Devon, England, UK
Biography
landscape painter and teacher, was headmistress of the girls’ school Rosebank in Darlinghurst, Sydney and a pupil of Conrad Martens . Two Sydney views (Mitchell Library) attributed to her – Christ Church, Sydney (1858) and South Head (c.1858) – were perhaps done as his student. Miss Martin exhibited as an amateur from an address in Macquarie Street in the watercolour section of the 1870 Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition, showing From Darling Point (after Martens) , Balmain (after Martens) , North Head (after Martens) , The Gap (after Terry [ F.C. Terry ]) , On Wollongong Road (after Terry) , Copy from Lithograph, by Harding and three original watercolours from nature: From Milson’s Point, North Shore , Falls, Mossman’s Bay and Island Scenery . She regularly exhibited as an amateur with the NSW Academy of Art, her New England views being much admired in 1872. Other paintings exhibited with the academy were: Fernhill, near Mulgoa (Residence of E.K. Cox, Esq.) (oil, shown 1874) and Manly Beach Harbour, from the South (waterccolour, shown 1876). This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer KayeSchofield Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2016
Born
b. c.1 January 1826
Summary
Female colonial headmistress in Sydney who painted and exhibited oil and watercolour landscapes and copied works by other artists.
Gender
Female
Died
16 October 1894
Age at death
68