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Latitude
-33.867778
Longitude
151.21
Start Date
1860-01-01
End Date
1860-01-01

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ID
tba5cc

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DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/jessie-beattie
Birth Place
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Biography
painter, daughter of a well-known costumier (Madame) Mary Jane Beattie, was born in Sydney in 1860. Married Edwin Macrae in 1883. Died at North Sydney in 1935. Jessie painted two copies of Lucien Henry 's La Baie du Mirroir, New Caledonia and may have been his private student during the 1880s. The Powerhouse Museum purchased her painting of New Caledonia c.1999 and plans were made to borrow further Beattie copies for an exhibition of Henry’s work opening at the Museum in late 2000. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1860
Summary
Daughter of the well-known costumier Madame Mary Jane Beattie, Jessie Beattie is thought to have been a pupil of the painter Lucien Henry as she painted two copies of his work 'La Baie du Mirroir, New Caledonia' which were later included in a retrospective exhibition of Henry's work at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney in 2000.
Gender
Female
Died
1935
Age at death
75