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Latitude
-42
Longitude
147
Start Date
1848-01-01
End Date
1936-01-01

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ID
tb9447

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Birth Place
Tasmania
Biography
painter, wax modeller and art teacher, was born in Tasmania on 24 May 1848 and educated at Miss Garrett’s Ladies College in Hobart. She gained a reputation for her paintings of Tasmanian wildflowers on wooden table tops and other furniture, which she exhibited widely. Her album, 'Wildflowers of Tasmania’, is held at the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, which also owns an album of paintings by women artists presented in 1883 to Lady Smith, wife of the Governor of Tasmania, that includes some of her watercolour and gouache wildflower paintings. At the 82nd meeting of the Photo Science and Art Association of Tasmania, Hope showed 'two very beautiful oil colour sketches’: a view of Mount Direction and one of the Upper Derwent. Her series of drawings of the poisonous plants of Queensland was published as identification for stock-owners, Backhouse states. Margaret Hope died at Hobart on 25 April 1936. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Kerr, Joan Date written: 1995 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 24 May 1848
Summary
Painter, wax modeller and art teacher, Hope was born and worked in Tasmania. She gained a reputation for her paintings of Tasmanian wildflowers on wooden table tops and other furniture, which she exhibited widely.
Gender
Female
Died
25-Apr-36
Age at death
88