Margaret Hazzard, 'Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 465-466:. ROWAN, MARIAN ELLIS (1848-1922). Artist,... Read full biography
Margaret Hazzard, 'Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 465-466:. ROWAN, MARIAN ELLIS (1848-1922). Artist, naturalist and explorer, was born on 30 July 1848 in Melbourne, first child of Charles Ryan of Kilfera... Read full biography
Margaret Hazzard, 'Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 465-466:. ROWAN, MARIAN ELLIS (1848-1922). Artist, naturalist and explorer, was born on 30 July 1848 in Melbourne, first child of Charles Ryan of Kilfera station, Port Phillip District, and his wife Marian, née Cotton. Her grandfather John Cotton had written and illustrated two books on English birds. (Sir) Charles Snodgrass and Cecil Godfrey Ryan were... Read full biography
Margaret Hazzard, 'Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 465-466:. ROWAN, MARIAN ELLIS (1848-1922). Artist, naturalist and explorer, was born on 30 July 1848 in Melbourne, first child of Charles Ryan of Kilfera station, Port Phillip District, and his wife Marian, née Cotton. Her grandfather John Cotton had written and illustrated two books on English birds. (Sir) Charles Snodgrass and Cecil Godfrey Ryan were brothers. Ellis attended a girls' school at Brighton, Victoria, but had no formal training in art. In 1869, however, she visited English relatives who advised her to continue painting wildflowers in her own style. It was this which brought her lasting... Read full biography
Margaret Hazzard, 'Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 465-466:. ROWAN, MARIAN ELLIS (1848-1922). Artist, naturalist and explorer, was born on 30 July 1848 in Melbourne, first child of Charles Ryan of Kilfera station, Port Phillip District, and his wife Marian, née Cotton. Her grandfather John Cotton had written and illustrated two books on English birds. (Sir) Charles Snodgrass and Cecil Godfrey Ryan were brothers. Ellis attended a girls' school at Brighton, Victoria, but had no formal training in art. In 1869, however, she visited English relatives who advised her to continue painting wildflowers in her own style. It was this which brought her lasting fame. On 23 October 1873 at St Stephen's Church, Richmond, Melbourne, Ellis married Frederic Charles Row... Read full biography
Marian Ellis Rowan - Art Prices in Auction LotsAuction Lots
One hundred and fifty-eight medium- and small-sized moths, in seven columns. A wide range of families is represented, including the NOCTUIDAE, ARCTIIDAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, LYMANTRIIDAE, GEOMETRIDAE, PYRALIDAE, SESIIDAE, etc
Sixty-three moths, arranged in three or five irregular columns, with representatives of the family NOCTUIDAE (e.g. 14-17, 28,29, 32,33), GEOMETRIDAE (e.g. emerald moths, subfamily GEOMETRINAE, 9-11, 18-24, 46-50, 52-57; other geometrids include 1-5, 8, 38